Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is surprised to discover which should be more widely known that her abstract work preceded that of Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth by ten years or so . |
| 2 | So , for example , the paper by Benjamin Jowett ( 1817–93 ) ‘ On the Interpretation of Scripture ’ pointed out that it was not always easy to know what might be meant by ‘ proving a doctrine from Scripture ’ , and insisted that the Bible must be interpreted like any other piece of literature . |
| 3 | We need to investigate whether such moral perceptions are accurate , if only to know what should be done about them . |
| 4 | More positive thinking survived in one or two parts of the monolithic building in Queen Anne 's Gate , but the overall impression gained by outside observers was of a dispirited department in which no-one really seemed to know what could be done about crime in general and the prisons in particular . |
| 5 | You need to know what will be said and a suitable , accurate form of words should be specifically agreed . |
| 6 | Just as those who at the pre-school stage help children to learn to read know that a structured effort to consolidate all the skills connected with reading will be made in the primary school itself , so teachers in primary schools need to know what will be built on the skills , knowledge , interests and attitudes of the children whom they will pass on to the next stage . |
| 7 | And who is concerned to discover what may be those interests , which , by registration , are deemed to be notified to the world ? |
| 8 | I am hoping , with all my artistic heart , that this report turns out to be a myth , as I have tested a whole range of media including oils , only to discover what could be considered a negative quality in me : I am too damned impatient to allow the oils to dry before continuing with the painting ! |
| 9 | In 1834 Little went to study with Johannes Müller at the University of Berlin in order to discover what could be done to correct his deformity , which English surgeons refused to treat , leaving it to the bone-setters . |
| 10 | It is here that the ingenious suggestion of Finsinger and Vogelsang ( 1981 ) comes in , to provide what might be called an almost ideal constraint . |
| 11 | The pharmaceutical industry supports the EC directive ( 92/27/EEC ) that will require all European licensing agencies to provide what will be known as a ‘ summary basis of approval ’ on granting a licence for a new medicine . |
| 12 | To hide what could be an eyesore , Ken has built a housing around the water butt and bath that has echoes of the tea house without being obviously Japanese . |
| 13 | With the tightening of world oil demand which will come in the 1990s and the beginnings of a ‘ catching-up ’ programme of crude price increases , it is to be hoped that measures will be taken in good time to counteract what could be a politically unacceptable and potentially debilitating economic dependence on imported energy , for the US and for the rest of the Western world . |
| 14 | Thus , for example , left-wing authorities go out of their way to ban what seems to be racist matter , and right-wing authorities tend to be careful to exclude what may be regarded as homosexual literature . |
| 15 | To teach , to take the initiative , to impose what shall be attended to , puts the student in the position of reacting to external pressure . |
| 16 | The new development gains tax , introduced by the Finance Act , 1974 , represents the latest attempt to impose what might be considered as an adequate tax on gains which result from the to development or potential development value of land situated in the United in the Kingdom . |
| 17 | They are not intended to confine police investigation of crime to conduct which might be regarded as sporting to those under investigation . |
| 18 | Bob Maiden , the managing director , said the range was a response to ‘ the many requests from staff for something to wear which can be identified with the bank ’ . |
| 19 | Erm it was the way they sort of checked all the way round the car park as if they were looking to see which would be the best . |
| 20 | Go through them to see which might be relevant to your own situation . |
| 21 | So one way to sort out the various GUTs is to see which can be used to tell believable — and , ideally , testable — stories about the big bang . |
| 22 | The duty of broadcasting and journalism in the world struggle became not to reflect the truth but to choose what should be true , in the interest of public policy . |
| 23 | Perhaps the only creature to rouse what could be construed as a maternal sense in my heart had been the Egyptian cat , and Nour had killed it . |
| 24 | Part of the explanation for this failure is that not enough information about investment plans is available to the market , and also that market participants lack the technical ability to evaluate what may be highly complex and specialised projects . |
| 25 | Local authorities were obliged to carry out overcrowding surveys ; to prosecute to enforce the standard ; and to define what might be regarded as ‘ suitable alternative accommodation ’ . |
| 26 | Accordingly , it is necessary to define what should be considered as bribery in the context of the period , rather than as it might be regarded in the twentieth century . |
| 27 | We can not allow them to define what must be ’ ( 1971 : 111 ) . |
| 28 | He 's about to tackle what must be the longest and the loneliest battle of all — swimming the English channel . |
| 29 | Those born in countries referred to as the Third World are much less likely to reach what would be considered to be old age . |
| 30 | Aerospatiale has signed a letter of intent to buy which will be implemented , one way or another , on January 15 . |