Example sentences of "[verb] what [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It can also be used to indicate what is to be presented by the speaker as the topic .
2 The Japanese are being made to suffer what is for them a serious loss of face in having to pull the plug on the fifteen-month-old Massachusetts-based operation set up to build and sell Intel i860 boxes under a five-year commitment to the project .
3 When he 's not behind the counter , Paul works hard keeping what 's under the clothes in top condition .
4 I would like to know what 's to be in it , when is the trial audit going to be , I suppose it 's in my diary , em .
5 Some people need to know what 's in food for health reasons .
6 The taxpayer paid for it and the taxpayer is entitled to know what 's in it , ’ he said .
7 They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards .
8 On no account worry about the following technicalities , but , as with driving a car , it is helpful to know what is under the bonnet .
9 As a little afterthought , if anyone one would like to know what is on my Christmas list — please tell that Mummy would like a LIE-IN !
10 It is all very well to insist that causes have or are powers or whatever , but we need to know what is to be understood by that .
11 These people may of course want to keep their knowledge secret so as to avoid any involvement in criminal proceedings , which is not helpful to creditors and to credit managers wanting to know what is to be salvaged from the wreck .
12 ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you .
13 If you go into a pub today and buy a pint of beer , a coke , a low alcohol lager and a packet of crisps , you have a right to know what is in all those products except the beer .
14 The resident has a right to know what is in the plan , and the staff of the Home will put it into practice .
15 Bluntly stated : an enquirer into ‘ the mind ’ has to know what is in his own mind and why it is filled in the way it is .
16 We still need to know what is in that contract or we need to find out whether there is anything peculiar , and I mean illegal , about Harley 's putter .
17 All too often they have to guess what is in the minds of their teachers .
18 And we feel that both of those policies combine to establish what is in effect a presumption against erm any form of significant employment development away from the the county 's main settlements .
19 While interest in ‘ transcultural ’ issues blossoms , blindness to racism remains as pervasive as ever , obscuring what is of value in other cultures and races .
20 The impossibility of becoming aware of another 's inwardness without a readiness to let myself feel as he does is plain when someone tries to communicate what is inside his head .
21 Bruner starts by leading children to discover what is in their own heads , and describes a lesson on sentence structure .
22 ‘ But as you say what 's to be found ?
23 Say what 's in your mind , I like people like that
24 He 'll know what 's to be done about Meredith Putt . ’
25 I do n't know what 's to be done about my memory . ’
26 We do n't know what 's on the other side , if anything .
27 Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ?
28 I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you .
29 Do you know what 's on the
30 You do n't know what 's on channel one do you , at the moment ?
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