Example sentences of "[Wh det] it is for " in BNC.

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31 VP is about what it is for a sentence to be significant rather than meaningless , while MP is about what it is for a sentence to have one meaning rather than another .
32 VP is about what it is for a sentence to be significant rather than meaningless , while MP is about what it is for a sentence to have one meaning rather than another .
33 It is often said that one of the problems with antiracism is that it knows what it is against , but not what it is for .
34 My first truism is the one Aristotle used to say what it is for a statement to be true or false : ‘ To say of what is , that it is not , or of what is not , that it is , is false ; while to say of what is , that it is , or of what is not , that it is not , is true . ’
35 I suspect that it is assumed by most people , including those who planned this course of lectures , that language is a means of communication — that this is what it is for ; and that since literature is made out of language , it too must be a kind of communication , as defined by , for instance , the Collins English Dictionary : ‘ the imparting or exchange of information , ideas , feelings ’ .
36 It 's been very hard for years , and now , to be back here , you do n't know what it is for me .
37 Nor is it necessary to know any of x 's relational properties in order to understand what it is for it to be round-shaped or metal .
38 It is suggested that this captures the core of what it is for conduct to be insulting .
39 If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " .
40 So Moses asks him what it is for , and the shepherd replies , " This is God 's milk . "
41 That is what it is for .
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