Example sentences of "[prep] what [pers pn] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if our picture of God is wrong , then our whole presupposition of what it is possible for God to be or do is correspondingly altered . |
| 2 | The question of what it is desirable for Japan to be and do deeply divides the Japanese , but few fail to acknowledge that being Japanese sets them apart . |
| 3 | The ideology of what it was proper for women to do remained largely untouched . |
| 4 | What emerges from this example is that there can be situations of moral dilemma which impose limits on what it is possible for someone to do . |
| 5 | starting from statements about what it is important for children to know about language : e.g. its uses in literature , language variation , bilingualism , language change , ambiguities and problems in communication , the writing system , etc. ; |