Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [noun pl] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsurprisingly , in the face of this evidence caution has been expressed : ‘ Promoting a large counselling service in general practice before establishing what benefits accrue from this service is unwise . ’ |
| 2 | Scientists will study forests in south-east Asian countries , with a view to establishing what conditions produce the highest carbon dioxide absorption . |
| 3 | If they 're knocked over , the paraffin leaks and ignites , causing what firefighters say are some of the worst fires . |
| 4 | In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant . |
| 5 | A more positive view of women readers has been suggested by , for instance , analysing what girls say about their reading ( Frazer 1987 ) , or by examining the ways in which they incorporate its models into their own writing . |
| 6 | He also comes very close to describing what anthropologists have actually found is the case as regards property in pre-capitalist systems . |
| 7 | Reluctantly the shoes are bought , for who would wish their son to attract comment for not wearing what others wear . |
| 8 | They are experiencing what women have always known — that the life-sustaining relationships that enable us to grit our teeth and pick our way through the mess made by men , to endure and to survive , are those we share with other women : our mothers , our sisters , our neighbours and friends . |
| 9 | As well as stressing the dangers to the unity of the United Kingdom , the Tory campaign will concentrate this week on emphasising what ministers claim is the threat to recovery that would be posed by a Labour government , particularly the likelihood of an immediate increase in interest rates . |
| 10 | It is precisely because our own human senses are not capable of doing what bats do that we find it hard to believe . |
| 11 | Thus when determining what contracts fall within or outside the ambit of s 3 , issues of reasonableness , equality of bargaining power and the possibility of negotiation are in fact not very relevant , except in so far as they could move a judge to finding that terms were standard or not in borderline cases . |
| 12 | If we ask the acoustic front end to leave some of the labelling to lexical access it will do so with a vengeance since it has no way of knowing what dilemmas need resolving at the lexical level . |
| 13 | Appreciating what bills get enacted , in what form , and then what monies are appropriated to fund their implementation requires an understanding of how Congress conducts its business , and how its members are influenced , by the President , by other members , and by outside interests , including their own constituents . |
| 14 | This three year research project seeks to remedy this shortcoming by examing what solicitors do , from the moment a defendant first seeks legal advice to the time of disposition . |
| 15 | There is a suggestion too that poor readers are deficient in an internal articulatory code ( Briggs and Underwood , 1987 ) , and that this is in itself a source of difficulty insofar as it deprives them of one lexical route — that is , one way of identifying what words mean . |
| 16 | This might be thought to throw into disarray our grounds for specifying what animals see , hear , and otherwise sense . |
| 17 | The 25 pictures on temporary show in Glasgow 's Converse Gallery are a sample of about 200 photographs and instruments of torture from a Belgrade exhibition countering what sympathisers describe as Western censorship of the horror and cruelty suffered by Serbian minorities in the civil war . |
| 18 | A formidable profile is supplemented by an amazing mechanical ability in a power game where hands and minds do not usually work together , and by a talent for dissecting what others say . |