Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [Wh det] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | stresses the importance of direct experience in the education of children : ‘ Children soon forget what they say or what is said to them , but not what they have done nor what has been done to them ’ ; ‘ Give your scholar no verbal lessons ; he should be taught by experience only ’ ( ibid . |
| 2 | These results are not too surprising given the research findings discussed in the previous chapter and suggest that what is inherited as vulnerability to psychosis forms a broad set of dispositions that include both temperamental and cognitive features . |
| 3 | Studies of the natural constraints on learning suggest that what is learnt , and when , is probably under a genetic surveillance so that learning does not normally occur outside the context of an evolutionary stable strategy . |
| 4 | The authors suggest that what is learnt from lucid elderly people should have direct relevance for those who are confused ( p. 4 ) but this theme is not developed in any way . |
| 5 | We urge that what is devised should not make excessive demands upon time or resources . |
| 6 | More radical , because they insist that what is needed is a trade union education that recognises the political and economic causes that underlie workplace concerns , and that brings together and questions the common experiences of a range of working people . |
| 7 | This is no easy task when we consider that what is required is some competence in a range of applications software and a degree of sensitivity to the data modelling and analytical problems that historical source material and historical research involve . |
| 8 | This edge is largely due to its WYSIWYG ( what you see is what you get ) output capabilities , which ensure that what is sent to the printer corresponds exactly with what is displayed on the screen . |
| 9 | But those long in the tooth in analysing IRA intentions well know that what is threatened in their terrorist statements is not necessarily what is planned to happen in the days ahead . |
| 10 | * Presuppositions are sometimes embedded with particular verbs , including FACTIVE VERBS like " regret " or " know " , which presuppose that what is regretted or known is a fact . |
| 11 | In addition , we ordinarily assume that what is stated on one occasion may be identical with what is stated on a different occasion , even though its truth-value might change . |
| 12 | The certified cause of death is of considerable importance because it is the usual end-point for epidemiological studies of ischaemic heart disease , and epidemiologists often assume that what is recorded on the death certificate is the cause of death . |
| 13 | Suppose that what is wanted is large-scale mapping of the city of Leeds , it is likely that snapshots of Ordnance Survey mapping will have been preserved far more frequently , for the practical purposes of town planners etc. , but they will have been preserved not in libraries but in planning offices , and will they have been preserved after the date when they were needed there ? |
| 14 | We believe that what is needed is a systematic way of evaluating both the positive contribution made by the presence of an airfield as well as the adverse impact involved . |
| 15 | I believe that what is needed today is the creation of a climate in which teachers themselves feel interested and able to contribute , through their own practice as well as through discussion , to the crucial deep debate about where education should be going . |
| 16 | While some pluralists , notably Almond ( 1983 ) , Jordan ( 1983 ) and Martin ( 1983 ) , argue that what is described as ‘ corporatism ’ could equally well be contained within a pluralist conception of the state , theorists of corporatism maintain that there is a substantive difference between the two socio-political systems : |
| 17 | I think that what is needed for the Greater York area is a comparative assessment of the landscape quality and that the criterion should indicate that the settlement should avoid areas of significant landscape value . |
| 18 | They ignore that what is learned at Highlander is usually tested in real life , and under the eye of unrelenting opponents , not in the classroom under the eye of a tutor . ’ |
| 19 | Notice that what is proposed here is not a rank structure applicable to all discourse in the way that the grammatical rank structure is applicable to all sentences , but a structure specific to a particular discourse type . |
| 20 | Children tend to look around them , consider the rules , the firmness of the adult , how other children behave and what is expected of them ; then they adapt their behaviour accordingly . |