Example sentences of "[prep] what be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very little of what 's said in conversation is direct and meaningful . |
| 2 | The egocentric and performative aspects of mental and speech acts by historical individuals who use such expressions to make statements , ask questions , etc. , naturally enough , often have a direct bearing on the meaning of what is said on a given occasion , and this points to an area of phenomenological problems that needs to be carefully explored if the complexity of the problem of meaning is to be fully understood . |
| 3 | As Britain 's only national pop music station at present , Radio 1 is most likely to interest aspiring rock and pop musicians , so I will explain its workings and policies in some detail ( although much of what is said about Radio 1 will also be applicable to Radio 2 ) . |
| 4 | It is certainly the case that in much of what is said about pension comparisons with Europe , areas that would lead to a substantial loss among some British pensioners , including those to whom my hon. Friend referred , are often overlooked . |
| 5 | Do n't be surprised if you retain no more than half of what is said at your first lectures . |
| 6 | He is particularly interested in the way that words and sentences change their meaning according to the context in which they are said and heard , and in the ways in which we all fill in the unspoken background of what is said to us . |
| 7 | To understand the meaning of what is said to us is a cultural accomplishment that we take for granted . |
| 8 | Using this assumption , combined with general knowledge of the world , the receiver can reason from the literal , semantic meaning of what is said to the pragmatic meaning and induce what the sender is intending to do with his or her words . |
| 9 | The enclosure movement gave us much of what is said to be the traditional English landscape . |
| 10 | The person to whom it is addressed can not be expected to conduct a minute linguistic analysis of what is said to him where this is accompanied by aggressive gestures . |
| 11 | Mr no doubt of what is said to be the divine preference for called three . |
| 12 | Not only is it possible to get an accurate computer analysis of the fundamental frequency of speech ( which can be displayed on a screen for someone doing practice on intonation , or can be used in the study of the intonation of large samples of natural speech ) , but it is now possible to get a computer to produce a simple phonetic transcription of what is said to it . |
| 13 | So far , rather surprisingly in view of his family 's origins , he says very little , but he obviously understand much of what is said to him . |
| 14 | Visitors should be informed of this important factor — be careful of what is said within earshot of the person . |
| 15 | What kind of rules enable people to infer the function of what is said from its literal , formal meaning ? |
| 16 | What kind of rules enable people to infer the function of what is said from its literal , formal meaning ? |
| 17 | Inferring the function of what is said by considering its form and context is an ability which is essential for the creation and reception of coherent discourse and thus for successful communication . |
| 18 | In Britain , the verbatim parliamentary record of what is said in the Lords and the Commons is possibly the most trusted document one could find . |
| 19 | As Coulthard ( 1977 : 76 ) , following Sacks ( 1971 ) , points out , there is a constant analysis in conversation of what is said in terms of ‘ why that now and to me ’ . |
| 20 | In 3 we have discussed theories of the pragmatic interpretation of language : how people create meaning and make sense of what is said in specific circumstances . |
| 21 | It 's obviously too early for me to judge whether in the absence of such a definition the Department seek to intervene , but in the word , in the light of what is said in the current P P G I think that must be a possibility , but for the moment , sir , we have very much have an open mind , and we obviously , like everyone else , are looking forward to your conclusions on this issue . |
| 22 | The row followed publication of what was said to be the Queen 's full message in The Sun newspaper . |
| 23 | — He understood very little of what was said to him in the Outpatient Clinic and could not explain it to his wife . |
| 24 | The investigators had also come into possession of what was said to be Fhimah 's personal diary , improbable though it must have seemed to them that a trained intelligence agent would keep one or put anything in writing , let alone the incriminating English word ‘ taggs ’ ( sic ) in the middle of an entry in Arabic and then , according to media reports , leave the diary behind for the investigators to find . |
| 25 | On the latter point , the hon. Gentleman is well aware of what was said at the time of the Barlow Clowes affair , following an investigation by the ombudsman into what was seen to be a unique set of circumstances . |
| 26 | Almost all of what was said about this in Chapter 3 is relevant wherever TNCs create jobs , but there are some additional factors to be considered where this occurs in the Third World . |
| 27 | In some variants of reported speech where the speaker is only implicitly identified , the words may be not so much a straight transformation of what was said as a summary or paraphrase of it . |
| 28 | This book ( 103pp ) contains the edited texts of the main talks , and a digest of what was said in the discussion groups . |
| 29 | Commenting on the many questions asked he pointed out that a literal understanding of what was said in the O.T . |
| 30 | The specific effect of using a colon instead of a semicolon is to suggest that what comes next is a more specific example , or an explanation , of what was said in the first sentence . |