Example sentences of "is what is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what is referred to when one speaks of the implementation of a program being machine-independent , and it is part of the conventional distinction between hardware ( i.e. machines ) and software ( i.e. Programs ) . |
| 2 | He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave . |
| 3 | The first part of any AMF(L) exercise is What is called ‘ deterrent operations ’ . |
| 4 | The mad dash is what is called a ‘ vacuum ’ activity . |
| 5 | Ben now straightened his back and returned to his seat and , looking at Aggie , said , ‘ Besides which , there is what is called a diplomat in our midst , Mrs Winkowski . ’ |
| 6 | At a level above that there is what is called machine code : one whose lines are normally instructions to add or subtract or shift the contents of whole registers ( themselves strings of binary numbers ) . |
| 7 | This means that history can be theorized not so much as a contradictory process but as a concept that must enact its own contradiction with itself : ‘ this difference is what is called History ’ . |
| 8 | The worst form of inter-group conflict is what is called a ‘ win-lose ’ conflict , in which the competing groups all seek to win and in which there can in fact be only one winner . |
| 9 | Now one of the features of Microsoft Word is that a only lets you work with text which is what is called selected and if you actually move the cursor down a bit so that it 's not at the beginning of a document and then we 'll follow our way through these various selecting text keys which are outlined in that paragraph , section three six one . |
| 10 | We 've underlining them , italicizing them , whatever this is what is called character formats and these are eliminated or removed with the alt space bar . |
| 11 | Blast furnace gas is what is called a low-grade fuel . |
| 12 | The key to analysis of a position is what is called its static value . |
| 13 | Included in it is what is called the uncertainty principle , which states that one can never precisely measure the position and the velocity of a particle at the same time ; the more accurately you can measure one , the less accurately you can measure the other . |
| 14 | Einstein 's general relativity is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle . |
| 15 | The general theory of relativity is what is called a classical theory . |
| 16 | A black belt is what is called a ‘ dan ’ grade , and signifies the level of proficiency the instructor has achieved . |
| 17 | Why , as Prime Minister Vorster said last Monday , is what is called ‘ The Free World ’ shrinking ? |
| 18 | It is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not take account of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics , as it should for consistency with other theories . |
| 19 | The possibility exists then to discriminate between the two models if there is a break in the process determining Y t ; that is , if there is what is called a regime break , a break in the process about which expectations are being formed . |
| 20 | One of the quantitative consequences of this which I mentioned last week and I , I think may have been misunderstood is what is called variance of reproductive success . |
| 21 | Now there 's a word that covers that and that the the choice of words based on on getting it right for the audience particularly in terms of jargon is what is called wordsmith . |
| 22 | They had discovered the kingdom of Heaven for that is what is compared to both the treasure and the pearl . |
| 23 | If there is what is regarded by the law as an office then public law remedies are available to protect its holder who is entitled to natural justice ; he can thus regain his office if he is dismissed without a hearing . |
| 24 | This is what is planned in the community care services , with local authorities losing some of their responsibility for provision but retaining responsibility for the allocation of resources . |
| 25 | Such connection is what is stated by independent nomic conditionals and , of course , holds between any two things when it is true that if or since the first occurred , then even if any change logically consistent with either had also occurred , the second would still have occurred . |
| 26 | This is what is understood in their paper by a ‘ distributive policy ’ It is an ‘ over-expansion ’ scenario with political costs and benefits dominating economic ones . |
| 27 | That is what is threatened at Thurcroft at the moment . |
| 28 | Contrast with the grim event to come is what is wanted . |
| 29 | Theory is what is generated when some aspect or literature , its nature , its history , its place in society , its conditions or production and reception , its meaning in general , or the meanings or particular works , ceases to be given and becomes a question to be argued in a generalized way . |
| 30 | And in all three , what is autonomous ( or authentic ) is what is seen as originating in some way from within the self ; what is in some way untainted by the conditioning or manipulation to which a woman has previously been subjected . |