Example sentences of "[adv prt] what [is] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | China will also take over what is left of the once remarkable flora and fauna . |
| 2 | China is to set up what is described as the world 's biggest nature reserve , covering 200,000 square kilometres in the Qangtang grasslands of northern Tibet . |
| 3 | To mop up what 's left of the direct sales budget , Solbourne will establish a chain of technical support offices across Europe , and admits it 's a less expensive way of keeping the European market aware of its presence . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ he continues , clearing up what 's left of the cheese and pineapple sticks . |
| 5 | For example , a historian will be interested in finding out what is written on a sheet of medieval vellum , whereas an archaeologist will want to know what animal skin was used , how the vellum was made , and what pigments were used for the ink . |
| 6 | There are some unusually good things to see inside the church of Saint-Savin : a ‘ Eucharist tower ’ twenty feet and three storeys high , Gothic in style , and made of gilded wood ; two primitive fifteenth-century panels , each containing nine scenes from the life of the church 's name-saint ; a Renaissance organ carried on what is left of a wooden gallery that once ran right across the church , from transept to transept — on the front of the instrument are three articulated mascarons , which moved their eyes and tongues as the organ played , in representation of wretched earthly sinners , grimacing at the intolerable sound of joyful , heavenly music . |
| 7 | The Prime hardware side is now closed and the company has a letter of intent to pass on what is left of the Prime Information Pick-derived database system to Pick-under-Unix specialist VMark Software Inc , Framingham , Massachusetts on undisclosed terms . |