Example sentences of "[is] and what it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Ford has shown an absence of leadership and an absence of grasp of what this country is and what it ought to be . ’ |
| 2 | Food for Microwaving is also useful but it has some curious entries : under flour , for instance , it simply describes what flour is and what it is used for , but has nothing to offer on how microwaving affects it in pastry , cakes , etc . |
| 3 | The organisation housed on the corner of Old Broad Street and Throgmorton Street has mercifully reverted to a name which accurately describes where it is and what it does . |
| 4 | Moderation is fine , if that is what it is and what It remains . |
| 5 | ‘ As a writer I came to realise the obvious : the subject of the dream is the dreamer , ’ Morrison remarks , as she points out how unwaveringly the subject of whiteness — what it is and what it is n't — preoccupies the American literary imagination ( and , I suspect the European as well ) . |
| 6 | They therefore need to gain insight into what language is and what it can do , insights which bilingual children intuitively possess ’ , and ‘ Whilst we recognise that they [ bilingual pupils ] need to gain access to standard forms of English — used widely as a vehicle for implementing the school curriculum , we recognise the value and importance of their own dialects and languages . |
| 7 | Rather than contenting himself with a specific and clearly defined puzzle , Poulantzas aims to give a broad account of the capitalist state , which will show what it is and what it does by revealing its connections with the various instances of the social whole . |
| 8 | In classical physics I can know both where an electron is and what it is doing . |
| 9 | For a classical particle we can know both its position and momentum , where it is and what it is doing . |
| 10 | You did n't set out to drive a car without knowing where the clutch is and what it does . |
| 11 | The ‘ authors of the ‘ neutralisation ’ idea ’ were accused of trying to decide the Afghan people 's fate for them ‘ without asking the government of that country what its position is and what it thinks on this score ’ . |
| 12 | So I want to start about talking about what Neighbourhood Watch is and what it is n't . |
| 13 | ‘ If this film had already been made there would n't be so much confusion about what the Maastricht Treaty is and what it means to Britain , ’ said one of the film 's producers , as Mr Brandreth rehearsed his lines in front of the European Parliament in Brussels . |
| 14 | Oh it 's only it 's got erm I mean I can se , see where it is and what it is in the |
| 15 | And could , would you put it in a bag er with a little erm ticket in it you know , how much it is and what it 's for and . |