Example sentences of "of what is said [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be surprised if you retain no more than half of what is said at your first lectures . |
| 2 | The person to whom it is addressed can not be expected to conduct a minute linguistic analysis of what is said to him where this is accompanied by aggressive gestures . |
| 3 | So far , rather surprisingly in view of his family 's origins , he says very little , but he obviously understand much of what is said to him . |
| 4 | Not only is it possible to get an accurate computer analysis of the fundamental frequency of speech ( which can be displayed on a screen for someone doing practice on intonation , or can be used in the study of the intonation of large samples of natural speech ) , but it is now possible to get a computer to produce a simple phonetic transcription of what is said to it . |
| 5 | He is particularly interested in the way that words and sentences change their meaning according to the context in which they are said and heard , and in the ways in which we all fill in the unspoken background of what is said to us . |
| 6 | To understand the meaning of what is said to us is a cultural accomplishment that we take for granted . |
| 7 | What kind of rules enable people to infer the function of what is said from its literal , formal meaning ? |
| 8 | What kind of rules enable people to infer the function of what is said from its literal , formal meaning ? |