Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] what is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conceptualizations of police work that are found in Easton not only fit what is known of police forces elsewhere , they parallel the portrayal of policing in the wider culture . |
| 2 | I only say what is expected of me — ‘ |
| 3 | If we were to insist that prayer involves some form of dialogue then it would presuppose that we already know what is meant by the concept of God . |
| 4 | ‘ Some employers already do what is required by these new Regulations , others do not . |
| 5 | Some scholars have argued that despite the front quality of OE /ae/ , ME a was a back vowel ( or perhaps merely a fully low vowel : it is not always clear what is meant by ‘ back vowel ’ ) , and on this basis have postulated a change around 1600 from a back ( or low ) value to front-raised /ae/ , which is of course the modern conservative RP value . |
| 6 | It is hard to see how we could know this truth , or even understand what is meant by it , unless we were acquainted with something which we call ‘ I ’ … |
| 7 | These passages in my view admirably define what is meant by colore officii and effectively dispose of any suggestion that because the person making the demand holds some official position that of itself amounts to a form of compulsion . |
| 8 | Bullets are funny things ; they rarely do what is expected of them . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the owners or their descendants champ impatiently to recover and lovingly restore what is left of the family heritage . |