Example sentences of "is what [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |
| 2 | It seems that this is what 's annoying people the most though |
| 3 | It 's as though only the worst in human beings is what 's real , the hard core of reality . |
| 4 | What one does n't know is what 's due to the disease and what 's due to the drug . |
| 5 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's wrong with us and our galaxy ? |
| 6 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 7 | What does it matter about the country , the seat is what 's important |
| 8 | I can remember having a particular question , which is what 's this matrix equal to , when it 's the inverse of zeros ? |
| 9 | Making it simple is what 's difficult . ’ |
| 10 | I think this being an old hag is what is all in the mind ! |
| 11 | That is what is distinctive about the politics of the past century , and , to some extent , the politics of the two centuries since the American and French revolutions . |
| 12 | The background to physical punishment is what is all-important . |
| 13 | Freedom is what is best . |
| 14 | So the starting point is what is best for the members . |
| 15 | To follow a recent and acute account in this tradition , the physical is what is spatial and also has certain further properties . |
| 16 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 17 | As part of the denial of their own " family disease " they may believe that they themselves or the way in which they attempt to help others is what is inadequate rather than the capacity of the primary sufferer to receive the message of recovery . |
| 18 | Is what is small scale and open to observation by only one teacher capable of demonstrating a broader relevance ? |
| 19 | Let us disregard the moral overtones which are irrelevant anyway to the concept of lying ( what makes lying bad is what is bad about what makes it lying ) . |
| 20 | The broad basis of all private charges of fees is what is fair and reasonable having regard to the complexity of the matter and its importance to the client . |
| 21 | and that is what is audio description on video , audio description and Hear My Song |
| 22 | ‘ Winning on Saturday is what is important — a glorious Cup tradition does n't pay bills but a Cup run this year will do . ’ |
| 23 | One of England 's finest DJs , Lisa Loud , summed it all up by saying , ‘ Look between the ears and see the brain , that is what is important . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have a managerial role , organising in-service training and schedule , but I also teach and that is what is important to me . |
| 25 | It is learning about religion it 's an educational process and it has an importance , whether it 's learning about religion and whether its learning it as a cultural , historical and a religious er tradition of the country and that is what is important . |
| 26 | Championship success is what is high on the agenda and the McGoldricks hope their players can deliver a measure of this on Sunday . |
| 27 | It is what is likely to occur . |
| 28 | But that is what is likely to happen . |
| 29 | This is what is wrong with Klinghoffer . |
| 30 | That is what is wrong with narcissistic chat shows which create , then devour , media personalities who have not achieved anything in the real world ; or politics coverage which concentrates on the intra-party power struggles rather than the world to which the party hopes to appeal . |