Example sentences of "out what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Archbishop Tutu said in a statement that he had asked to see the President in an effort to spell out what the white minority government must do to resolve South Africa 's political crisis . |
| 2 | To find out what the food was like in the RAF today I asked the Catering Branch to tell me how things were different from my days ( the 1950's , I 'm not that old ! ) . |
| 3 | Graham joined in , ‘ I 'll find out what the union rates are tomorrow . |
| 4 | I beat a heavy retreat : what I did not want to do was find out what the locals were like . |
| 5 | He finds out what the needs of the business are , and prescribes the cure . |
| 6 | If you know that distance , you can work out what the red shift would be if it were due entirely to the expansion of the universe . |
| 7 | In order to find out what the substantive law is , we must still go back to the time when Law and Equity were administered in different courts ; we may still have to picture to ourselves distinct proceedings taken about the same matter in those courts , and work out the result of those separate proceedings . |
| 8 | I never did find out what the seminar was about ! |
| 9 | Robert Porter , Chief Reporter , finds out what the shop stewards would ask for at Downing Street and what they might get |
| 10 | Sentimental producers may like to think that these programmes give the politicians a chance to find out what the people are thinking , and vice versa . |
| 11 | The laboratory already had a biochemistry team and a presence in biodisciplines , and part of Worswick 's role was to find out what the market wanted . |
| 12 | Endill tried to find out what the plan was but Mr Crangle refused to say . |
| 13 | If a fine building is in acute danger and the only way of saving it is immediate recourse to a judge-in-chambers for an injunction , be sure to find out what the potential costs will be . |
| 14 | If you think the church you are concerned about is ‘ Fund-worthy ’ , find out what the Council for the Care of Churches and the national societies feel about its quality and do all the lobbying you can . |
| 15 | To try and find Tweed , give him some back-up , find out what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 16 | This is a hugely complex hill that 's seen many a Munroist stand vacantly at Dalwhinnie trying to puzzle out what the hell is going on up there . |
| 17 | This record is retained permanently , so if a specimen of rock is put into the detecting instrument , and various careful measurements made , it is possible to find out what the Earth 's magnetic field was like at the time when the basalt cooled from its original molten state . |
| 18 | I switched off the tape , realizing that I would have to listen another time to find out what the preacher was really saying . |
| 19 | In short , information items needed to set out what the relationship between bureaux and social fund officers should be with regard to giving money advice to clients . |
| 20 | Sheila 's case may prompt a discussion of the referral of clients to other agencies , and trainees may be encouraged to find out what the policy is in their own bureau towards referrals and what agencies have been successfully recommended . |
| 21 | Ask for details of sensations , where they are situated , where they move to , how they start and change , find out what the pattern is but take care to use open ended questions whenever possible ; questions that can not be answered by a simple ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , such as ‘ How does your head feel ? ’ instead of ‘ Do you have a headache ? ’ |
| 22 | They will need to find out what the cost of the various activities will be — not just in terms of teachers , materials and equipment , but also in working space and support services . |
| 23 | For instance , if the interviewer is carrying out an interview with an old inhabitant of a village to try to find out what the community life was like 50 years ago he will probably have a set of categories for enquiry . |
| 24 | Both market research and government survey units use consumer panels of housewives for budget enquiries , finding out what the housewife spends on what over a given period by means of a diary of spending . |
| 25 | If a retailer wants to find out the value of sales for each metre of shelf space in a shop , he needs first to find out what the TOTAL shelf measurement is , by measuring each shelf and adding the lengths together . |
| 26 | Find out what the law says about changing the price of goods ( eg , putting two price tickets of different values on one item ) . |
| 27 | Before you can make a sale , you need to find out what the customer really wants . |
| 28 | Find out what the item is made of ( eg if it 's wooden — find out what kind of wood it is , and if that has any particular qualities , such as hardness ) . |
| 29 | The retailer has to work out what the ideal stock level will be , and try to keep numbers very close to that . |
| 30 | Find out what the goods cost the retailer |