Example sentences of "[adv] what it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at it this way : Track Two is now doing just what it was set up to do in just the situation they foresaw : a weak British government getting too close to Moscow . |
| 2 | Having found that Vendale 's identity is not what it is believed to be , he tries to use this discovery , but is thwarted by Bintrey . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's not what it 's called and the message has nothing to do with — that . ’ |
| 4 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 5 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |
| 6 | The khedda looks too flimsy to hold a herd of furious , newly rounded-up elephants but that is exactly what it is designed to do . |
| 7 | Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine . |
| 8 | Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares . |
| 9 | AN INCREASING demand for hypo-allergenic dairy products has led a Tayside woman to take the first tentative steps towards setting up what it is thought would be Britain 's only mare milking unit . |
| 10 | As the situation in the United States shows , it is not merely how much money is spent on health care that is important , but also what it is spent on . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ Find out what it is made of . ’ |
| 12 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 13 | I always bring something back from there — today it was iris together with something white and richly scented ; I asked the girl twice what it was called but could n't catch what she said — I arrange the flowers in the vase I bought soon after I arrived . |
| 14 | Heterosexism ensures that the gut reaction of every heterosexual woman and young woman , as well as many lesbian workers and young lesbians , is to deny the ‘ accusation ’ — for that is certainly what it is meant to be . |