Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [Wh det] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If , they say , projects are not found acceptable purely on the basis of the tangible benefits , then it may be useful to turn around the investment question to ask what the present value of the benefits must be to justify the investment .
2 It will not be possible subsequently to replace the VAT accounting procedures to reflect what the state of affairs was intended to be .
3 Leaving me to continue cleaning up , my husband climbed the ladder into the roof space to see what the situation was there .
4 To mark the release of Mel 's new movie , Lethal Weapon 3 , we 've joined forces with Columbia Tristar Home Video and Warner Home Video to show what a versatile actor he is .
5 We need an assessment of the colliery 's business plan to see what the options are to secure the pit , the jobs and investments of the miners there . ’
6 In November 1990 the DPP had formed a Taiwan Sovereignty Independent Movement Committee to advocate what the party asserted was Taiwan 's " independent sovereignty " which excluded mainland China .
7 Why should a thousand people be given licence by the district council to do what an individual would be arrested for doing , and why should the police who would arrest you or I for doing it , be paid overtime out of the public purse to stand and watch this organised chaos wend its way across the city ?
8 We 've heard tonight , and I do not believe it , a plea from Councillor , the Chairman of Social Services , that he wants ring fencing of Local Government money , I E the Government sends us our money and says , you will spend it on that and that and that and there will be now power of Local Councils to decide what the needs are in their areas and what their priorities are .
9 They have only to look south of the border at some of the experiences of their former workmates within public sector bus operations to see what the alternative propositions might be .
10 Erm I ca n't see sir , how the districts would be in a better position that the council and the County Council to decide what the conversion element would be .
11 But what we had in mind in looking at this through the the local plan was that er we 'd be looking at specific end users to see what the benefits were of those those end users and to assess those benefits against any environmental harm that there would be and strategy as a whole .
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