Example sentences of "[to-vb] what [noun] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the marks of a competent lawyer is his ability to know what gaps there are in the facts of his case . |
| 2 | She wanted very much to know what news there was , though she feared it would be bad . |
| 3 | Conversation analysis , which is sometimes regarded as distinct from discourse analysis ( Levinson 1983:286 ) , is a branch of study which sets out to discover what order there might be in this apparent chaos . |
| 4 | We were to discover what opportunities there were , and use them as fully as we could . |
| 5 | The door was propped open , to catch what air there was , and she entered hesitantly , her gift thrust out in front of her . |
| 6 | If you have a room that is particularly dark , you should consider using mirrors to reflect what light there is . |
| 7 | On dry soils , mulch annually around the plants to retain what moisture there is , and remember to water regularly if they are overhung by a tree , fence or wall and hence miss out on rainfall . |
| 8 | The paper will then focus on records in the scientific arena , as an example , to illustrate what impact there could be to historical research because of their electronic nature . |
| 9 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 10 | So the blacksmith plover in the savannahs of East Africa will stand over its eggs , shadowing them with outstretched wings , to allow what wind there is to blow over them ; and in Australia , a jabiru stork will collect water in its beak to spray over the eggs if they get dangerously warm . |
| 11 | It is hard to see what sense there is in , for example , assuming that individuals without a car ought to have the same utilisation of services wherever they live . |
| 12 | I have seen enough to believe that the materials , over time , will prove to be of real help to teachers trying to solve their own problems by enabling them to see what support there is in the sharing of difficulties and by strengthening the belief that efficient discussion can lead to effective action . |
| 13 | There is also a need for comparison studies to see what differences there are between the experimental situation and the classroom . |
| 14 | The need for improved facilities for Arts and Social Studies , as an aid to the recruitment and retention of academic staff and to assist in the improvement of research activity , has caused the University to launch a review or three sites ( namely the area around the St Cross Building , the central site surrounding the Bodleian Library , and the Taylorian/Ashmolean site ) to see what scope there is for the rationalisation of existing uses and what changes can be made to make better use of them , with a view to defining a comprehensive and coherent scheme for the development of each site which has most to commend it on academic grounds . |
| 15 | So long as there is a need for collective decision-making and for policies which give direction to a whole community or society , and so long as or whenever unanimity can not be achieved , it is hard to see what alternative there can be to the minority being compelled to go along with the decision of the majority . |
| 16 | The company 's two daily commuter coach services from Braintree and Chelmsford are expected to be busy , but managers will wait to see what demand there is before deciding whether to run additional vehicles . |
| 17 | It was hard to see what future there could be for the embittered and ranting Nazi or his new and pretty wife , other than a steady descent into the poverty of hired rooms and unpaid bills . |
| 18 | And it remains finally to ask what place there was for trade unionism in the Labour Party 's revised prospectus . |