Example sentences of "[noun pl] from what [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to exploit the complete range of types and styles from what is practically a secular ‘ Netherland ’ motet in two partes , corresponding here to the ottava and sestina of the sonnet text , to the completely Italianate lighter forms in the tradition of the simplest type of frottola such as the North Italian villotte and the canzone villanesche alla napolitana of which he published a collection in 1545 . |
| 2 | We have tried to respond to increasing demands from what is now a growing membership . |
| 3 | The logical extension of this was , of course , increased commodification of prostitution , such as the increased use of advertising , but the Committee felt that the establishment of call-girl systems , for example , was a fair price to pay to free the major cities from what was visibly ‘ offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 4 | For him , the trend represents a contradiction of the growing pressure to make greater use of non-executive directors especially as it requires a far heavier burden of detailed knowledge of company 's activities from what are still essentially part-timers . |
| 5 | Their father , Patrick Hamilton , had died dramatically a year ago , blown up by an IRA car-bomb a few yards from what was then their home in Dublin . |
| 6 | A huge sign at the entrance to the Forty Foot , ‘ Men Only ’ , barred all Irishwomen from what was legally part of their national heritage . |
| 7 | I was ambling down a calm King 's Road to my bus stop outside Peter Jones , almost opposite the flat where Percy Grainger lived , and bought a packet of five Players cigarettes from what was then a seedy little newsagent and tobacconist . |