Example sentences of "is what is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Another strong theme in the conference is what is seen as a threat posed to the traditional newsagent . |
| 32 | Well this is what is faced with doing . |
| 33 | If that is what is intended , the objector would say , then constructivism is nothing more than a kind of behaviourism ( another attempt to replace the mental by the behavioural ) ; or perhaps we might lump it together with Marxist attempts to ‘ resolve ’ the mind-body problem in terms of ‘ praxis ’ . |
| 34 | Yes , well , I see fr from this , it 's it 's not exactly clear , not exactly is what is intended . |
| 35 | Perhaps the best way of describing it is that it will put you at peace with yourself — which is what is intended . |
| 36 | An end result is what is achieved as a result of doing it . ) |
| 37 | It was found later that if bore holes were sunk into the deposits and water circulated in them , the solution could be pumped up and the salt extracted by evaporation , and this is what is done at Marston ( q.v . ) . |
| 38 | A given administrative arrangement is neither good nor bad … what really counts is what is done with the group once it is established … |
| 39 | The implicit curriculum is what is received through the total impact of what actually happens in school . |
| 40 | Most importantly , is what is said coming true ? |
| 41 | However , one question , to which there is a clear answer is what is said to be the plaintiff 's life expectancy . |
| 42 | A fair deal for youth is what is advocated , informed by a recognition of the ease with which boisterous youthful energy can make itself objectionable and even dangerous to others , linked to the necessity of not allowing its troublesome character to dull the awareness of the natural and even positive qualities of youthful misconduct . |
| 43 | This distinction between the system and its use , between langue and parole , is what is reflected in the separate triads ( A ) and ( B ) in Fig 4.4 . |
| 44 | What matters is what is thought of it , how it is seen , what is done to it , and what is expected from it . |
| 45 | A useful collection of theorems and proofs is presented at the end of the chapter : among these is what is thought to be a novel proof of Sylvester 's law of degeneracy . |
| 46 | In the far south we have Kappa Pavonis in the Peacock , which is what is termed a ‘ Type II Cepheid ’ , rather less powerful than a classical Cepheid with the same period . |
| 47 | One of the most frequently cited indices is what is termed the ‘ dependency ratio ’ . |
| 48 | ‘ I think this is what is termed ‘ sulking in your tent ’ . |
| 49 | A pragmatic view is that an aesthetic experience is what is described as such , and as there are varieties of religious experience , so there may be varieties of aesthetic experience . |
| 50 | It can be immensely useful — and that is what is looked for with lateral thinking — or it can be false . |
| 51 | If this is what is offered as the advantage of a hung council , I fail to see the benefit . |
| 52 | ( That , after all , is what is meant by the external cause of a daily rhythm. ) for example , could we not argue that the plant could move its leaves in response to the sun ; the shore-dwelling creature leave its burrow in the mud when the tide recedes ; or the diurnal or nocturnal animal respond to sunrise and sunset ? |
| 53 | The ability to DELAY ( pause ) our responses until we are adequately prepared is what is meant by INHIBITION . |
| 54 | This is what is meant by the rather confusing term random access . |
| 55 | Presumably slavery is what is meant when the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the capture of villages and booty as a result of war . |
| 56 | Shame at what one has done , or is doing , may cause someone to cover his or her vice with the appearance of holiness : this , I suppose , is what is meant by giving homage or paying tribute , to virtue . |
| 57 | The properties of the state so formed are related in a probabilistic way to the properties of the states out of which it is composed [ the photon has a chance unc a of transmission ( which is a certainty for polarisation along y ) and a chance cos ' a of not being transmitted ( which is a certainty for polarisation along x ) ] This is what is meant by the superposition principle : that states can be combined in this way with a probability interpretation of the result . |
| 58 | There must be the finding of the court as well as that of the jury , and that is what is meant by the ‘ substance and effect of the conviction . ’ |
| 59 | This is what is meant by claiming that scientific knowledge is ‘ public ’ knowledge — that is , that it is in principle testable and verifiable by anyone/everyone and not merely a matter of private belief . |
| 60 | This is what is meant by the ‘ decentring of the subject ’ in structuralist theory . |