Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such knowledge could , however , continue to be useful when used in a regional context , which is what the RANs do , enabling members to react to a wider range of human rights violations in any given region . |
| 2 | It is inevitable and right that if we are to make God real for ourselves we must , to a considerable degree , speak of Him in human terms , which is what the Bible does when it speaks of Him as repenting , changing His mind , being provoked or made angry or sorrowful . |
| 3 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |
| 4 | The film both fulfils the Powell-Pressburger partnership 's aim to produce ‘ original stories , written for the screen , keeping pace with events and trying to put into action what people were thinking and saying at the time , ’ which is what the more obviously documentarist filmmakers were also trying to do , and articulates its own vision of the mystical forces in nature , culminating in the healing miracle that arrives for each of the three Canterbury pilgrims on their way to the cathedral . |
| 5 | Sir Anthony concludes : ‘ A regulatory agency — which is what the Department were , at the time , in relation to the protection of investors — ought , to my mind , by definition adopt a rigorous and enquiring approach as regards material coming into its possession concerning an undertaking about which suspicions have been aroused , and also as regards representations made to it on the part of the undertaking in question . |
| 6 | In the space of a few weeks they went from favouring broadly no change in taxation ( which is what the chancellor gave them ) to yearning for the rod — in one case a tax rise of £5 billion-10 billion . |
| 7 | The families choosing such an event put a great deal of effort into making the formal disposal of the body ( which is what the job has become ) as relevant and reverent as possible , and yet it seemed extremely difficult to achieve . |
| 8 | So he was young ; but his body was n't smooth and gold , pure hard gold , which is what the woman says about the body that you see in that scene of the film . |
| 9 | All of which is what the people who meet the star traveller would like him to believe , even though it represents a far from comprehensive picture of what is going on . |
| 10 | Written by two professors , Charles Taylor and John Beetlestone , both at University College , Cardiff , it describes entries in a competition organised for schools in three counties in south Wales aimed at introducing drama as a method of understanding — even enjoying — science , which is what the Molecule Club does on its own , as far as I know . |
| 11 | Although sufferers appear to have lost their appetite — which is what the word anorexia literally means — their chief worry is weight increase . |
| 12 | It is certainly possible to see in the charter deeds of the denomination ( which is what the Book of Common Prayer seems to be for many ) this vision to reach those outside the church . |
| 13 | The cafe idea was more down-to-earth , which is what the song 's all about — it 's supposed to be against arrogance and affluence and snobbery . ’ |
| 14 | The congress adopted a name for the party in the historical tradition , calling it the ‘ All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks ’ or VKPB , in an attempt to resurrect the name VKP(b) , which is what the Leninist-Stalinist party was called until 1952 . |
| 15 | Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) . |
| 16 | Of course the ball could be moved immediately which is what the lawmakers want . |
| 17 | Evidently he thought that a person can quite properly use the word ‘ here ’ without knowing , either by acquaintance or description , some thing which is what the word means , but that the word ‘ I ’ is different , and therefore that someone who can not , however hard he introspects , discover some thing which is what the word means , should not use it . |
| 18 | Evidently he thought that a person can quite properly use the word ‘ here ’ without knowing , either by acquaintance or description , some thing which is what the word means , but that the word ‘ I ’ is different , and therefore that someone who can not , however hard he introspects , discover some thing which is what the word means , should not use it . |
| 19 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 20 | But to use broad-brush protection ( which is what the withdrawal of MFN status would be ) for a vague target such as human rights makes less sense . |
| 21 | IBM Corp last week duly introduced the rack-mounted RS/6000 Powerserver 970 and the 970E model , which is what the thing is called when it is upgraded from a 930 , 950 or 950E , killing off the 930 in the process . |
| 22 | For in dropping the source markers the author has , for the moment , ceased to speak with her own voice — ceased to supply the narrative thread ( which is what the source markers do ) — and has let the characters take over . |
| 23 | Hence the current emphasis on sustainable development ( meeting our needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet their needs ) , which is what the Earth Summit is meant to be giving some practical expression to . |
| 24 | By this acquisition Crane can get a listing on the USM which is what the directors want . |
| 25 | Readers of the various chapters in Unwin ( 1969 ) will see a clear distinction made between what may be called education plus technology ( where individuals try to find uses for available equipment ) and the study of instructional methods and systems , which is what the true discipline of educational technology is properly concerned to encourage . |
| 26 | In any such change , there are three states that must be dealt with : ( 1 ) the present state , which is things as they are ; ( 2 ) the future state , which is what the changed condition will be ; and ( 3 ) the transitional state , which is the one that exists when evolving from the present to the future — the state during which the actual changing takes place . |
| 27 | " We can take most of them apart and use the materials again — which is what the government wants us to do . " |
| 28 | In the above example , the rheme is : provided a reasonably accurate system for predicting the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky , which is what the writer has to say about Ptolemy 's model . |
| 29 | They imagine torments more atrocious for the bakkra ( which is what the bosses are called ) than they have themselves received at the order of mistresses who wear bonnets and corsets and use the civilised manners of Liverpool or Birmingham or London — ; |
| 30 | Orchis is Greek for testicle , which is what the roots look like , and Lydia had told the company so , because Mrs Molesworth , gazing fondly and favourably on her husband , had divulged that he had bought her orchids on the recent occasion of their wedding anniversary . |