Example sentences of "what we [vb base] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus what we gain is Something , yet it is by virtue of Nothing that this can be put to use . |
| 2 | What we project is the essence of our politicians , the nature of their convictions . |
| 3 | The advent of commercial and domestic freezing equipment means that what we eat is no longer limited by the time of year — although whether you consider the flavour of food which has been deep frozen for any length of time to be as good is another matter . |
| 4 | What we lack is enough money . |
| 5 | But what we argue is that all should have the right to put their case for asylum fairly and properly , and reasonably quickly . ’ |
| 6 | What we intend is to take up the area of ground you now have roped off , or a part of it — the broken corner of the hypocaust . ’ |
| 7 | In the case of hearing and touch this is clear ; strictly speaking , what we hear is not a coach in which we might travel , but rather its noise . |
| 8 | Jean McSorley , secretary of the local protest group , said simply , ‘ If just a quarter of what we hear is true , that place should be shut down ’ . |
| 9 | Budget sub-committee said , we understand that , what we 're asking , what we ask is that the er , director of finance and the Chief Executive look at it and come back with a report . |
| 10 | What we require is a National Emergency Government , but no two men I meet can agree how this can be formed . |
| 11 | What we require is practice and faith . |
| 12 | What we require is a formulation of that universal imperative to take into account in choices which imposes its authority whenever something is recognized to exist , whenever it confronts us as not illusory but real . |
| 13 | It has been shown that a single instruction is sufficient ( in theory ) for a general-purpose computer ( Van der Poel 1956 ) ; however , instead of a theoretically sufficient instruction set , what we require is an instruction set which provides a practical set of operations in which applications can be programmed . |
| 14 | If what we issue is an investment advertisement , we will need to approve the advertisement under section 57 unless another authorised person can do so . |
| 15 | If we say we know something , a personal and responsible commitment to what we know is assumed in our claim . |
| 16 | What we know is that simple interventions in a single area — like a school health education programme — are unlikely to work on their own . |
| 17 | In an attempt to eliminate what we know is stupid , we are often forced into a bureaucratic game through which we hope to define our expectations and the rules of the game so that emotions will be controlled and rationality will triumph . |
| 18 | So what we know is that this must have been blocked up before this doorway was inserted , okay ? |
| 19 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What we hope is that a writ will make them settle , Mike , at some level . ’ |
| 21 | A spokesman for the Endangered Wildlife Trust said : ‘ It would be suicidal to interfere with one of Namibia 's primary sources of revenue — its wonderful and unique wildlife heritage — to overcome what we hope is a short-term problem of drought . ’ |
| 22 | What we seek is merely evidence that Pound did n't go to Sicily with a closed mind . |
| 23 | What we seek is school management which more fully reflects this diversity of opinion , rather than what is widely seen as the inflexible dogma of the current approach . |
| 24 | pounds but we are prepared to reduce spending by three hundred thousand pounds and what we seek is to enjoy problems . |
| 25 | Rather than merely assert that what we desire is already reality , therefore , I would argue that our job is to discuss the contradictions and possibilities in the law as it has developed historically , as part of and in response to political and economic struggles . |
| 26 | There is far less of the mystification which can be attributed to the account of the troubles in Guerrillas : what we get is the mysterious politics of forest and township as observed by an outsider , by an African Asian who understands a good deal of what is going on . |
| 27 | What we get is chemistry . |
| 28 | Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand of Spain is a real hoot — he ca n't decide whether to play him as a moody Continental or haughty monarch , so what we get is a cross between Magnum and Don Juan with an accent that hovers between Malibu and Basingstoke . |
| 29 | If it 's only in seven what we get is confusion . |
| 30 | How do we go to the the form , a number plus times it by the convex conjugate , is sub three minus four I , three minus four I , and what we get is three minus four I , over twenty five , eh , that sound reasonable to three twenty fifths , minus four twenty fifths high and that 's Q , I , and one over Z square or the second bit , several ways to do this , what you can do is work out what the square is first , so if I do a little aside Z square , it 's three plus four I square , which is nine plus three forty five , twenty four I , plus sixteen I square , which is twenty four I , divide seven , who 's that , so one over Z square is one over , minus seven plus twenty four I . |