Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] what [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found that practices were very diverse , that people had different impressions , not only of what ought to be done , but what was in fact being done . |
| 2 | The process has evolved over the decade with the linking up of what used to be short runs into long , cross-country routes . |
| 3 | In place of the ‘ layer cake ’ of eight allied army corps lined up along what used to be West Germany 's eastern border , there will be maybe half as many . |
| 4 | THE Cubans have pulled out of what used to be the People 's Republic of the Congo , and is now just the Congo Republic . |
| 5 | On a piece of rocky coastline and out of what used to be a quaint old fishing village , has sprung one of the liveliest resorts in Corfu . |
| 6 | The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries . |
| 7 | Verbal abuse in the streets , broken windows and ‘ Russians go home ’ graffiti are common , and things came to a head recently in Perleberg , not far from what used to be the West/East German border . |
| 8 | We 're going to go on to what used to be called club foot which is a fairly gross word word Right |
| 9 | All work has been concentrated on to what used to be the body plant . |
| 10 | No complaints about roominess up front but , surprisingly for what ought to be a five-seater , three in the back would need to be qualified weight watchers . |
| 11 | Let us suppose that , when invited to judge actions or persons , I appeal only to what is , never to what ought to be . |