Example sentences of "is [adv] what [is] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Both these tales involve incestuous sexual relationships , which is presumably what is meant by referring to them as " " unkynde ( " unnatural " ) abhomynaciouns " " ( II : 88 ) . |
2 | This strategy of setting up interactive and interdependent small groups is effectively what is happening in whole group drama . |
3 | As far as the author 's experience is concerned , what counts from the viewpoint of criticism is only what is embodied in the text , and that is wholly accessible to anyone with a knowledge of the language and culture to which the text belongs . |
4 | And this is exactly what 's happening in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire , where the Forestry Commission is positively encouraging cycling . |
5 | Educational : Most examinations are tests of short-term memory and this is exactly what is damaged in alcohol or drug use . |
6 | But that is just what is happening to black people coming to Britain as dependants and visitors . |
7 | They can even be used allopathically ( as in orthodox medicine ) and this is just what is happening in the situation above when one or two remedies are advocated for the treatment of everyone with one disease label . |
8 | He says it is just what is needed in Northampton to get things moving again . |
9 | Breathing in this way will be more efficient if the body is of the size and shape that gives maximum skin area and minimum body volume and this indeed , is just what is found among these lungless salamanders ; their bodies are thin and elongated and none of them grows to more than a few centimetres in length . |
10 | Indeed , that such questions are intelligible is largely what is meant by saying that its phenomenology ‘ has a dimension comparable to visual experience as we know it ’ . |
11 | Do you believe violent death leaves a kind of surge of energy behind it which is really what 's meant by ghosts ? ’ |
12 | Reducing this to one fifth still leaves a potential strength of between 2 and 4 per cent of E , which is roughly what is achieved in practice in fibre-glass and is a good deal more than one can reach , keeping a safe amount of toughness , with the metallic ductility mechanism ( Chapter 9 ) . |
13 | Now to place this manor and house , first I believe the only place this could have been is Upper Haillng , and the house is now what is known as Court Farm , the present residence of Mr Peter Lingham . |
14 | A pound related to genuine market conditions is surely what is required for our balance of payments . |
15 | The term taille means ‘ cut ’ and that is precisely what is done to the marc in the maie after the cuvée has been extracted . |