Example sentences of "in what is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for his qualities and accomplishments , they can not be altogether passed over in what is intended to be , however inadequate , a whole-hearted tribute of affection , admiration and regard . |
| 2 | Currently , all FIMBRA members are able to offer pensions advice , even though they may not be properly qualified in what is acknowledged to be a highly complex area . |
| 3 | The people who have been studied will probably be interested in what is said about them , and this may affect what the researcher writes . |
| 4 | It also acknowledges its debt in what is said about electronic instruments to Repair or Replace ? |
| 5 | It seems that although English greenswards remained innocent of South Africans , score cards from agreed events were exchanged through the mails in what is said to be a contravention of the Gleneagles Agreement . |
| 6 | Backing this up was the constant confrontation with the Swastika ; its image , made more powerful by the angle at which it was presented , affected the deepest centres of human intuition and acted in what is called in Hinduism a ‘ yantra ’ , a design to stimulate consciousness . |
| 7 | The argument clearly attacks the notion of justified belief as well as that of knowledge in that restricted area , since it maintains that we have no reason in what is observed for any beliefs about the unobserved . |
| 8 | Italian fiction , for a long time predicated on an absolute distinction between ‘ high ’ or ‘ quality ’ writing and ‘ popular ’ writing , and , with few exceptions , limited in its ‘ higher ’ forms to an alternation between social observation and psychological introspection , has changed its shape : the detective story , the thriller , the Gothic fantasy , science fiction , the romance , all now occupy an honoured place in what is accepted as ‘ serious ’ fiction . |
| 9 | Such specialist rehabilitation work is , however , demanding and stressful , and it is generally much easier to recruit professionals to work in what is perceived as the glamorous ‘ acute ’ sector of the mental health service than in the long-term support services . |
| 10 | The prestige and repute connected to sporting success at school made it a viable , intriguing and challenging venture for her , as it would be for many otherwise nondescript black kids already faced with the adversity of being black in what is perceived to be a hostile environment . |
| 11 | A COUPLE and their teenage daughter were found gassed in their car yesterday in what is believed to be a suicide pact . |
| 12 | In what is believed to be the first development of its kind , a new hospital under construction in north-eastern England is being fitted with a range of energy-saving features which may reduce annual energy bills by as much as 60 per cent . |
| 13 | Six chemical companies and a property developer have agreed to pay damages of $207 million in what is believed to be the largest settlement of a court case over a toxic waste dump . |
| 14 | In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Scotland , the teenager alleges that after more than a year of taunting and physical attack she could not continue and left the Royal High School . |
| 15 | There is an odd ambivalence directed to matters sexual in what is recognized as a staunchly Roman Catholic country . |
| 16 | In what is seen as a test case , Mr Justice Chadwick ruled that Oldham Borough Council had no power to sell the 22-acre Clayton playing fields , bequeathed to the town for sport by a local benefactor . |
| 17 | The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) has published a report on the environment , in what is seen as a response to environmentalist criticisms of the organization 's emphasis on free trade [ see SAFE report , below , and also EDs 51 , 52 and 55 ] in the run-up to final negotiations in the current " Uruguay round " of trade talks . |
| 18 | The UK government has announced plans to encourage cycling , in what is seen as something of a shift of policy away from its market-oriented attitude to transport . |
| 19 | I start from the assumption that we are interested in what is done in any communicative act . |
| 20 | Clearly , the basis must lie in what is taught in schools . |
| 21 | More importantly , they show how , even in what is regarded as the most basic type of communication , the context that is relevant to the disambiguation of deixis should be seen not as a physical setting that is fixed and given once and for all , but rather as a cognitive space that is actively constructed by participants in the course of the interaction . |
| 22 | In what is regarded as a make-or-break move for his political career , Mr Lamont will set out to demonstrate a clear route out of recession while underlining the Government 's clamp on public spending . |
| 23 | Secondly I think the other thing is , is a change in what is regarded as the content of history . |
| 24 | Due to injury the brothers will be unavailable to participate in what is expected to be the largest inland dinghy championship in Ireland for several years — the Heineken GP14 Inland Championship at Lough Erne . |
| 25 | INJURY-hit Derry City will receive little sympathy from high-flying Shelbourne at Tolka Park tomorrow afternoon in what is expected to be a severe test for the Brandywell side ( kick-off 3.30pm ) . |
| 26 | Simpsons ' directors yesterday recommended that shareholders accept Baldwin 's offer in what is expected to be the conclusion of a bitter struggle for control of the group . |
| 27 | Soon after One-Leg 's publication I was lying in my bath in what is shown to visitors as Lord Anglesey 's Bathroom , looking out on the incomparable view of the Menai Strait with the majesty of Snowdon beyond , when a bold idea occurred to me . |
| 28 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 29 | Today no-one — with the possible exception of members of his family - seriously believes that Wallenberg is still alive somewhere in what is left of the Gulag Archipelago , four and a half years into perestroika . |
| 30 | The years in question are a woman 's fifth decade ; the danger is , predictably , of loss of identity , rejection , pain , a failure any longer to see a purpose in what is left of life . |