Example sentences of "[prep] what [is] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portraiture has a namby-pamby ‘ not-quite- serious-art ’ reputation , because of what 's wanted of the painters . ’ |
| 2 | Much of what is approved of may match up in their self-image with how they see their strengths and qualities of which they would like more . |
| 3 | I 've seen so many clients train dogs in classes too large and too loud , where the pup becomes confused and unsure of what is expected of him . |
| 4 | So far , more specific and explicit statements of what is expected of individuals have not materialised ( March 1990 ) . |
| 5 | Two further advantages are that objectives provide the student with a clear idea of what is expected of her and that teachers are forced to think clearly about what they expect of students . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I am married , you see , mama had my governess explain to me about marriage — of what is expected of one in the marriage bed . ’ |
| 7 | The primary object of family counselling is to help negotiate new , mutually acceptable and agreed expectations , with each party being aware of what is expected of them , and how much they can reasonably expect from others . |
| 8 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 9 | Being Zuckerman is one long performance and the very opposite of what is thought of as being oneself . |
| 10 | Though parents are usually eager to help they are often unclear of what is required of them . |
| 11 | We have all seen , in the Breed Standards , certain definitions of what is required of Rottweiler character : self-confidence — high ; fearlessness — high ; sharpness — medium/low ; fighting instinct — high ; defensive instinct — very high ; hardness — high , tractability — medium . |
| 12 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 13 | However , in analysing behaviour in organizations , it is extremely useful to consider the two sets apart — on the one hand the goals relating to the individual search for a comfortable lifestyle , and on the other those relating to the search for a definition of what is required of each individual . |
| 14 | Segmentation based on usage contexts is held to be particularly efficient because it permits product and marketing planning to be based on customer perceptions of what is required of , or desirable in that product . |
| 15 | The exception is the teacher who dissipates other people 's goodwill by edging further into a personally disorganized life or by losing any real sense of what is required of a teacher . |
| 16 | The civil zone still poses many difficult problems of chronology in the framework of what is known of the historical narrative . |
| 17 | It therefore seems that the way will be eased to the continuing destruction of what is left of wild nature in Britain , to serve the open-ended demands of development and growth . |
| 18 | Of the two stronger banks , both from San Francisco , Bank of America , now well recovered from its flirtation with oblivion , has signalled its national ambitions by expressing an interest in parts of what is left of Bank of New England . |
| 19 | Alas , this is no longer true of what is left of Rudolf 's collections . |
| 20 | As Serbia yesterday voted on a new president , incumbent Slobodan Milosevic , accused of war crimes by Mr Eagleburger , was neck and neck with the prime minister of what is left of Yugoslavia , Milan Panic . |
| 21 | On May 31st they claimed their biggest victim so far : Dobrica Cosic , the president of what is left of Yugoslavia . |
| 22 | A week of planning , programming , reading up on your research , wondering whether the major American movie star will show up and if so , will she be on her knees in the make-up room snorting Yardley 's Luminescence powder up what 's left of her nose ? |
| 23 | Archaeological records do not even mention Abraham , though is story fits well into what is known of his times ; but Omri was known far and wide to later generations . |
| 24 | They are in conflict with what is expected of them . |
| 25 | They seem to be inconsistent with what is known of the laws of nature . |
| 26 | On the other hand , while it is true that it is rarely useful to explain behaviour in terms of neural events , our description of psychological processes must at least be compatible with what is known of their neural substrate . |
| 27 | The reconciliation of this idea with what is known of subsequent evolutionary events remains problematic ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 28 | But he had the backing of what the chronicler calls the ‘ more foresighted ’ part of the council , and this tacit approval suggests that the argument was not simply that of an ‘ anti-Woodville ’ faction , but represented a genuine attempt to avoid rocking the political boat — an attitude in line with what is known of council policy . |
| 29 | But he had the backing of what the chronicler calls the ‘ more foresighted ’ part of the council , and this tacit approval suggests that the argument was not simply that of an ‘ anti-Woodville ’ faction , but represented a genuine attempt to avoid rocking the political boat — an attitude in line with what is known of council policy . |
| 30 | Here , finely placed , above what is left of the old ramparts , is one of the town 's two quite splendid churches , the church of Sainte-Croix . |