Example sentences of "[verb] what be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cults of fashion ; cults of exclusive dress ; the rigours bounding what is considered acceptable for the ball , the disco , the dinner party . |
| 2 | You wha , create what is called hanging indent . |
| 3 | Bernstein argues that some school subjects have very tight definitions of knowledge , and clear boundary lines marking what is considered relevant ‘ knowledge ’ and what is either considered not relevant or as belonging to another subject . |
| 4 | One of the techniques of cohesion ( see Chapter 5 , p. 100 ) is that instead of repeating a phrase , it is possible to use what are called grammatical words like pronouns " it " , " he " , " she " , " they " , or demonstratives like " this " . |
| 5 | Most pupils now attend what are termed comprehensive schools , schools whose enrollment criteria are geographic rather than academic . |
| 6 | He then refers to the conference held in 1991 with some 300 theologians , historians , educators and lay leaders from 25 countries who endeavoured to disentangle what is considered legitimate use of religion from its apparent misuse . |
| 7 | Despite the lack of specific commitments in the Palm Springs talks , Kaifu came under harsh parliamentary criticism after his return to Japan , for making what were termed unilateral promises to the USA without obtaining US undertakings in return . |
| 8 | The end of the First World War was accompanied by unmistakable evidence that the population of the greater part of Ireland had no intention of remaining within the United Kingdom ; and when the attempt to force a home rule constitution upon them provoked a rebellion , Britain had to recognise defeat , but insisted upon the Irish Free State accepting what was called Canadian status by recognising the King Emperor as its representative for external purposes . |
| 9 | However , many of the 1.3 million recipients who would have ceased to be eligible for supplementary benefit were receiving what is called certificated housing benefit . |
| 10 | Instead they had what was termed attractive faces . |
| 11 | If it is obvious to both of them that what the speaker has just said is false , or so obvious as to need no comment at all , the hearer will look for implications , that is to say what is implied other than what is expressed . |
| 12 | Powicke believed that ‘ historians incur a grave danger of misconception if they divorce what are called political tendencies from the interplay of personal relations ’ . |
| 13 | In the case of ones they can not throw the ball , they need what are called assistive devices , a ramp down which to push the ball . |
| 14 | These animals have what are called lateral line organs along their head and body . |
| 15 | However , some computers ( such as the IBM 370 range ) have what are called logical comparison instructions , which turn out to be unsigned fixed-point binary comparisons . |
| 16 | When depreciation is deducted from gross investment , we have what is called net investment and it is this which measures the true addition to the country 's capital stock during the year . |