Example sentences of "is what [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 This is what accounted for the enormous popularity of Julius Chongo 's Pocheza M'madzulo , especially in Lusaka and in Eastern province .
2 This condition/consequence relation between know and the infinitive is what calls for the use of to .
3 The coincidence between the two representations of person ( in passing , both are representations of the same extra-linguistic entity ) is what calls for the use of the bare infinitive .
4 This is what matters for Marx , and he seems cautious about the primitive promiscuity hypothesized by Morgan .
5 In addition to their orthodoxy on the issues , this is what makes them an asset to the DUP and this is what accounts for their displacing of some of the stalwarts .
6 Indeed this is what accounts for the impression given by this type of use that there is a difference between what was perceived and what actually happened .
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