Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [adj] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The source would not specify exactly which technologies Nynex proposes to use , but noted that ‘ it is likely that the 11 railways could end up with a digital backbone , which is very interesting given what 's going on in Brussels right now . |
| 2 | On the other hand , a sack which is too small to carry what you need will be a nuisance , and uncomfortable to wear if crammed full . |
| 3 | Another reason for rejecting this causal theory of meaning is that when one asks what is meant by a statement one is normally concerned to know what a reasonable speaker is saying in uttering it . |
| 4 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 5 | For the historian it is equally illegitimate to overlook what they had in common as it is to neglect the differences . |
| 6 | To understand how money supply expands and contracts , and how it can be controlled , it is thus necessary to understand what determines the size of bank deposits . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it is theoretically unsound to define what we want to be a synchronous horizon at a level that we suspect to be diachronous . |
| 8 | Again , it is surely relevant to ask what the cumulative effects on boys might be when responding to a literature which , unlike the world outside the novel , is populated entirely by the masculine . |
| 9 | It is clearly important to establish what the earliest plan of a village was , since there have often been many post-medieval changes . |
| 10 | It is also necessary to examine what studying social policy implies . |
| 11 | If the vendor is part of a group it is also necessary to determine which companies in the group own the assets used in the business . |
| 12 | It is also possible to have what seem like experiences of past-life regression while dreaming . |
| 13 | From this screen it is also possible to select which instruments are printed on the score , displayed on the screen and those required as separate printed parts . |
| 14 | It is also important to create what I call a maternal genealogy to add to the paternal lineage which the current histories of art canonise — the succession of geniuses passing on the Olympic torch down the ages , man to man . |
| 15 | It is also important to practise what you preach . |
| 16 | It is also important to determine which activities and functions should be housed in the new and old locations especially if the organisation plans to carry out either a phased move or to keep a small presence in the old site after the main move has taken place . |
| 17 | It is also important to establish what kinds of operation will have to be done at each stage , in case there is any question of allocating some operations to the keyboarders or indeed to built-in automatic systems . |
| 18 | It is also difficult to establish what constitutes ‘ independent corroborating evidence ’ . |
| 19 | Although ‘ breach of the peace ’ forms a cornerstone of public order law it is surprisingly difficult to say what the concept entails with any degree of precision . |
| 20 | One of the most fundamental concerns scoring : before a performance of one of these ballets can even be considered , it is obviously essential to know what kinds and numbers of musical forces are required . |
| 21 | In this respect it is very illuminating to consider what happens when people are given so-called ‘ psychedelic ’ drugs , such as LSD . |
| 22 | It is very hard to describe what happened to me , but here goes : |
| 23 | If we take this quotation at face value , it is very difficult to see what possible set of physical circumstances could serve to falsify it . |
| 24 | It is very difficult to predict what developments are likely in the future except for communities to realise more and more that this issue is very much part of the struggle for human rights and that perhaps the specific right to one 's mother tongue is something multilingual communities need to think about when they go to the ballot box . |
| 25 | It is very difficult to say what part was played in these processes by notions of duty to assist kin , but the significance of the principle of mutual advantage , in understanding fluctuations in household composition , rather challenges the idea that people took relatives into their own home solely out of a sense of obligation towards them . |
| 26 | In practice it is very difficult to decide what is representative ; perhaps the best method is to make a general study of several sections from the same sequence before proceeding to detailed description and analysis . |
| 27 | As has been found with regard to ‘ insider trading ’ , it is very difficult to define what is and what is not legitimate . |
| 28 | So it is very difficult to achieve what one might call a set pattern in life . |
| 29 | It is hardly difficult to guess what happened at the Downes 's residence immediately after the death of Kemp . |
| 30 | Behind the apparent fluidity of the timetable there is in fact a detailed system of record-keeping so that it is usually possible to say what point each child has reached in each main subject area . |