Example sentences of "[prep] what be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sports doctors at a conference in Austria have concluded that female competitors produce better results in sport after what is daintily referred to as a ‘ turbulent amorous event ’ . |
| 2 | Finally , after what was obviously some soul-searching , she said in a barely audible whisper , ‘ Twenty-nine . ’ |
| 3 | After what was often an acrimonious debate the 1985 Local Government Act ultimately emerged . |
| 4 | Considerations such as these would seem to lead inevitably towards what is often called a ‘ representational theory of the mind ’ . |
| 5 | Considering what is already known about muscle , it makes good sense . |
| 6 | And in the context of what 's around , I think we are doing something worthwhile . |
| 7 | For a complete up-to-date list of what 's on in Zurich , pick up a copy of Zurich News which is published each week . |
| 8 | bit more thickness than I hoped , er but if it 's sat on top of there and on top of what 's on . |
| 9 | On top of what 's on ? |
| 10 | Most of what 's most interesting in life goes on below the belt . ’ |
| 11 | In 1992 , the wooden huts those codebreakers worked in , on the edge of what 's since become Milton Keynes , are threatened with being demolished . |
| 12 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 13 | I , produced a list of what 's already inside here , er , these calculate are the files registered , they 're not numbered so they would n't be registered , but they would surely |
| 14 | In this season 's wine magazine we 're delighted to announce a host of exciting new wines to try — plus news of what 's ahead during the summer and imaginative ideas for entertaining . |
| 15 | The whole of what 's usually called the Intelligence Community 's feeling a bit frisky at the moment . |
| 16 | Yes Mr Chairman erm I understand the motive behind this proposal resolution but I think the mover perhaps is unaware of what 's actually going on and have to decide and so I would like to speak against this resolution and I think the constructive thing to do so we do n't send the wrong messages would be to er I , I will move an amendment er and I will explain what I 'm doing as I speak . |
| 17 | I do n't believe that you have any idea of what 's really going on in a country or culture until you live there . |
| 18 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 19 | It 's a constant challenge that I 'm centuries away from even thinking about mastering , but it 's definitely presented me with a universe of what 's out there left to do . |
| 20 | Recording sessions in the '90s are well organised , with musicians having at least some idea of what 's about to go down . |
| 21 | First the unit must be washed ( the instructions say only the electrode but the cap is full of what is presumably crystals of the test solution used at the factory ) then calibrated using the buffer tablets supplied . |
| 22 | Anyone who has visited a newspaper office in the last five years with expectations from cinematic memories of Citizen Kane or who has struggled back from the newsagent on a Sunday morning with a sample of what is laughably offered as a ‘ leisurely read ’ will know that much has changed . |
| 23 | Since you can pick up a no-frills steam iron for £40 or £50 I assumed it would take all the angst out of what is arguably the last of the genuinely ghastly domestic chores . |
| 24 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 25 | Therefore the need for constructing specialized cars will automatically diminish also … the curve of what is physically possible will intersect the curve of what is practically worthwhile . ’ |
| 26 | In practice , however , this is not essential for all species , and in particular those which have come acclimated to aquarium life over a period of many years are remarkably tolerant of what is strictly quite unsuitable water chemistry . |
| 27 | Onyeanusi 's study involved an assessment of the impact of vehicle tyres on off-road tracks in a specific area of what is predominantly grassland savanna . |
| 28 | Animals possess growth , movement and a consciousness of what is not themselves . |
| 29 | Moralists able only to think of autonomy , of the active imposition of the will on what is round us , miss the essential values of receptivity , of contemplation , of openness to the splendours of what is not oneself . |
| 30 | My first truism is the one Aristotle used to say what it is for a statement to be true or false : ‘ To say of what is , that it is not , or of what is not , that it is , is false ; while to say of what is , that it is , or of what is not , that it is not , is true . ’ |