Example sentences of "what [vb mod] [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although , as we shall see , many varied and lengthy accounts of what may have been the distinguishing characteristics of the fabliaux have been produced , the short definition given by Bédier in 1893 still attracts support : the fabliaux , he declared , are " " contes à rire en vers " " . |
| 2 | There was little money available for luxuries , yet in 1928 a group of children from the Royal Cross School for the Deaf , Preston , made what may have been the first ever educational overseas school trip when they went to France and Belgium . |
| 3 | Greg pushed the door and found himself in what must have been the largest room in the cottage . |
| 4 | He asked me a lot of suspicious questions , and eventually I was shown to what must have been the poorest room in his house , over the kitchen , facing a hen-run . |
| 5 | As Webster goes on to point out , when study of the cuneiform records revealed that the Babylonian shabbatum ( full-moon day ) also fell on the fourteenth ( or fifteenth ) day of the month , we were presented with another survival of what must have been the primary meaning of the Hebrew term shabbath . |
| 6 | There followed what must have been the longest two hours of my life . |
| 7 | She was dressed in what must have been the formal evening style of 1915 : an indigo silk evening wrap over a slim ivory-coloured dress of some shot material that once more narrowed and ended just above her ankles . |
| 8 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |
| 9 | Coming on duty , on what must have been the third morning for our ‘ C ’ cases I met Sister Hancock coming unsteadily down from the theatre . |
| 10 | Teague helped form what must have been the quietest back row in the history of the game when he joined up Dean Richards and Winterbottom in the 1991 Grand Slam side . |
| 11 | What should stop is the paternalistic and well-meaning indulgence of the sub-culture of thuggery . |
| 12 | A general strike brought Kosovo virtually to a standstill on Sept. 3 , and schools were also boycotted on what should have been the first day of a new school year . |
| 13 | ‘ He was the worst leader of what should have been the best cause in the world . ’ |
| 14 | All through this Cruickshank has carefully sought not to be the outsider caught between what could have been the conflicting demands of minister-in-government and workers and patients in the field , ‘ by brining in the ministers and whoever and getting that shared view . |
| 15 | The ‘ dig ’ carried out in 1984 brought to light what could have been the main centre of administration in Anglo-Saxon times and could well have been the site for the ancient ‘ Dic Ring ’ from which Dickering got its name . |
| 16 | The case would be more useful as a guide to sentencers in similar cases if the extent of the discount were more precisely stated and a clear indication given of the court 's view of what would have been the correct sentence at first instance . |
| 17 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
| 18 | Malcolm stoically prevented what would have been the first Test hat-trick in England since 1960 , but soon became Waqar 's record 22nd wicket of the series , leaving Smith a gallant 84 not out in four hours of great determination , to finish on the high note upon which he started the series , since which there had been much disappointment . |
| 19 | What would have been the local paper then the Advertiser still or what was perhaps the precursor of the Advertiser yes . |
| 20 | ‘ What would have been the latest time that the body could have been put in and carried away ? ’ |