Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] what [is] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retributivism thus advocates what is known as a tariff : a set of punishments of varying severity which are matched to crimes of differing seriousness . |
| 2 | Since the kite has a lift component to enable it to accelerate at certain positions around the hemisphere it also has what is known as an ‘ apparent wind ’ and it is this which sustains the motion within the flight envelope . |
| 3 | David , can I just clarify that this resolution now supersedes what is said in the report ? |
| 4 | This is not a particularly happy way of phrasing the objection , though , for the question immediately arises what is meant by " can be used in the same way " , " the same sort of conditions " , " the same effect " , etc . |
| 5 | . The question then becomes what is meant by the word ‘ woman ’ in the single context of marriage , for I am not concerned to determine the ‘ legal sex ’ of the respondent at large . |
| 6 | You will recall that Ormrod J. held that ‘ ( t ) he question then becomes what is meant by the word ‘ woman ’ in the context of a marriage , for I am not concerned to determine the ‘ legal sex ’ of the respondent at large . ’ |
| 7 | First , the legislation nowhere defines what is meant by a sexual assault . |