Example sentences of "[noun pl] from what [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to exploit the complete range of types and styles from what is practically a secular ‘ Netherland ’ motet in two partes , corresponding here to the ottava and sestina of the sonnet text , to the completely Italianate lighter forms in the tradition of the simplest type of frottola such as the North Italian villotte and the canzone villanesche alla napolitana of which he published a collection in 1545 . |
| 2 | We have tried to respond to increasing demands from what is now a growing membership . |
| 3 | The logical extension of this was , of course , increased commodification of prostitution , such as the increased use of advertising , but the Committee felt that the establishment of call-girl systems , for example , was a fair price to pay to free the major cities from what was visibly ‘ offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 4 | For him , the trend represents a contradiction of the growing pressure to make greater use of non-executive directors especially as it requires a far heavier burden of detailed knowledge of company 's activities from what are still essentially part-timers . |
| 5 | Their father , Patrick Hamilton , had died dramatically a year ago , blown up by an IRA car-bomb a few yards from what was then their home in Dublin . |
| 6 | When examining the mathematics curriculum we need to keep in mind that any curriculum consists of choices and selections from what is available , based on decisions made about what is valuable . |
| 7 | I have seen one production which used the 1603 quarto version , one which used the uncut Folio text , but the majority were ‘ constructed ’ texts , omitting different passages and scenes from what is a very long play . |
| 8 | For whatever reason , the French failed either to withdraw their forces from what were intended as border strongholds or to reinforce them sufficiently to be able to withstand attacks from Vietminh forces which could now be launched at divisional strength trained and commensurately equipped by the Chinese communist armies which had reached the frontier the year before . |
| 9 | A huge sign at the entrance to the Forty Foot , ‘ Men Only ’ , barred all Irishwomen from what was legally part of their national heritage . |
| 10 | I was ambling down a calm King 's Road to my bus stop outside Peter Jones , almost opposite the flat where Percy Grainger lived , and bought a packet of five Players cigarettes from what was then a seedy little newsagent and tobacconist . |
| 11 | Latest reports from what was Yugoslavia describe the situation as a potential tinderbox , medical teams from Britain have been warned of growing ethnic tensions . |