Example sentences of "what the [noun] [is] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is hard enough in our own lives but it is doubly hard in public work where it calls on people devoted to different ideals to work together in mutual acceptance , and that means not just tolerating one another but respecting and understanding what the other is talking about . |
| 2 | It must be clear that the spatial location identified by here in each of these expressions could be interpreted as a series of concentric rings spreading out from the speaker and encompassing different amounts of physical space , but the interpretation of the spatial range of the expression here on any particular occasion of use will have to be sought in the context of what the speaker is talking about . |
| 3 | Yet it is a piece of knowledge relevant to what the speaker is talking about and , importantly , knowledge which the speaker assumes is available , to his hearer . |
| 4 | Native speakers can usually still understand what is said , if necessary by guessing at inaudible or unrecognisable words on the basis of their knowledge of what the speaker is talking about ; foreign learners of English , on the other hand , having in general less ‘ common ground ’ or shared knowledge with the speaker , often find that these subordinate tone-units , with their ‘ throw-away ’ , parenthetic style , cause serious difficulties in understanding . |
| 5 | It remains true that in Tate 's criticism and since ( for no advance has been made in this quarter ) ‘ rhythm ’ and ‘ movement ’ are wholly impressionistic — you hear what the critic is talking about , or else you do n't . |