Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two important , and possibly conflicting elements to be borne in mind are , who knows most about what the job involves and who is most skilled at the process of selection interviewing . |
| 2 | It is yeah and these stories are passed on about what the British , you know , troops did a hundred and fifty years ago . |
| 3 | All over the room a search had gone on for what the scientists called ‘ forensic residues ’ . |
| 4 | Not enough to be a dealer , only enough for what the police termed ‘ personal use ’ . |
| 5 | Why was she worrying so much about what the fuddy-duddy Dr Grant might think of her appearance anyway , when what mattered surely were her professional capabilities , and certainly she had no doubts about those . |
| 6 | He cared only about what the letter said . |
| 7 | Everyone in our sample cases agreed that the law is the law and must be enforced ; they disagree only about what the law in fact was . |
| 8 | They are fully engaged in watching and waiting , perhaps for what the mystery of the sea might bring them . |
| 9 | While it makes much of the commitment to solving the Cyprus and Kashmir problems , presumably in deference to immigrant communities , it says rather less about what the Tory party plans to do about the greatest immediate challenge it will face , the level and duration of the commitment to the Iraqi Kurds . |
| 10 | The Baker Plan of 1986 was a move in the right direction but came only after what the IMF called the painful adjustment phase of 1983–4 was over . |
| 11 | Each prisoner will then see that — regardless of what the other does — he will be better off if he confesses . |
| 12 | But this overlooks two points : first , that the transsexual is living proof that , in actuality , the psyche may operate in defiance of biological truths regardless of what the law says it should do ; second , that the psyche is not necessarily formed by choice , but may instead be determined for the individual by forces operating on him during its development . |
| 13 | meaning ‘ household ’ , regardless of what the Government or the proposers of the new Clause might wish it to mean . |
| 14 | If meaning can be derived by participants in the communication then there must be a significatory system operating and it can be analysed at the level of the first order regardless of what the meaning is . |
| 15 | The key feature is that for each player , ‘ defecting ’ secures the best outcome regardless of what the other does . |
| 16 | Regardless of what the manufacturers of integrated software may tell us it can still be a time consuming process to off-load the document from the wordprocessor and pull in the data base and its files to look up a simple telephone number . |
| 17 | The fact is , I work in the National Health Service , and regardless of what the media or politicians may say , the reforms are costing millions of pounds setting up a system which is not working . |
| 18 | We told Kelly all along what the doctors were saying . |
| 19 | During a visit to Plymouth , Mass. , in April , Royal Bank Vice Chairman Charles Winter said the deal fits nicely with what the parent bank is looking for in its growth plan . |
| 20 | But how can you pressure Sun when it 's locked in with what the judge himself considers an irrevocable letter of credit to cover the legal bills if Addamax loses ? |
| 21 | The trouble is , I 'm a member of the Dock workers ’ Union as well , and the Brotherhood does n't always fall in with what the Union recommends . |
| 22 | The Conservative party will go along with what the Government decide . |
| 23 | But surely Mr Chairman , if , if you want to integrate these people into the family unit they would go along with what the family would normally do . |
| 24 | Like physical ailments and er our , our , our physical body does n't work like it used to , and as you do get older there is a tendency to more to , to need more rest , we ca n't do what the young ones er do , and we would love to do that and that goes along with what the council and the |
| 25 | Indeed , I agree entirely with what the Leader of the Opposition said a few years ago , that ’ proportional representation is fundamentally counter-democratic in any case . ’ |
| 26 | It can be assessed only by its appropriateness , but this depends entirely on what the pupil is writing about and for what purpose ( and so has a cross-curricular dimension ) . |
| 27 | Note that , apart from the inspection category , the emphasis is entirely on what the operator does . |
| 28 | How good the meal was depended entirely on what the cook was like , you could n't believe the difference . |
| 29 | These work well , but it is probably better to hire drain clearing equipment rather than buying it — so your choice will depend very much on what the local hire shop has available . |
| 30 | The pathway down to what the Tremaynes had always considered their private beach was steep and slippery . |