Example sentences of "what [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not come about to any large degree an' there 's bin a lot o' firms that invested in what 's turned out ter be a pipe dream . |
| 2 | They fake bloodcurdling moments in what 's nicknamed ‘ The Offal Room ’ , full of medical text-books with graphic illustrations of nightmarish wounds and boxes of severed dummy arms and legs and a dead ‘ baby ’ or two , |
| 3 | I 'm convinced that could be what 's affected the Rose Bowl 's profits recently . |
| 4 | Wee-hours brain-numbers , junk videos from the 8-till-late take-out , that 's what 's formed their model of reality . |
| 5 | Also , for these age groups a liquid form of antibiotics ( if that 's what 's prescribed ) is more appropriate . |
| 6 | It 's what 's called an ‘ occupational hazard ’ . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now this is what 's called a tap spring , ’ and he lightly tapped his right foot along the floor boards and hopped neatly onto it , leaving his left leg raised slightly behind him . |
| 8 | One solution is what 's called ‘ good-quality listening ’ , and that 's dealt with on p. 113 . |
| 9 | The secret is to follow what 's called a balanced diet . |
| 10 | One of the most exciting things you can do with Harris 's hawks is what 's called ‘ flying a cast ’ . |
| 11 | IBM 's Token Ring needs to be arranged in what 's called a star topology , with a central hub controlling things . |
| 12 | ‘ You see , I think that you are what 's called a borderline personality , with pronounced schizoid tendencies . |
| 13 | Soon after your arrival you 're interviewed and put on what 's called ‘ house assessment ’ — house cleaning for the first five weeks — whilst the screws work out what would be the best work for you . |
| 14 | It caused a tremendous stink among the other women because that was a prized job , what 's called a ‘ trusty 's ’ job . |
| 15 | Sometimes I 'm sent on what 's called " duty " . |
| 16 | ‘ The locals use what 's called Remnimbi , while foreigners use Federal Exchange Currency , both based on the Yuan . |
| 17 | We have what 's called the Enemy Aircraft Flight where the Luftwaffe tests captured British and American planes of every kind . |
| 18 | What 's called looking on the Brightside . |
| 19 | What 's called running for Parliament , presumably . |
| 20 | ‘ Often , what 's perceived to be aggression is simply fear or nervousness , ’ Joanne added , recalling the first dog they rescued . |
| 21 | Do n't make the fatal mistake of assuming other people think as logically as you do , or even hear what 's said to them . |
| 22 | ‘ Is it true what 's said about them two ? ’ |
| 23 | Very little of what 's said in conversation is direct and meaningful . |
| 24 | It 's what 's passed around , it 's not what 's said in the music . ’ |
| 25 | Jot down words and phrases , not whole sentences You have n't time to record exactly what 's said ( except for exact titles of books , etc. ) , so keep notes brief . |
| 26 | I suppose he was your first lover , and we all know what 's said about a woman and her first lover . |
| 27 | What 's brought to the fore is the political content of the music , but what 's written out is the ‘ unsoundness ’ — the anti-social , anti-egalitarian narcissism of black pop , the brutality of hip hop , the show excess and upward aspirations of mainstream soul . |
| 28 | ‘ What 's written on that buoy ? ’ said Titty . |
| 29 | If we knew the connection between the poem and what 's written on those sheets , then cracking the code would be child 's play . |
| 30 | It is Tuesday , 7:45 k.o. — at least that 's what 's printed on our tickets , which arrived today . |