Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | No limits are placed on what the participants can say , and the experimenter is able to control the complexity of the stimulus array in terms of the size and number of varying attributes . |
| 2 | In fact , crickets and cicadas hear through stretched membranes rather like our own eardrums , but these are placed in what seem to us rather odd positions . |
| 3 | Old Testament quotations are given as what God said , even though God was not the speaker in the Old Testament context . |
| 4 | It 's surprising how many people are keen to come and work with us , who are fascinated by what we do in drama . |
| 5 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 6 | It also emphasizes the importance of readings in which fictional texts are recognized for what they are rather than being treated as truth claims or pronouncements about the world . |
| 7 | These various ideas are joined by what amounts to recitative , with speech patterns in the vocal parts , extended passages of monotone ( a device Britten uses a lot in Grimes ) , and very light orchestral accompaniment including a number of silent bars . |
| 8 | In other words , on we can establish that we yes that 's true , but we ca n't necessarily meet it because we are limited on what we can produce . |
| 9 | We are a relatively small group and therefore are limited in what we can do . |
| 10 | Most of us have the luxury of choice but others are limited by what they can do by their physical disabilities . |
| 11 | The legwork takes place in the library 's core , where video and audio tapes are stacked in what looks like a multi-store car park . |
| 12 | These back regions are formed in what he calls the ‘ interstitial regions ’ abandoned as the city has grown out . |
| 13 | More often Ministers are attracted to what is novel , makes only a limited demand on financial resources , and is not already identified with someone else . |
| 14 | Whereas the descriptions of the opening chapter are confined to what can be seen from within his shack , visual perspectives increase in variety and number when he ventures out of doors . |
| 15 | Both of them are captivated by what I shall call ‘ the myth of the sense behind the sentence ‘ . |
| 16 | There is very little incentive at the moment because you are constrained with what you can do with the money . ’ |
| 17 | Just as the interpretation of the token α in the child 's representation of ‘ without to disturb the lion ’ and the token [ p ] in [ greipbritn ] are determined by the context in which they appear , so the words which occur in discourse are constrained by what , following Halliday , we shall call their co-text . |
| 18 | Normally they are constrained by what 's on the touring market . ’ |
| 19 | The plans are contained in what Mr Locke called ‘ an otherwise dull and dry ’ discussion document on the legal protection of industrial design . |
| 20 | ‘ Farmers are aware of the problem but are stumped by what to do about it . |
| 21 | Rhetorical questions work , then , when they are answered in what follows , and so long as they are not over-used . |
| 22 | Claims that we are over-concerned about animal welfare are belied by what we do to animals . |
| 23 | Then if we are taxed with what we said about someone , we shall be calm for we shall know that everything we said was benevolent . |
| 24 | Kendall ( 1986 ) reminds us that accidents in infancy are related to what the child can do , so are related to stage of development , and quotes the relative incidence : |
| 25 | Having looked at research and related policy and practice of child care in the community and what happens before a child is received into care , the next chapters then deal with a range of issues which are related to what happens when children and young people are in care . |
| 26 | The New Testament teaches that people without God are destined for what Dante called ‘ the inferno ’ . |
| 27 | The books are written in what would seem to some today to be a slow and overly elaborate way — who after all uses words such as ‘ eleemosynary ’ ? — but he explores all of his characters thoroughly and gives lots of detail which , though not absolutely necessary and sometimes totally irrelevant , make the novel more personal and make the readers feel that they know the characters . |
| 28 | One hundred and twenty people are thought to be dead and more than fifty are injured in what 's thought to be China 's worst air disaster . |
| 29 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |
| 30 | It was the sort of place where you are accepted for what you claim to be , your worth depending on how much gold or silver you have in your purse . |