Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [verb] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His analysis of doctrines as expressions of the religious consciousness leaves a fair measure of uncertainty whether what is said is in any sense true about God , or only about our understanding of God . |
| 2 | This state of affairs causes no surprise when it is recognised that ‘ what is understood is at least as dependent on how the receptor perceives the message as on how the communicator presents it ’ ( Kraft 1979:148 ) . |
| 3 | What is wanted is for : |
| 4 | It will be seen that this explanation does not touch the question of whether what is sought is in any sense ‘ evidence ’ . |
| 5 | What is needed is for Parliament to amend the Act so that it explains exactly how far the rule-making powers go . |
| 6 | What is needed is at least 100 MPs present to support the Bill . |
| 7 | But what is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend . |
| 8 | When this happens — and it happens constantly — the classical subject is eclipsed , it undergoes the effects of ‘ fading ’ , and what is spoken is in fact ‘ l'intra-dit d'un entre-deux-sujets ’ ( 800 ) , a discontinuous , intersubjective voice ( 801 ) . |