Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] be [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is needed is prayer for healing . |
| 2 | What it believes is needed is leadership from SunSoft Inc throwing its weight behind ES/MP . |
| 3 | This will involve communication from the relevant semantic entry to the phonological output lexicon , which enables you to produce the appropriate spoken form corresponding to the semantic entry , i.e. to say ‘ elephant ’ ( unless what we asked you to do was write the answer down , in which case what is needed is communication from semantics to the orthographic output lexicon ) . |
| 4 | Even my highly regrettable tendency to react positively whenever the fridge door is opened was proof against that . |
| 5 | The transferee employer may not be a very attractive proposition from the employee 's point of view , say where what is envisaged is transfer from the shelter of the public sector to a private sector operator with little knowledge of the industry . |
| 6 | But it should bear in mind that the subject is one of particular national importance and that … what is wanted is organisation on a national scale . |
| 7 | 373 , 377b ) that both larceny by a trick and obtaining by false pretences involved ‘ consent ’ by the victim , because what is involved is consent to two different things . |
| 8 | What is allowed is sentimentality in drunken songs of nationality and ideal love . |
| 9 | The only point at which exact translation is required is translation of the objective in legal discourse into the client 's chosen outcome . |
| 10 | All that is required is retrieval of an item from an output lexicon ( phonological output lexicon for spoken production , or orthographic output lexicon for written production ) . |