Example sentences of "of what [pron] [vb -s] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ayer gives us an example of what he considers to be a meaningless theological statement : ‘ The Absolute enters into , but is itself incapable of , evolution and progress ’ . |
| 2 | The explosiveness of these articles by Nizan is doubtless explained as much by Nizan 's anger at the reporting restrictions imposed by the Garde des Sceaux on sub judice matters affecting fascist infiltration in France , as it is by his visceral fear and hatred of what he considers to be the terrible consequences of the spread of fascism within his homeland . |
| 3 | He uses the attitude of the criminal law towards consent as an example of what he believes to be the necessary connection between criminal and moral law . |
| 4 | He is of good family ( genus ) , he is articulate , with the command of language necessary for the conduct of affairs in political assemblies and the lawcourts ( ) , and he has pietas , meaning active virtue , a strenuous and selfless pursuit of what he believes to be right . |
| 5 | ( iv ) In the case of external objects the observations he makes may fall short of what he claims to be the case . |
| 6 | In this account homosexuals are essentially failed men , and the arbiters of what it takes to be a successful male are of course not women but other males . |
| 7 | It reveals the long-term vision of the organisation in terms of what it wants to be . |
| 8 | It does , however , have a missionary vision of what it means to be truly human , derived partly from rational reflection on human capacities and desires , but supremely from its conviction that we glimpse true humanity in the life , death and teaching of Jesus . |
| 9 | If you can understand Berlin then perhaps it is also possible to make some sense of what Europe may now become and of what it means to be a European . |
| 10 | Although the evangelicals in the DUP are clearly out of step with most Ulster Protestant voters , they still represent the ideological centre of unionism , of what it means to be a Protestant . |
| 11 | Earlier in the book we examined the essence of what it means to be a person . |
| 12 | These inward struggles for wholeness as a person lie at the heart of what it means to be a Christian . |
| 13 | In a world that substitutes power for relationships , lust for love and magic for the true love of God , we will always have to fight to express the truth of what it means to be truly human . |
| 14 | Despite the risks , Jonathan flies for the sheer joy of exploring his potential , of extending the boundaries of what it means to be a seagull . |
| 15 | That , I believe , is the real test of our fellowship and is right at the heart of what it means to be a responsible member of a Baptist church practising as we do the principle of congregational government . |
| 16 | Occasionally we hear of staff abuse and there is outrage , but more often than not we simply do not think of what it means to be old or shut away . |
| 17 | They have intimate experience of what it means to be rejected , forgotten , isolated . |
| 18 | If aggression and violence are part and parcel of what it means to be human , then why is it that there exist societies where aggressive or violent behaviour is conspicuous by its absence ? |
| 19 | The title of the Conference was ‘ Peace , Action , and the Concept of Self ’ , the overall focus being explications on indigenous ideas of what it means to be a human being , how the associated attributes are conceptualized , and patterns of behaviour . |
| 20 | War is popularly perceived as part and parcel of what it means to be human , and , with ever increasing deadly weapons , the devastating impact of war is consequently accepted as inevitable . |
| 21 | I now wish to look at some Chewong words that pertain to inner states and relate these to ideas of what it means to be human . |
| 22 | An example of what it means to be brave ( or not fearful ) was provided by myself . |
| 23 | While highlighting the issue of disappearances , entertainment and big names can soften the perception of what it means to be ‘ disappeared ’ . |
| 24 | All three Synods have some common features , a desire to be attentive to the circumstances of today 's world , a desire to deepen our mutual understanding of what it means to be the church , following our different callings and collaborating in our common mission , and a call to renew our sense of being an evangelising church . |
| 25 | The reopening of this northern hinterland , however , could well change the Greeks ' view of what it means to be a member of the Community . |
| 26 | Events in many countries over the last few years must have re-awakened in every English soul , an awareness of what it means to be English . |
| 27 | Some are blue and some pink , some have pockets and some not , but they are all examples of what it means to be a shirt : they all exemplify ‘ shirtness ’ — the universal . |
| 28 | But it is still the case that through the reading of it in church a certain image of what it means to be male or female is conveyed . |
| 29 | It may well be said that the patriarchal understanding of what it means to be male is abandoned . |
| 30 | They ease the pain of lived contradictions , furnishing missing links between origins and destinies , stitching together scattered histories into a singular totalizing consciousness of what it means to be black or Muslim , Palestinian or Jew . |