Example sentences of "[det] is what [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now this is what 's called a tap spring , ’ and he lightly tapped his right foot along the floor boards and hopped neatly onto it , leaving his left leg raised slightly behind him . |
| 2 | ‘ This is what 's meant to be forming our character , remember ? |
| 3 | This is what 's really strange . |
| 4 | Well as I understand it , this is what 's happening at |
| 5 | This is what 's in his head . |
| 6 | It seems that this is what 's annoying people the most though |
| 7 | This is what 's at the back of my mind |
| 8 | It 's at its highest in rural areas , this is what 's being done . |
| 9 | Erm , and we put to them they ca n't take a simplistic approach of saying this is what 's to cover the cost in selling from there and that is all that 's available to place people more appropriately in the community . |
| 10 | Got ta present it saying that this is what 's happening . |
| 11 | Now I think this is what 's behind all this actually . |
| 12 | that is , that is what , that is what exists to do , or one of the things that exists to do as the U K sales company our business is to give the projections for a particular piece of business , and if we see any other similar bits of business around it that 's fine , that 's , that needs to be added to it , but to give our vision of that particular piece of business , feed that into the marketing people in , and say , look , this is the situation if we go this way , this is what we think is going to happen , if we do this , this is going to happen , if we do n't do this , this is what 's going to happen , so that that can be fed into an overall picture , and they will come back , I presume , and say , right , we now have enough information to know that it 's going to be worth =vesting , investing in production of sixteen double O fours in er Peter . |
| 13 | So this is what 's happening , and we said the people that do n't use up the adrenaline , the ones who decide to freeze and sort of try and cope with it , this is what 's happening . |
| 14 | So this is what 's happening , and we said the people that do n't use up the adrenaline , the ones who decide to freeze and sort of try and cope with it , this is what 's happening . |
| 15 | All the adrenaline is now remaining in your system with all these other hormones , and this is what 's causing the illnesses and the problems . |
| 16 | This is what 's causing stress . |
| 17 | Yeah well this is what 's not , I mean we do n't know who who those accounts are that you 're dealing with where that 's the situation |
| 18 | this is what 's call was called in York a throwen chair and do n't mistake that for thrown , er it 's a throwen or c or or turned chair . |
| 19 | But you see I , I do n't know I can see what you mean , but I do n't know whether a move would be the answer cos I think you 're if you 're gon na stay in teaching this is what 's gon na happen . |
| 20 | I mean this is what 's going to happen to the detriment of the health service right through |
| 21 | This is what 's her name in n it ? |
| 22 | this is what 's er all about power and power though |
| 23 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 24 | Oh this is what 's it called ? |
| 25 | The reason Morgan sees for the passage of society from one stage to another — and this is what is most stressed by Engels in his restatement of Morgan 's theory in The Origin — is a social break due too the fact that the various subsystems stop working in gear , and come into conflict with each other . |
| 26 | She knows there is nothing that is more attractive that the promise of sexuality waiting to bloom , and so if this is what is responsible for fame , Kylie wants to keep her pre-puberty looks . ’ |
| 27 | This is what is wrong with Klinghoffer . |
| 28 | This is what is known as ‘ virtual reality ’ . |
| 29 | It does not follow that it is the duty of government to provide these services — the duty could be discharged by securing that they are available from other sources : this is what is implied by the distinction between the providing and enabling state . |
| 30 | It was found later that if bore holes were sunk into the deposits and water circulated in them , the solution could be pumped up and the salt extracted by evaporation , and this is what is done at Marston ( q.v . ) . |