Example sentences of "[be] [verb] what is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	The outlook was considered all the more rosy from their point of view , since Denwood would have to be made what is known as a divisional point , that is to say , a station of more than ordinary importance , inasmuch as it would indicate the end of a running section — the point where the train would have to change engines .
2	In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves .
3	The immediate aim , especially for the average and more able pupils , should probably be to take what is done to a greater length than to introduce content that is new .
4	That price is too high and it may be destroying what is left of the game .
5	That exemption has now been removed , and it may be wondered what is achieved by leaving in the Act references to the audience whom the defendant addresses , rather than penalising publication or distribution to the public at large .
6	Of the 500-plus inspectors who attended the college each year on the course , a handful were awarded what is known as a Home Office Bramshill Scholarship .
7	The purpose of these names is to establish what is known as brand identity .
8	The first task in attempting to enumerate the extent and nature of informal care is to define what is meant by the term ‘ carer ’ .
9	A much better way of achieving a composite filter with strong rejection outside the pass band is to combine what is known as an m-derived section with a constant-k section .
10	One neat solution is to use what is known as a ‘ slip ’ coupling .
11	In her capacity as patron of Relate , the princess was making what is believed to be her first visit to such a centre since her separation from the prince was announced late last year .

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