Example sentences of "is [adv] what is [vb pp] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Educational : Most examinations are tests of short-term memory and this is exactly what is damaged in alcohol or drug use . |
| 4 | He says it is just what is needed in Northampton to get things moving again . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A pound related to genuine market conditions is surely what is required for our balance of payments . |
| 10 | The term taille means ‘ cut ’ and that is precisely what is done to the marc in the maie after the cuvée has been extracted . |