Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these exhortations in mind let us now turn to examples of anthropologists trying to elucidate the meaning of exotic symbols . |
| 2 | What future do I now have ? |
| 3 | Instead of asking ‘ How do we ever unlearn our native egoism ? ’ we must ask ‘ How near to a true philosophical egoism do we ever succeed in getting ? ’ |
| 4 | WHICH PUBLIC FIGURE DO YOU MOST DESPISE ? |
| 5 | Into this imaginary world of people unable to learn from their market experience let us now introduce a group of outsiders who are themselves neither would-by sellers nor would-be buyers , but who are able to perceive opportunities for entrepreneurial profits ; that is , they are able to see where a good can be sold at a price higher than that for which it can be bought . |
| 6 | What percentage do you actually pay er to in in commission ? |
| 7 | What aspects of your work do you really dislike ? |
| 8 | How much of a check do they actually go into if somebody makes a claim on that ? |
| 9 | How many miles a week do you do , what kind of terrain do you usually train on and how heavy are you ? |
| 10 | What current campaign do you most support ? |
| 11 | What current campaign do you most support ? |
| 12 | For the moment let us simply note that natural history may have important ritual implications . |
| 13 | And they awoke him and said to him , teacher do you not care that we are perishing ? |
| 14 | what job do you normally do ? |
| 15 | When you go out in the evening do you always draw the curtains and leave a light on ? |
| 16 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 17 | Er , which radio station do you usually listen to ? |
| 18 | How many times during a day do we actually get through to the person we need to speak to ? |
| 19 | As an example let us now work out the forces between two current-carrying rings with the aid of our new formula . |
| 20 | So I just did , Thursday morning let me not forget . |
| 21 | As Foreign Secretary , after this news do you still feel Mrs. Thatcher 's stand is the correct one ? |
| 22 | How on how many days a week do you usually watch television ? . |
| 23 | On how many days a week do you usually listen to the radio ? |
| 24 | The title of the lecture was ‘ German banks : what role do they really play ? ’ and the question and answer session at the end , chaired by Lord Alexander of Weedon FCIB , Chairman of National Westminster Bank , was particularly frank and revealing . |
| 25 | Which fishkeeping do you most admire — and why ? |
| 26 | To emphasize the point that there is no simple , necessary , deterministic relationship between the forms of religion and society let us briefly examine the religion of the Nuer . |
| 27 | With that warning let me briefly say something about the general topic . |
| 28 | Which style do you particularly dislike ? |
| 29 | But how much choice do I actually have ? |
| 30 | If Dr Kingdom has done anything to harm her … what choice do I really have ? ’ |