Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [prep] what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do this , it is first necessary to see if it is possible to agree on what the crucial principles are that characterise both the original biological positivists and the proposed wider category . |
| 2 | We have argued in favour of the tenet which underlies ( vii ) , namely that it is possible to distinguish between what the writer chooses to talk about , and how he chooses to talk about it . |
| 3 | And people are sometimes aware that the kind of stress they feel is different depending on what the stressful circumstances are . |
| 4 | Given these kinds of powers , benefits and resources , it is interesting to speculate upon what the appropriate local authorities might have done during this period . |
| 5 | In the case of secondment to industry , it is useful to look at what the school 's short- and medium-term goals are . |
| 6 | When the victim was an inoffensive law abiding citizen , therefore , or a constables who , by virtue of his training , is unlikely to respond to what the defendant was doing by committing a breach of the peace , there was little real likelihood of a breach of the peace , and no offence was committed , in spite of the defendant 's intolerably bullying behaviour . |
| 7 | With closed questions it is easier to count the replies and perform statistical operations on them , but it is difficult to get at what the respondent really thinks about something . |
| 8 | While we can appreciate that Christian worship is joy , it is harder to believe in what the poet George Matheson called ‘ Joy that seekest me through pain ’ . |
| 9 | It is worthwhile to look at what a report should achieve before discussing its content . |