Example sentences of "what [pron] is [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he actually made a paper aeroplane so that she had an example in front of her that she can look at to see what she is aiming for . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 3 | But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for … |
| 4 | The new chief executive of the Munich conglomerate , Heinrich von Pierer , told the Wall Street Journal that he is interested in one or more ‘ strategic partners ’ for Siemens Nixdorf , saying that what he is looking for is joint development and possibly manufacturing of a broad range of hardware with one or more competitors . |
| 5 | ( b ) He must take reasonable steps to explain what he is looking for and the basis of his suspicion ( s.2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 6 | The social anthropologist can find what he is looking for in either . |
| 7 | Food for Microwaving is also useful but it has some curious entries : under flour , for instance , it simply describes what flour is and what it is used for , but has nothing to offer on how microwaving affects it in pastry , cakes , etc . |
| 8 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 9 | Decide where you want the storage directory to be , and name it so that you can understand what it is used for ; for instance , you may create it as follows : |