Example sentences of "what [be] behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herewith a sample of the most intriguing moments : Eat Yourself Fitter : ‘ What 's behind the fierce outspokenness against the work ethic in your lyrics ? ’ |
| 2 | So what 's behind the price rises ? |
| 3 | I mean th they , they might do n't necessarily see why it 's improving and what 's behind it , but their lot must improve if there 's industrialization and weapons and things to be made , that they they have jobs and presumably have more money than they had before when they were just sort of not doing very much . |
| 4 | Then she veered ; assuming her least play-acting manner , she said , ‘ I understand you , I also have that passion to get to know about people , to find out what 's behind them , what they want , what they 're after . ’ |
| 5 | I expect that 's what 's behind Scott 's concern . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What 's behind it ? ’ |
| 7 | What 's behind all those questions the experts ask when your pregnant ? |
| 8 | Hence , as another lawyer put it , ‘ what 's behind the working party is an attempt to keep commercial litigation in Scotland and to attract more ’ . |
| 9 | I wonder if he really is serious and what 's behind it ? |
| 10 | But a completely different word would be the word for what 's behind the cattle in the West Mainland it 's a and in the East Mainland it 's an or an . |
| 11 | Now I think this is what 's behind all this actually . |
| 12 | ‘ Is that what 's behind this strategy of yours ? |
| 13 | ‘ Is that what 's behind this stubbornness of yours ? ’ |
| 14 | So what 's behind the companies dramatic success story … |
| 15 | Youngsters from special schools in Tewkesbury are finding out what 's behind his winning formula . |
| 16 | Nobody knows what 's behind the steering wheel |
| 17 | What 's behind this cupboard ? |
| 18 | As soon as soon as you see a parked car you should be looking to see what 's behind its and there 's about six policeman behind |
| 19 | She is also hugely inquisitive , and unless they have planned their route carefully , and can keep safely abreast of her , Diana is quite likely to open interesting-looking doors to see what is behind them . |
| 20 | Some would flinch at such language as a description of how medical resources are allocated , but would agree with what is behind it , that rational allocation or planning is an illusion . |
| 21 | Who or what is behind the phenomena ? |
| 22 | What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance . |
| 23 | This is what is behind modem schemes to produce ‘ fusion ’ power . |
| 24 | However , what is behind Quine 's refusal to admit a prior substantive concept of reality — a corollary of his rejection of the a priori — is that our broadest conception of reality is derived from science ; ‘ science identifies and describes reality ’ and without science we have no way to think or talk about it at all . |
| 25 | What is behind the sea-change ? |
| 26 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 27 | When turned back , though not flat , they show that the horse is interested in what is behind him , usually checking that the escape route is clear ; so does a rolled-back eye which reveals the white of the eyeball . |
| 28 | But depending on what is behind that material , those reasons , if you will , there may be — it might change this case completely [ author 's italics ] . |
| 29 | Something has to be behind you and that is what is behind me . |
| 30 | use your mirrors often , that you know what is behind you and that each sign is what you said |