Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do this , it is first necessary to see if it is possible to agree on what the crucial principles are that characterise both the original biological positivists and the proposed wider category . |
| 2 | Her mind was still too lazy to concentrate on what they were saying . |
| 3 | 1.10 It appears that nearly all languages make at least one division in the words of their vocabulary , morphologically or syntactically , or in both ways , between those which commonly do instantiate and those which can not instantiate entities ; the former are traditionally called nouns , and there is a very high degree of intuitive agreement in cross-linguistic identification of nouns precisely because speakers of even widely different cultures are disposed to agree in what they regard as entities rather than properties . |
| 4 | It will be interesting to see at what distance trainer Tim Thomson Jones campaigns him this season . |
| 5 | And people are sometimes aware that the kind of stress they feel is different depending on what the stressful circumstances are . |
| 6 | I 'd be interested to know on what authority he changes the rhythm at 1′12″ — 1′19″ in the Dante and omits the ties near the end of the B minor Sonata ( track 12 , from 3′41″ ) . |
| 7 | But he 's not prepared to compromise on what he regards as a moral issue . |
| 8 | It also means that other staff are free to concentrate on what he calls ‘ business logic ’ — or a customer 's business requirements . |
| 9 | Not willing to compromise with what is merely acceptable . |
| 10 | As yet , no one was prepared to worry about what might happen in the distant future . |
| 11 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
| 12 | Given these kinds of powers , benefits and resources , it is interesting to speculate upon what the appropriate local authorities might have done during this period . |
| 13 | They wanted to mention the extension of nursery activities into the home , the importance of talking with the child , of playing together and sharing what has been learnt at nursery — also that staff are willing to listen to what parents have to say about happenings at home , and welcome comment and suggestions from parents . |
| 14 | Again I was I was willing to listen to what you got and what was saying |
| 15 | For if the willingness is there , the gift is acceptable according to what one has , not according to what he does not have . |
| 16 | As far as we know nobody has , but we must n't be afraid to talk about what worries us . |
| 17 | In any event the civil war was the ultimate sort of turning point which defined that the national government er had a responsibility for ensuring the permanence of the union and it took that responsibility so seriously it was prepared to engage in what was then the bloodiest war in human history . |
| 18 | We are very prone to pontificate about what teachers should think about but we do not really know what they do think about : we formulate issues on their behalf . |
| 19 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 20 | I mean you know some people will be particularly interested to read about what we 're doing with CAD . |
| 21 | Even many voters who could n't bring themselves to endorse him last November are prepared to believe in what he calls the politics of hope . |
| 22 | A man should be free to believe in what he knows to be good , or right . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've got to be prepared to die for what you believe in , ’ Elinor said passionately with a toss of her wayward locks . |
| 24 | We are aware that many employees are interested to learn about what Wood Group companies do and where they are located . |
| 25 | Farm workers , too , could be persuaded to defer to the locally powerful if the latter were prepared to act in what the farm worker believed to be a legitimate manner . |
| 26 | This can make us fiercely independent and afraid to ask for what we need because we fear it will not be given . |
| 27 | Professor Hoskins was right to reflect on what might have happened if parliamentary enclosure had taken place today . |
| 28 | We will now see if it is possible to state in what circumstances the different tones are used within the very limited context of the words ‘ yes ’ and ‘ no ’ said in isolation . |
| 29 | Well , who really has the right to say Abortion should not be the woman 's right to choose as what it comes down to , no matter how sensible , well-based or factual your argument is , She is the one having the baby . |
| 30 | Streetwise builds on what students already know , and extends their knowledge by : |