Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] what the " in BNC.

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1 He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future .
2 For under soft conventionalism our sample cases are all cases governed by law , and soft conventionalist judges deciding these cases would have no reason to defer to their beliefs about what the present legislature would do or what the will of the people is .
3 We can not assume that what the linguist identifies as significant should correspond with aspects of language to be focused on in the teaching and learning of a language as a school subject .
4 However , and rather more fundamentally , Rose goes on to make the point that " the gap between what governments can do and what the public ( and for that matter , the government ) wants to achieve is greatest in the management of the economy " .
5 X take away minus X. Take away X , which is just plus X , X take away X. And three X take away minus two X. Hey now on the number line you ca n't it 's difficult to do X take away X but you can work out roughly where they 'd be and what you would do and what the system would be .
6 We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true .
7 Before you commit to a venue go there yourself and find out what exactly it will provide and what the extras will be .
8 The development officers themselves became concerned about the low level of statutory services in their areas , and concluded that the Home Support Project might have to provide considerable input to fill the gap between what statutory services could provide and what the dementia sufferer might need in order to remain at home .
9 In any case it is not easy to be sure about how an illness will progress or what the outcome of a treatment will be .
10 Does he realise that what the country now needs from him is hope , but all that it gets is complacency ; that what the country needs from him is leadership , but all that it gets from him is excuses ; that what the country now needs is a Government who will act , but what it has is a Government paralysed by the election who dodge the issues , duck the realities and do nothing ?
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