Example sentences of "be what an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process meant that adolescence ceased to be what an American scholar has called an ‘ idea ’ and became , in his words , a ‘ social fact ’ . |
| 2 | Well Richard 's so much , i it 's what an awful lot of childishness in him |
| 3 | I think they 're being irresponsible , I think we 're being responsible , and I make no apology er for borrowing when it 's for investment in our own future , that 's what intelligent companies do , it 's what an intelligent government should do . |
| 4 | For this sort of Englishman , ‘ externality , — to things English — is what any American is condemned to ; and per contra ‘ inwardness ’ — with things English — is what an Englishman quite simply has , painlessly , as a birthright . |
| 5 | For many beginners , reaching , turning and often falling is what an afternoon 's windsurfing consists of , which , although it is comforting and fun to be with the dozens of others who are doing exactly the same , does n't lead to much improvement in their sailing . |
| 6 | But this assumption is what an opponent of a holist theory of history needs to defend . |
| 7 | It was what an unreliable dog does when stroked by someone who is afraid of it . |