Example sentences of "what is [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the way to maintain it in what is for many accountants a difficult transitional period . |
| 2 | This brings the time of resuming sexual relations right up to what is for most women the most fertile time of the month . |
| 3 | Under such circumstances , the influence of the father would , of course , be absent and so , therefore , would what is for most white youths the main stimulus behind sporting involvement . |
| 4 | The men do what is to all intents a twenty-four-hour shift seven days a week . |
| 5 | It also has a couple of sockets over the ears where you can plug in what is to all effects a stethoscope . ’ |
| 6 | In origin they are Indian traditions , Hinduism and ( what is to some extent its off-shoot ) Buddhism . |
| 7 | Only then shall we be able to assess how far the dominance of the public schools and ( what is of much less significance ) of Oxford and Cambridge has begun to lessen . |
| 8 | It is sad when the options are closed off because those who support do not know what is of most significance . |
| 9 | It is pointed out , for example , that what is of most interest is not pay levels but living standards , and the latter can be more easily influenced through tax and benefit policies . |
| 10 | The sheer size of the audience would have made the decade significant but what is of more interest in the 1930s was the way in which responses to Hollywood became more and more complex . |
| 11 | No , I 'm trying to say what is behind all this if you really think of it ? |
| 12 | But depending on what is behind that material , those reasons , if you will , there may be — it might change this case completely [ author 's italics ] . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 14 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
| 15 | Once the public choice perspective is introduced , a relevant question becomes , What is in each theory for the political actors ? |
| 16 | The idea of the tour is so that they can actually er listen to it , but they can turn it off whenever they want and they can use their guide book to see what is in each room and if you look at the guidebook as we go round , you will find that that the things are illustrated , you know the pot . |
| 17 | The community element of the strategy marks what is in many ways a unique experiment in physical and economic regeneration . |
| 18 | What is in many ways remarkable is that the family had stayed in Frome as long as it had . |
| 19 | These are excellent ingredients for a cerebral cocktail , and Lévi-Strauss combines them brilliantly , producing what is in many respects an elaboration of Radcliffe-Brown 's early version of structuralism . |
| 20 | What is in that file is not as yet available to journalists , but apparently it contains an affidavit by an ex-policeman who was present at the discovery of the treasure . |
| 21 | We still need to know what is in that contract or we need to find out whether there is anything peculiar , and I mean illegal , about Harley 's putter . |
| 22 | What is in that |
| 23 | What is in that budget , who will be helped by that budget , and who will be hurt by it ? |
| 24 | What is in that stuff ? |
| 25 | If you go into a pub today and buy a pint of beer , a coke , a low alcohol lager and a packet of crisps , you have a right to know what is in all those products except the beer . |
| 26 | The boats are diesel-powered rather than sailing cobles , but the fleet is small and scarcely serves its local market , let alone an important part of what is in any event a diminishing national fleet . |
| 27 | Its relative freedom from the demands of traditional methodology even produces what is in some ways a stronger account of an autonomous , integrated subject , which includes both objective and subjective characteristics . |
| 28 | And in all three , what is autonomous ( or authentic ) is what is seen as originating in some way from within the self ; what is in some way untainted by the conditioning or manipulation to which a woman has previously been subjected . |
| 29 | An important indication ( although , as we shall see , not a sufficient one ) that a portion of a sentence is a semantic constituent is that its semantic contribution to the sentence is the same as that which it makes to other , different sentences ; in other words , it carries what is in some sense a constant meaning from context to context . |
| 30 | They may not know what is in these documents ; even those who do may not understand the implications of the proposals . |