Example sentences of "what [vb -s] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 'appens is women 'ave bébés and sometimes they die . |
| 2 | So , what constitutes being on the ground ? |
| 3 | and have a word with him because he he knows what chutes is blocked up and what wants cleaning out . |
| 4 | In essence the mechanics of inspections can be the same ; what differs is the role of such inspectors and their experience of inspection . |
| 5 | What differs is that holists derive attributes from structural location , and individualists from relational properties . |
| 6 | It is easy enough to analyse the formal characteristics of African sculpture in terms of vertical , horizontal or diagonal emphases ; of relative naturalism or abstraction ; of rounded , angular or cubic elements ; or in terms of tensions , rhythm and movement , and this is certainly an enjoyable and satisfying experience , since African sculptors have achieved a remarkable level of expression in what has been called ‘ purely sculptural ’ form . |
| 7 | Can you say what the best things are from your drama school experience and what has been of most value to you during your first year in the profession ? |
| 8 | What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland , even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority . |
| 9 | What has been seen as an aspect of the Roman catholic intellectual opposition to divorce in Chapter 5 can also be recognized as a feature of the defence of catholic schools too : the opposition contains an interpretation of the moral nature of contemporary society and of what happens to catholics who are not to some degree protected from it . |
| 10 | It is thus both puzzling and worrying that so many brewers are still apparently obsessed with eradicating the uniqueness of the individual historic pub , effectively destroying what has been a familiar and secure social centre in their attempts to ‘ improve ’ upon a successful , time-honoured formula . |
| 11 | Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on . |
| 12 | In effect , the insider who reveals the structural formations of a system of power inverts that power and the revelation creates a situation where elements of ‘ anti-structure ’ ( Turner 1969 , 1974 ) now present a version of how things might be constituted ; and what has been seen as solid reality begins to be identified as only one social possibility . |
| 13 | I would be surprised if it was n't still possible to go through ten years of education with only the faintest idea of what has been happening in the world , even your own country . |
| 14 | If this happens , he will give you written information about what has been done , and where you can get advice or assistance . |
| 15 | Although it is now possible to use a system of notation , choreographers still prefer to create directly on the human material , working on it and relying on the dancers ' own memories to repeat what has been designed on and for them . |
| 16 | alone , it becomes a sad reflection of what has been . |
| 17 | By so phrasing each paragraph and bringing each incident to a proper conclusion , Nijinska gives both dancers and audience time to consider what has been done and what is yet to happen . |
| 18 | What Wieman has done — as well as reaching the lowest temperature on record — is to simplify what has been an immensely complex piece of laboratory apparatus . |
| 19 | But present-day theorists are likely to be dismissive of what has been called ‘ writers ' speculation about their art ’ , finding it impressionistic and unsystematic . |
| 20 | In the Poetry Review for February , 1912 , a critic , who is himself a poet , and whom I always read with great interest , speaks of the struggle ‘ to find out what has been done , once and for all , better than it can ever be done again , and to find out what remains for us to do ’ … . |
| 21 | The move is symbolic of what has been going on at H&C since George Paul , the chief executive , took over two years ago . |
| 22 | The advent of satellite television and the imminent breaking of what has been a BBC monopoly of cricket offers opportunties of expanding TCCB income . |
| 23 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 24 | In what has been a good year for poets at the conferences , with Neil Kinnock quoting both Frost and Shelley , and Kenneth Baker identifying with Henry V or Kenneth Branagh , Mr Patten chose Larkin 's observation that , with honour gone , all we could now leave to our children was money . |
| 25 | Mr Sisulu 's generosity and warmth did not waver during his time in the maximum security prison of Robben Island , where other inmates deferred to him as a charismatic senior statesman of what has been called ‘ the government-in-exile ’ . |
| 26 | In all , over £3,000,000 will have been raised in what has been a record fund-raising year . |
| 27 | Another difficulty concerns the relations between politics and what has been called ‘ Black Macho ’ . |
| 28 | On overseas government expenditure Attlee fought a campaign with what has been called an ‘ impressive ’ ’ Little Englander' pragmatism' which , however , ran against the rocks of Bevin and the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 29 | What has been achieved by 3i over the years is a very clear demonstration that the banking system has done a lot to help the growth of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 30 | It is only in cases of the most violent attacks that parents get to know what has been happening because , as the girls told me ‘ we do n't like to worry them about it . |