Example sentences of "what is [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In public debate , who pays what is invariably presented in marginal tax terms — that is , what a taxpayer will pay on an additional pound in income . |
| 2 | The Three Valleys are bound to be in there too , with Charlotte 's vote probably going to Meribel because it 's in the central valley of the three and not what is invariably described as a concrete jungle ; Val d'Isere because the skiing is just so brill and Tignes is , well , a concrete jungle really . |
| 3 | The Japanese firms have to share in more of the risk than they did as suppliers for Boeing 's 767 model and yet will have only what is politely termed ‘ project status ’ — ie , they will be contractors who can make suggestions but have little real clout . |
| 4 | Any enquiry into what is in the minds of others is not only an exploration of what is consciously expressed by people but is also about interpreting what is unconsciously believed . |
| 5 | What is also indicated , though , is a serious shortcoming in the scope of Dworkin 's theory in relation to the broader issue of social and economic inequality to which reference was made earlier . |
| 6 | What is also involved — and this was the point at issue between Barth and Brunner — is whether there can be any valid Christian understanding of creation , or nature , or sin , apart from Jesus Christ . |
| 7 | However , what is also handed down from father to son these days is the importance of seeking a higher-paid and higher-status job elsewhere as soon as possible . |
| 8 | To say this is , it should be noted , is to make a theological point : since it is held that God is the creator , so that what is natural , and what is also found to be the case , must accord with what is God 's intention . |
| 9 | What is also forgotten is parental choice . |
| 10 | What is also required is some analysis of the social practice of ‘ science and philosophy ’ in different contexts . |
| 11 | For who inside the system needs to be told what is well understood ? |
| 12 | What is well documented is that any attempt to prepare enquiry and discovery activities based on the pupil 's own interests and starting points will most frequently and helpfully lead to thematic work , breaking out of the narrow specialisms of the traditional timetable . |
| 13 | A vote is not a coin which , tendered to make a purchase , retains its full value even though what is eventually bought is the purchaser 's second or third or fourth or fifth choice . |
| 14 | I managed to persuade my husband that we should send daughter number three to what is reliably known as the most expensive school in Britain . |
| 15 | On this point , a central problem with criminal statistics is that they only cover what is officially defined as crime at any one time . |
| 16 | ‘ The public is treated with contempt by the art establishment , and there is a huge gap between what the public likes and wants and what is officially accepted as art . |
| 17 | Since April 1987 , the in-service training of teachers ( and others , such as youth workers ) has been organised and financed under what is officially termed the Local Education Authorities Training Grants Scheme ( LEATGS ) . |
| 18 | What occasions might be suitable , however , are not clearly apparent , and are certainly not part of what is conventionally regarded as diagnosis and/or medical decision-making . |
| 19 | Modelling of the deep magnetic boundaries has provided good correlations with reflectivity boundaries picked up on deep seismic surveys , and images of the data and their derivatives have suggested the presence of major structural boundaries , both parallel and oblique to what is conventionally taken to be the Iapetus suture , which may be the margins of terrains assembled as part of a broader zone . |
| 20 | Yet without a secure nation-state the scope for development of what is conventionally identified as social policy is severely limited . |
| 21 | It is what is already done by the intelligent undergraduate who , when recommended to read a work by that great scholar Jones of St. Jude 's , goes round to a friend at St. Jude 's to ask what sort of chap Jones is , and what bees he has in his bonnet . |
| 22 | In the South East developable land is scarce and there is a powerful environmental lobby ranged against further development of what is already perceived as a congested and overheated local economy . |
| 23 | It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted . |
| 24 | There is also the tiresome coyness over what is already feigned , which leads Thorpe to insert parentheses and question marks in the 1830s rioters ' despositions , and footnotes in a 1950s sound recording to the effect that five seconds have been lost ‘ due to electrical interference ’ . |
| 25 | To be European in Italy is a logical extension of what is already assumed to be one 's natural multiple identity within a family , a city , a region and a nation . |
| 26 | In this cognitive behaviour , what is already apprehended is used as a taking-off point for some idea which is rooted but not present in the evidence being examined . |
| 27 | The theme of this paper is that knowledge of soil conservation techniques should be improved , but the most pressing need is to put into practice what is already known . |
| 28 | Thus , an idea on a social form of activity must be related to what is already known in sociology if our research is to make a genuine contribution to sociological knowledge . |
| 29 | Considering what is already known about muscle , it makes good sense . |
| 30 | The best installations have demonstrated what is already known — that gasifiers can be made to work ; the worst have been total failures . |