Example sentences of "what it [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having found that Vendale 's identity is not what it is believed to be , he tries to use this discovery , but is thwarted by Bintrey . |
| 2 | Their liability will not be based on what they have actually paid for their house but what it is deemed to be worth without discount . |
| 3 | Heterosexism ensures that the gut reaction of every heterosexual woman and young woman , as well as many lesbian workers and young lesbians , is to deny the ‘ accusation ’ — for that is certainly what it is meant to be . |
| 4 | But the signs are that street-wise teenagers who caused the Chipie boom are moving on again , leaving the brand to settle back to what it is meant to be , a broad-based fashionable collection with an appeal to all members of the family who like off-beat colours and tradition given a twist . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a totally new departure for me , and I have to admit I do n't know what it is going to be like or what to expect . |
| 6 | This is what it 's going to be like from now on . |
| 7 | Christ knows what it 's going to be like in July if this weather keeps up . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This job you are going to take — do you know what it 's going to be ? ’ |
| 9 | No I I do n't know what it 's going to be about they have n't sent any information . |
| 10 | and I do n't know what it 's going to be |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what it 's going to be like — sitting at home and there 's three of you . |
| 12 | Speaking as a single parent who was left with children of twelve and eight , it is very hard and I often think it would be a good thing if social workers were better able to explain to young girls who are left with babies , just what it 's going to be like . |
| 13 | It gives one quite a strong idea of what it 's going to be like to be a corpse . ’ |
| 14 | What it 's going to be like , roughly ? |
| 15 | let's , let's go specific on it , let's tell 'em , let's , let's tell the factory people that this is what it 's going to be . |
| 16 | Well you know what it 's going to be like , it 's sort of a set piece each , each season |
| 17 | And the sketches and the readings take , er take us all through literature from the eighteenth century to present day , and they , they 're just readings and sketches from that , which I do n't , I have n't actually seen it and I do n't know what it 's going to be , but I 've every confidence that whatever Edward Fox , Dorothy Tutin and Freddie Jones do , it will be quite superb in these events |
| 18 | Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares . |
| 19 | Hakim said he never knew what it was going to be used for next ; on an organisation chart he left a column for Africa , since North had hinted that he might one day do something there too . |
| 20 | What it had been , Breeze could not determine , but she knew what it was going to be . |
| 21 | Did you see me on your balcony and decide you 'd have to defer your reunion — if that 's what it was going to be ? |
| 22 | However , where it is discovered that the tax law does not have the effect that the Government and taxpayers generally thought it had , there are circumstances in which it is right to introduce legislation to restore the position retrospectively to what it was thought to be . |
| 23 | The smile has to be understood by the other person as what it was meant to be — a friendly greeting . |
| 24 | In the middle was a rosy little naked cupid ; the shaft of the one short hand came through his loins , and the rounded tip at its end made it very clear what it was meant to be . |