Example sentences of "[conj] what [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Counselling empathy requires constant testing because we can never be certain that what we believe to be the feelings and attitudes of the counsellees are accurate . |
| 32 | So my beliefs constitute an extremely important constraint on my behaviour and , bearing in mind that what we believe to be right or wrong is , to a large extent , learnt behaviour , that we do not inherit such beliefs , it is obvious that the source of these beliefs has to be seen as a major constraint on , and determinant of , our behaviour . |
| 33 | Do you not know that what you belittle by the name tree is but the mere four-dimensional analogue of a whole multidimensional universe which — no , I can see you do not . |
| 34 | But there 's no there 's guarantee that what you buy in the bottle complies to that analysis . |
| 35 | And finally' if you can afford all this , you 've got to calibrate your monitor , scanner ( if you have one ) and printer so that what you see on screen matches your original image and the printout . |
| 36 | ROBBIE Is that what you think of me ? |
| 37 | It is because , as Salima , herself a factory worker , explained to me ‘ the money is needed and not only that , there is a feeling among some people that what you do in Britain does n't really count . ’ |
| 38 | But I admit that what you do in your own department is n't normally my business , only this happens to be an exception . |
| 39 | The fact is that what you pay for is instant accuracy — but not really convenience . |
| 40 | ‘ My lord , I entreat you to believe that what you find in this letter was honestly written and honestly meant . |
| 41 | I do n't ever want you to think that what I feel for you is a response to — ‘ |
| 42 | He knows more about it than what we know with these instruments . |
| 43 | Philip Roth 's contribution to The Facts is ( as distinct from Nathan Zuckerman 's ) significantly milder , in relation to family matters , than what we get in these abrasive comic fictions : but then the fictions can be nice too . |
| 44 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 45 | What other people say about you — and your party — has far more impact than what you say about yourself . |
| 46 | The writer works at the impossible task of creating a poem , a narrative , which tries to narrow the gap between the signal and what is signalled : tries to reverse the separation between the world and what we write about the world . |
| 47 | Yet skin is a functioning organ affected by environmental changes , and what we put on it in summer often hinders rather than helps . |
| 48 | In between , we say , we ‘ play it by ear ’ and what we listen for is the child 's own claim to have its decisions treated as authoritative and to be ready to bear the responsibility . |
| 49 | We are inclined to think they are pretty typical , given our less detailed work at other football grounds and what we know of other groups of schoolchildren . |
| 50 | The same principle obtains if a man permits his personal belief to derange dramatically the laws of probability and what we know of human nature . |
| 51 | From this , and what we know of the demise of the mosaic craft in the mid-late third century , it has been customary -and reasonable — to infer that the Barton mosaic and the comparable mosaic from Woodchester are of the early fourth century , probably before 325 . |
| 52 | One of the main topics of this chapter is miracles and what we mean by them . |
| 53 | And what we mean by it is a little vague , but that 's really important . |
| 54 | Labour councillor Hugh Lloyd , who represents Upton , said : ‘ It all depends on what the Government say and what we get from land sales . |
| 55 | Linguistic change , therefore , is change in agreement on norms of usage , and what we observe in our quantified data is difference in the quantitative incidence of certain variants in particular social groupings . |
| 56 | Once this abstractionist tendency is grasped , the disparities between Adorno 's theory and what we see around us are explained . |
| 57 | So the two levels he proposes are what we do and what we feel about what we do . |
| 58 | And what we learn about them . |
| 59 | ‘ Because we only have 5 to 6 full-time care assistants , I spend a lot of time in the first interview to make sure we get the sort of person who really understands our attitude , and what we expect of them . |
| 60 | It also outlines what guidance and support you can expect to get at work and what we expect from you in return . |