Example sentences of "be [vb pp] what [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is significant that it could not be called ‘ Christ ’ but had to be given another name ; moreover that it had to be explained what this was , whereas a man on the cross would have required no explanation . ) |
| 2 | It will , however , remain to be seen what practical effect is achieved by this legislation , given the central role of the senior judiciary in determining this issue and in the light of judicial criticism of such a measure . |
| 3 | It remains to be seen what precise form of words are agreed by the 12 heads of government to express their commitment to the next stage of monetary union . |
| 4 | And she needs to be told what little I know about what 's going on here . |
| 5 | It may be asked what other side The Possessed has . |
| 6 | He hoped he would be asked what these might be . |
| 7 | Yet had she been asked what that destination was she would have been hard put to it to answer . |
| 8 | The English king was being offered what English kings had so long desired . |
| 9 | Now some of the girls And they 're released you know , some of the girls were arrested what two or three times a night . |
| 10 | It was just on a minute on page seventy-nine , I think we want to get the support of local M Ps , one a has I think , has been just indicated , is contradictory , it might be better to say , ‘ although the document indicated that local authorities would be expected to undertake extra , an extra , or extra duties , the resources needed are , no indication was given of how there would be extra resources , or something like that , you see it 's contradictory at the moment , it says there 's no indication of the role , and then says that they would need resources , and actually if you look through the document , you will see from time-to-time it is indicated what local authorities are expected to do , for instance recycling of litter and the lot , and I think that that might be actually picked up by M P's and say , ‘ Well , what actually have you , do you mean to say ’ , well , what we 're really saying , are we not , that here is an indication of things that we 're expected to do , but as usual , of course , the government has n't indicated what erm where the resources were coming from . |
| 11 | When investigations have concluded and it is discovered what that means the information and whether founders John and Josephine Bowes have turned in their graves will be reported here . |
| 12 | the staff are advised what this |