Example sentences of "what [pron] are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes you think about what you are listening to and it gives you an active role in the lecture process . |
| 2 | It will bend your ears and explain what you are listening to . ’ |
| 3 | You only turn to it as people climb mountains and cross deserts — to find out what you are made of by doing what you hardly dare to do . |
| 4 | Ken Green : " In perfect weather like this you just want to get out there and see what you are made of . |
| 5 | But we have said nothing yet about what you are to put in the notes . |
| 6 | When you shine a torch at something you what you are seeing is light being reflected back on to things into your eyes . |
| 7 | For example , consider a child who already understands that joint visual reference to an object she is holding , followed by the adult extending a hand with upturned palm , means : ‘ I want you to give me what you are holding . ’ |
| 8 | Never assume the reader will know what you are referring to . |
| 9 | is there an added speech in what you are referring ? |
| 10 | They tell you that what you are experiencing is real , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Once in , the pain subsiding , they very deliberately move around so that the two lines are elsewhere — and what you are reading now looks like basic Sanskrit . |
| 12 | There is no point in reading quickly , however , unless you are able at the same time to take in the meaning of what you are reading . |
| 13 | Only some over-riding interest in the subject ( including an imposed pseudo-interest such as the imminence of an examination ) , or the desire brought to the forefront of your mind by a growing fascination in what you are reading , will finally shut out the rest of the world . |
| 14 | For example , what you are reading now was typed on a page headed MN/3dr/10 . |
| 15 | The more reading you do and the longer you study History , the more you will become alive to the quality and originality of what you are reading and the assumptions and values of the author . |
| 16 | Once in , and pain subsiding , they very deliberately move around so that the two lines are elsewhere — and what you are reading looks like basic Sanskrit . |
| 17 | Are you seeking : ( a ) background factual information ? ( b ) other people 's interpretations of what you are reading ? ( c ) accepted areas for debate ( to narrow down what you think you should say , because of what other people have chosen to talk about ) ? |
| 18 | If I can also finally say to you that if what you are , what , what you are reading in front of you , if these yellow pin pricks , whatever sheets on the budget go through this morning , as they are , you will only then be still spending at S S A level , you are not spending above it . |
| 19 | Name to yourself the climax , so you know what you are writing towards . |
| 20 | It can reflect the theme of your book as an object connected with whatever lies beneath what you are writing . |
| 21 | She also enclosed a little leather-bound copy of Heine 's love poetry , with a jocular luggage label on it that read , ‘ This is not what you are writing about ! ! ! ’ |
| 22 | Understanding the relevance of a piece of information is really assessing how important it is ; it depends on what you are writing whether a piece of information is useful or relevant . |
| 23 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps we might begin with a statement of what you are trying to achieve , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Be positive about what you are trying to achieve ; try to avoid words such as ‘ saddened ’ , ‘ ruinous ’ , ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 26 | When you know what you are trying to convey , then you think about the best possible or the most exciting or exhilarating way of communicating this . |
| 27 | What you are trying to do is to develop an employee who thinks for himself . |
| 28 | To straighten out any such curves , first draw a tangent to see what you are trying to achieve . |
| 29 | This always increases muscular tension which is the very opposite of what you are trying to achieve . |
| 30 | There is nothing quite as bad as watching other people eat and drink what you are trying to avoid . |