Example sentences of "be [vb pp] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 2 | You 're told what the marks are for the next two tests aren |
| 3 | He had been told what the writer wrote about the regime and the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . |
| 4 | He says that the message from those giving evidence was that they should have been told what the situation was — that terreorist were known to be active in the region . |
| 5 | Have you been told what the cheapest term assurances are in order ? |
| 6 | Such an ability would be of more than merely theoretical interest : there are specialists , detectives one might almost say , who can take enormous quantities of program in a lower-level language ( not binary numbers , but normally machine code or something a little ‘ higher ’ ) and make plausible guesses as to what they actually do at a higher level of description ; or rather , given that they are told what the program was designed to do , work out how it accomplished the task and by what ‘ higher-level ’ steps . |
| 7 | It also remains to be seen what the Halls can do to reduce the club 's debts of £6.5m . |
| 8 | He 'd planned to storm up to General Kopyion and demand to be told what the Justice Police were doing to prevent further bloodshed . |
| 9 | Right and they 'll be told what the clue is . |
| 10 | The owner of Redi-Hot , who seemed to spend most of his time reading a guide book , told Mr and Mrs Wordmaster , who looked suitably impressed , that Thunder Bay , one of Canada 's largest ports , was at the far west end of the St Lawrence-Great Lakes seaway and should really be called what the locals called it , The Lakehead . |
| 11 | It was clear to me that his own personal preoccupations , such as had been conveyed to me by Father D'Arcy and hinted at by others , had cut him off from the workings of certain institutions — his unawareness of Collingwood 's preferment was a case in point — and again he wanted to be informed what the young were thinking . |
| 12 | Specialists in linguistics sometimes claim that if non-specialists are asked what the function of language is , they will reply that it is ‘ to send |
| 13 | Specialists in linguistics sometimes claim that if non-specialists are asked what the function of language is , they will reply that it is ‘ to send information ’ or ‘ to tell other people your thoughts ’ . |
| 14 | The computer is then trained to become an expert in medical diagnosis in exactly the same way as a medical student : by being presented with lots of case histories , and being told what the correct diagnosis is . |
| 15 | This in particular goes back to the issue of being told what the judiciary have recommended . |
| 16 | He made the reference after being asked what the Conservatives would do about law and order during a question and answer session at Hummersknott School , Darlington . |
| 17 | He made the reference after being asked what the Conservatives would do about law and order during a question and answer session at Hummersknott School , Darlington . |
| 18 | When they were asked what the ( say ) ‘ egg ’ was ‘ really , really ’ the three-year-olds answered correctly that it was a stone , but when asked what the object ‘ looks like to your eyes ’ they also said ‘ stone ’ . |
| 19 | Not that Barry 's forgotten what the weather 's like back home … |
| 20 | In my judgment natural justice requires that the prisoner be told what the judges have recommended , and anything the trial judge has said about relative culpability , in such time that he can make representations before the Home Secretary fixes the tariff period . |
| 21 | Once it is established what the defendant knew , then the inference to be drawn from these primary facts is objective . |
| 22 | Once it has been established what the relevant scope of the employer 's business is , the next question is whether the restriction does no more than protect any existing customer connection . |
| 23 | I remember when he was asked what the principal crop of Thailand was and he answered transistor radios . |
| 24 | Truman once said he was asked what the job of the presidency involved and Truman once said I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them . |