Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [Wh det] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this abolishes , in effect the distinction between particulars and universals , while leaving us with the problem of explaining just what is meant by " different " places and " different " times . |
| 2 | The health authority is entitled to object and does object to being subject to an order of the court with penal consequences in the event of disobedience when it does not know precisely what is required of it . |
| 3 | If such features are to be separated , for purposes of the division of academic labour , from the language-system itself , then one wonders quite what is left at the core and what uses it can be put to . |
| 4 | He did not know quite what was implied by all this business of dresses , but he sensed something ugly — and flinched . |
| 5 | Due to the speed of movement and poor visibility it was difficult to see exactly what was carved on the amulets it looked like worms , curling around each other . |
| 6 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 7 | With an annual rate of 5,000 unsolicited manuscripts , 90 per cent of which are turned down for publication , the editors are in a good position to choose exactly what is required for ‘ the rose of romance ’ brand-name . |
| 8 | The first step is to translate aims into objectives , that is to state exactly what is expected of the students . |
| 9 | More guidance is needed to define exactly what is covered by the new procedures . |
| 10 | These criticisms take two main forms , the first is the difficulty in actually finding data which unequivocally support any of the hypotheses , the second is the problem of deciding exactly what is meant by arousal . |
| 11 | The term ‘ new dwellings ’ includes home which are provided by reconstruction or conversion as well as brand new buildings . |
| 12 | Where identification is a morally valuable attitude which can be expressed by binding oneself to the authority , one has a reason to do so which is served by consent to the authority . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't worry , we all remember exactly what was expected of us if Mr Trumper shows up . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Now I know exactly what is meant by an English gentleman . |
| 15 | From one point of view we all know probably what is meant by this : the importance of not allowing one 's own stance to block the way to understanding someone else 's . |
| 16 | The next real challenges lie in natural language processing — enabling the machine understand exactly what is meant by the rambling , illogical verbalisations in which humans tend to indulge . |
| 17 | The next real challenges lie in natural language processing — enabling the machine understand exactly what is meant by the rambling , illogical verbalisations in which humans tend to indulge . |
| 18 | I want you to understand exactly what is expected by the time I see you tomorrow . ’ |
| 19 | As much as five mitochondrial introns are known today which are inserted at the same position as intron 1 in P.wickerhamii . |
| 20 | The first is the difficulty of stipulating when a sound-change is completed ( this is amply demonstrated by the history of ( h ) , above ) , and hence the difficulty of saying precisely what is meant by ‘ sound-change ’ . |
| 21 | But Jannie and Bob and old Harry Stearns and Bill Waddy and Gareth Holmroyd saw only what was put before them , which was in fact all that counted . |
| 22 | The structure will therefore match exactly what is achieved by the use of ordinary predicative position . |
| 23 | It is very important to realise exactly what was intended in the analysis about to be described . |
| 24 | It did n't seem to matter that much , because Rose knew exactly what was expected of her and quickly undid the remaining buttons of her blouse , revealing ample breasts well worthy of her name . |
| 25 | She knew exactly what was meant by manpower ! |
| 26 | We all know the story of the two beautiful swans who brought forth what was regarded as an ugly duckling but which later surprised everyone by turning into a swan itself . |
| 27 | Whereas the requirements of a ‘ speciality ’ chemical are often concerned with effect ( though nowadays terms overlap ) , the buyer of a fine chemical specifies a particular substance , and the supplier must deliver precisely what is specified in terms of chemical structure and purity level . |
| 28 | This is because The Stock Exchange , from , 1979 onwards , began to modernise its clearing-system by introducing progressively what is known as TALISMAN . |
| 29 | Hence the scene in the restaurant with the company director forced to say only what is contained in his annual report . |
| 30 | Citing security , airline and FAA officials wo n't say exactly what is required of carriers flying from America . |