Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] be [coord] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central to patient-centred counselling , he says , is the idea that individuals are the best arbiters of what is and is not right for them . |
| 2 | Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm . |
| 3 | A fourth and very important influence on the rate of recorded crime is the effect of changes in the law , which may lead to an alteration in the definition of what is or is not a crime . |
| 4 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 5 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 6 | The term ‘ professional ’ will thus be used in a looser way than would be indicated by the conceptual analysis of what is or is not a profession . |
| 7 | This is a question to be considered in the round , and nothing is gained by the introduction of shifting burdens of proof , which serves only to break down into formal steps what is in reality a single appreciation of what is or is not unfair . |
| 8 | The section resolves the point , although the question of what is or is not immediate is , of course , still a matter of degree . |
| 9 | In moments of despair you hit hope on the head with a hammer , but she goes on breathing in dark , safe spaces , echoes and cobwebs/tatters of past desire , spent and perfect , swim through time towards you , reminding you of what was but is no more/splinters in the flesh/tiny mouths open and close and never get fed — not even scraps — nothing at all . |
| 10 | Quite apart from discriminations as to what is or is not permissible food and how it should be prepared ( " edibility " in a strict nutritional sense is a very minor factor here ) , all human societies have precise rules about the circumstances in which men may kill other men and other animals . |
| 11 | When writing to the Claimant 's Doctor , it is essential that no guidance is given in our correspondence , as to what is or is not covered under the policy . |
| 12 | Australia 's world record try-scorer backed up Carling when he said : ‘ If all referees agreed on what is and is not within the laws , then we would not need to keep tinkering with them . |
| 13 | They might , in some cases , indicate a facility of explicitness , but even here we have to be careful since what is or is not explicit is always relative . |
| 14 | If you have any doubts about what is or is not appropriate for a child of a given age , then seek advice from your doctor , a child psychologist or health visitor , or from other parents , particularly those whose children are older than yours . |
| 15 | While both radicals and conservatives might agree about most of the categories , they may well disagree about what is or is not " developmental " . |
| 16 | The attractions of the CA methodology in the study of code switching can be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The CA approach avoids premature theorising about what is or is not of interest to the analyst . |
| 17 | Only the Policy Document , written in plain English , tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( Sun Alliance will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 18 | The conclusions that I have come to about what is and is not important in the area of environmental scanning and business strategy are similar in many respects to those of White and Wilson , in another piece of British Library-sponsored research [ White & Wilson ( 1985 ) ] . |
| 19 | This minefield is compounded by the moral nature of the problem ; about what is and is not acceptable behaviour . |
| 20 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 21 | Only the Policy document , written in plain English tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( we will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 22 | Are there any questions that people would , would like to ask , er I think it 's a very important paper , er important also because as most of you know it was all these new technologies and new drug treatments and things like that that are coming in , an awful lot of rather easy criteria are being used to , to look at the , the various things , and I think that 's why there 's a lot of confusion about what is and is not a good method of treatment . |
| 23 | The first demarcation is between what is and is not ‘ higher education ’ ; this constitutes the general boundary within which knowledge and curricula are structured . |
| 24 | Discourses are not just constituted by what is and is not written ; other signification systems are involved . |
| 25 | It might also be argued that the treatment of language in terms of sentences has been quite successful in revealing how language works , that within the sentence we can establish rules and constraints concerning what is and is not allowed , whereas beyond the sentence , such rules seem either to disintegrate or turn into rules of a different kind — social rules or psychological rules , which are not within the area of linguistic study at all . |