Example sentences of "is [Wh det] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory seems to be ( 1 ) that some act — noticing a resemblance — must precede uttering the word ‘ white ’ for the person who utters the word genuinely to be describing the object , and not merely coming out with the words , ‘ It 's white ’ as might a parrot , no matter what it was shown ; and ( 2 ) that the resemblance the theory requires one to have noticed , which is supposed to justify one 's calling it white as opposed , say , to blue , is what one is referring to when one calls the object ‘ white ’ . |
| 2 | That failed , so the Government are taking money from the taxpayer to the tune , with the assisted places scheme , of more than £500 million — That is what it is costing , based on the Government 's own figures . |
| 3 | The philosophical question — the deep question — the question that we , I think , are here constituted to examine — is what it is to want them . |
| 4 | In a sense this is what it is to become and experienced teacher rather than a novice . |
| 5 | And this is what it 's written in — a code . ’ |
| 6 | This is what it 's going to be like from now on . |
| 7 | let's , let's go specific on it , let's tell 'em , let's , let's tell the factory people that this is what it 's going to be . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 9 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 10 | That is what he is saying . |
| 11 | May I put it to him that the danger of his proposal of making workplace ballots illegal , which is what he is proposing , even where there is independent scrutiny , is that the participation level is lower for such ballots ? |
| 12 | Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing . |
| 13 | That is what he is doing . |
| 14 | That is what he is doing . |
| 15 | is what he 's called to . |
| 16 | He 's got to say this is what he 's trying to do in order to gain what it is he 's trying to gain . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether that is what he 's gon na be called . |
| 18 | It 's not his baby is what he 's saying , no more than it 's hers . |
| 19 | This is what he 's saying , yeah . |
| 20 | But I mean I think it is important to establish that , that this is what he 's saying . |
| 21 | Wh whether it 's happened I think is another matter , this is what he 's saying . |
| 22 | The main man-child 's self-adoring ennui sticks in the craw once you realise that this is what he 's going to be doing on his death bed . ’ |
| 23 | That is what she is assumed to want , and that is her innate nature and hence it should be so . |
| 24 | Seemingly unrestrained by their director , his principals , Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons , indulge in a perfect orgy of , in actor-speak , ‘ playing the result ’ : their first meeting , before they are even introduced , is a wild farrago of fish-like glances , tortured swallowing and interminable silences , and Malle follows suit , equipping his female lead with a get-up — black leather , gloves , fags , sunglasses , four-inch heels and an Eton crop to make a Brazilian transvestite blink , never mind a research assistant at Sotheby 's , which is what she is meant to be . |