Example sentences of "what was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In setting up any new project , Branson 's abiding objective had been — in what was fast becoming his favourite phrase — to ‘ protect the downside ’ . |
| 2 | If you had looked carefully , or if you knew enough , you would appreciate that these are , in fact , specially designed pilot 's boots which , with the aid of a couple of zips , convert into what was doubtless , in the forties , a pretty neat-looking pair of shoes . |
| 3 | Irked by their failure to secure full English support for Habsburg policies , they may have attributed to factiousness and incompetence what was simply a sensible reluctance to tie England too closely to the Imperial coat-tails . |
| 4 | Civil servants in what was normally one of the sleepier Whitehall departments had enjoyed the intoxicating experience of mobilizing the empire for global conflict . |
| 5 | Competing groups — for example , companies in the same line of business or different universities — engaged in intense and bitter rivalry in which manifestations of loyalty and dedication to the group sometimes went far beyond the bounds of what was normally acceptable . |
| 6 | The most voiced reason for having a baby is that the parents can give what was not given in their own lives , to compensate for their own emptiness . |
| 7 | What was not clear in this case , though , was whether he would attempt to stay there while Lamb got the twenty-three needed to avoid the follow-on . |
| 8 | None the less , Prussian policy makers must have realised what was to their benefit and what was not . |
| 9 | According to Katherine Rogers , a zealous defence of sexual reputation entailed a negative moral standard : virtue consisted in what was not done . |
| 10 | As you might expect , I did not take Mr Farraday 's suggestion at all seriously that afternoon , regarding it as just another instance of an American gentleman 's unfamiliarity with what was and what was not commonly done in England . |
| 11 | It was easier for him to decide what was not true . |
| 12 | How much of what the informants said was discarded by the interviewer because he did not find it useful — and by what criteria did he decide what was useful and what was not ? |
| 13 | But the vital point is what was not said . |
| 14 | Scotland might order things differently , but in England the rule was that what was not prohibited was permitted and the debate on civil rights was therefore concerned with the balance between the acceptable limits imposed by law and the freedom of action of the individual . |
| 15 | Once she suddenly landed up in hospital for what was not an emergency ; several times she had found herself in a new home ; and on one occasion she had arrived in another country with a new ‘ father ’ — all without warning or previous explanation . |
| 16 | Also , it might save time if I have a note of what was successful and what was not . |
| 17 | THE MOST interesting thing about the way the Immediate label was run was the fact that , as this set proves , it really did n't have much more of an idea what was hot and what was not than the majors it was supposed to supplant . |
| 18 | What was not settled was the form which the national Church would take . |
| 19 | With 115 Squadron at Marham , after doing the conversion course , I was part of the crew that took WF562 down to Odiham for the Coronation Review of the RAF , but what was not mentioned was the cleaning of the aircraft using tins of ‘ Duraglit ’ by air and ground crew before we went , only to fly through a rain storm on the way down and having to do it all over again , when we arrived . |
| 20 | On these points we are left in no doubt : he found mainly ruins , and what was not ruined , was in his eyes so corrupt that it needed a completely new start . |
| 21 | In the light of what has been available on the market between 1986 and 1989 , it is fascinating to see what was not acquired as well as what has been bought . |
| 22 | Had it not been for the psychic tracer , they must surely have lost themselves in the labyrinthine entrails of what was not one vessel but many , some of these enormous in their own right . |
| 23 | What was not apparent was that there had been a total flight instrument failure because of a complete electrical breakdown while the aircraft was flying in cloud . |
| 24 | Charity did really begin at home and should stay there , with , moreover , an appropriately restricted definition of what was ‘ home ’ and what was not ! |
| 25 | what was not described was the atmosphere generated by the prophetic posters with the heroic blackshirted leader depicted at the salute and the promise of ‘ Mosley is Coming ! ’ as the Fascists ' motorised cavalcade entered town after town . |
| 26 | She had a strongly defined concept of what was Real and what was not , did William 's nan , and some people were just playing at life . |
| 27 | What was not in dispute was that major changes were under way . |
| 28 | Not only did her flesh disgust him , she had impregnable opinions as to what was normal sexual practice and what was not . |
| 29 | They dressed well and were seemingly unconcerned about their long wait in what was not Halfa 's cheapest hotel . |
| 30 | He had not worked out tactics to deal with what was not so much a surrender as a bid to form an immediate alliance . |