Example sentences of "[adj] of what [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking into account both the virtual disappearance of explicit commissions and the shrinking of spreads , it is evident that dealing costs , for the most part , are now appreciably less than half of what they were prior to the reforms of October 1986 . |
| 2 | ‘ Alan , I do n't know half of what you 're talking about — people at work and all that- ’ |
| 3 | half of what it is now |
| 4 | Unemployment is still only just half of what it was seven years ago . |
| 5 | Maxim could n't catch half of what she was saying , but it seemed mostly on his side . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to bear in mind the consequences for the German people and some of what you are proposing goes way beyond what is acceptable . ’ |
| 7 | Or some of what she 's supposed to be doing |
| 8 | Li Shai Tung shivered but kept himself perfectly still , his face empty of what he was feeling . |
| 9 | His eyes skimmed over her face , his gaze arrested at her softly parted lips , and Jenna looked down , afraid of what she was feeling . |
| 10 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 11 | For about an eight of what you 're getting here ’ . |
| 12 | Moreover , agents of the process may be genuinely unaware of what they are doing for as long as they see good professional practice as unitary , consensual and unproblematic . |
| 13 | 6 people were removed from the country when they signed a paper agreeing to leave the country voluntarily , however due to the fact that they did not speak English they were unaware of what they were signing . |
| 14 | ‘ Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 15 | Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 16 | And yet this acute observer would describe the very same people — almost unaware of what she was observing — as physically overworked during times of busy trade , as eating and sleeping too little , as too physically exhausted for intellectual effort , at the mercy of ‘ the many chances of breakdown and failure meaning absence of physical comfort ’ . |
| 17 | Joan said nothing , fearful of what she was about to hear . |
| 18 | A related point requiring emphasis is that much of what one is inclined to regard as the mere ‘ facts of the case ’ are often ‘ institutional ’ facts our recognition of which is itself partly the adoption of an attitude . |
| 19 | The voice-over device ( their spoken thoughts ) only works intermittently because much of what they are thinking could be spoken . |
| 20 | Many will therefore appear relaxed and sleepy but some may not remember much of what they were told pre-operatively and may experience disorientation , alarm , pain or occasionally confusion . |
| 21 | Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry . |
| 22 | Head : ‘ Much of what we 're discussing is going round the roundabout for the second time . |
| 23 | you do n't want to hear too much of what you 're recording anyway do you ? |
| 24 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 25 | I am aware that much of what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light . |
| 26 | About individual differences , much of what I am saying here may not sound too bad , but many people will want to treat sex differences quite otherwise . |
| 27 | I did n't know how much of what I was saying he understood . |
| 28 | Er and much of what I 'm going to say today in the next twenty minutes i it 's bound in here , so there 's no need to take notes . |
| 29 | It may seem absurd to talk in such terms of snooker , or David Jason , or Gold Blend commercials , but much of what there is of a British national culture consists of ( or is mediated through ) broadcasting . |
| 30 | I can see part of Horse Guards Parade almost see myself standing there the other afternoon , looking up at these windows , still ignorant of what I was looking at . |