Example sentences of "be what the [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 2 | Last week 's ‘ new cruzados ’ , ravaged by inflation , are blocked and replaced by cruzeiros ( which happens to be what the currency was called up till 1986 ) . |
| 3 | That used to be what the EC was dedicated to as well . |
| 4 | The Masculine Dilemma : Wanting to Be What the Other Is |
| 5 | The older man explains why : ‘ Take my word for it — homosexuality is wanting to be what the other is ’ ( p. 337 ) . |
| 6 | And when X says homosexuality is wanting to be what the other is , the other is now not the other ( opposite ) sex , but the same sex , and X , as avowed heterosexual , has described his desire to displace the male . |
| 7 | Once posited , to be what the colour-word is the name of , this ‘ feeling ’ or ‘ sensation ’ becomes an element , in our thought about these matters , of which it is almost impossible to rid ourselves . |
| 8 | Almost , the setting , the milieu , here will be what the book is about . |
| 9 | The most obvious is that he felt it himself : to him his fictions were what the Silmarils were to Fëanor or their ships to the Teleri , ‘ the work of our hearts , whose like we shall not make again' . |
| 10 | Dividends , which are what the shareholder is paid for the use of his money , are recommended by the directors and authorized by the annual general meeting of shareholders . |
| 11 | Dividends , which are what the shareholder is paid for the use of his money , are recommended by the directors and authorized by the annual general meeting of shareholders . |
| 12 | But for the last twenty years , and increasingly so at the moment , quick profits are what the rainforests are all about . |
| 13 | Now that would not be what one would expect er two months ago if I 'd said well look you know that 's that 's what the revolution 's gon na bring about you would 've said I do n't believe you . |
| 14 | And that 's what the heart is like in heart failure . |
| 15 | That 's where the blood leads by , okay , on that side of the heart the left hand side of the heart it 's being pumped and therefore the muscle is a bigger muscle , that 's doing the contracting , the blood push out and it relaxes back again and that allows the blood to be sucked back down into the heart , okay , and the next time it 's shh , that goes out and then it relaxes down again and the blood sucks back down into the heart , okay so that 's what it does , all the muscle can do is that , muscle can only retract and then it relaxes , contract and then it relaxes , that 's what the heart 's doing all the time , how many beats a minute ? |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what the authorities are there to find out . |
| 17 | I will tell you what happened in that dreadful summer of 1520 , for that 's what the dream was about . |
| 18 | That 's what the sawdust was for . |
| 19 | That 's what the country was it was always to be remembered feat a giant killing match of all time . |
| 20 | That 's what the broadcasters are worried about , and probably the reason why the BBC disastrously preferred a ‘ voting intention ’ survey in 1987 . |
| 21 | And that 's what the gradient is for any X along here . |
| 22 | and that 's what the brain 's like , you 've got to try and hold on |
| 23 | The only problem is that the terminally ill patient has in effect lost his autonomy , and it does n't work for him , and that 's what the bill is all about . |
| 24 | so that 's what the money is about and that 's where the money came from |
| 25 | Burgundy , that 's what the colour was called . |
| 26 | Ms MccGwire said : ‘ I think it 's a terrible shame the judges are not upholding freedom of speech and the public 's right to know , because that 's what the case is all about . ’ |
| 27 | Local councils do help to direct communities and that 's what the Sanhedrin were hoping that they could do too , they advised their communities . |
| 28 | There 's your intestacy rules that 's what the law 's going to say about it all and that 's what will happen if you do n't make a will . |
| 29 | And it will be used for transplants of kidneys and other organs , there are already of course many transplants done at the Churchill , but they 're done in very cramped conditions , and this will provide not only better conditions for the patients , but also new research laboratories , and of course with transplants preventing rejection of the graft is very important , and that 's what the Churchill is particularly good at . |
| 30 | Personally I feel they are being a bit bureaucratic for Mark is , a genuine teenager and that 's what the championship is for , but what can you do ? ’ |