Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] what is going on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , we can do a great deal to explain what is going on within the funeral service — the symbolism , the words used , the belief that lies behind some of the things said . |
| 2 | … You really must put it over that it is your job to know every wretched pipe anywhere on this river system … that it 's your job to know what is going on , who is doing what . ’ |
| 3 | We have a right to know what is going on , so I went to find out . ’ |
| 4 | The Women 's Section of , the African National Congress in Lusaka , supporting joint action , for the release of political prisoners and detainees , and against forced removals , issued a statement on International Women 's Day , calling upon women of the world to insist on the right to know what is going on in South Africa ; to intensify the campaign for sanctions ; to fight for prisoner of war status for captured combatants ; to support the Save the Patriots campaign and to remember Daisy Modise , the only woman patriot of the 62 prisoners on death row . |
| 5 | The same information will help members of a project team to understand what is going on , and why , strengthening their contribution and going some way to prepare them for the project management role when it comes their way . |
| 6 | The industrial paradigm has been based on the idea that the purpose of life is the satisfaction of our physical needs ( including our intellectual need to understand what is going on in the physical universe ) . |
| 7 | There is a great deal of talk nowadays of global warming , the ‘ greenhouse effect ’ , the destruction of the ozone layer and so on , and it is difficult for an ordinary person to know what is going on , when even the scientists can not agree . |
| 8 | These all assume that the manager knows what is going on inside the mind of the employee . |
| 9 | The reasons for this appear to be ( a ) what the students perceive as cashable cheques in the job market and ( b ) a genuine intellectual concern to understand what is going on in their society . |
| 10 | Let the world see what is going on with these nasty people . ’ |
| 11 | Thus , for example , in order to understand what is going on at the local outside-level on Lewis , it is necessary to examine the structure of the oil industry as a whole . |
| 12 | In the examination of North Shields and Cramlington the interaction of base , civil society and state will be investigated in order to understand what is going on . |
| 13 | A good professional knows what is going on , both within his own company , and outside it in its trade environment . |