Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having identified the activities associated with the sub-systems , it was then possible to start considering what information was relevant to the performance of each activity . |
| 2 | The next two cases , however , show a broader understanding of what ACAS was supposed to be doing . |
| 3 | Such interventions have tended to undermine the autonomy of the state enterprises ' internal industrial relations institutions , especially where governments have funded concessions to the workforce beyond what management was prepared to consider ( cf. Kelf-Cohen 1973 : 176 ) , and have encouraged complex bargaining relations extending beyond the boundary of the enterprise to encompass the political authorities themselves ( see below ) . |
| 4 | But if the Wilsonian rhetoric went well beyond what Labour was able to achieve , Heath 's ‘ mandate ’ for change was even flimsier than that of Labour in the '60s . |
| 5 | They gave a sensible guide to what glass was necessary in various sizes of tank . |
| 6 | Laying bare the ugliest , most banal side of life in America , Koons ' work packed an emotional wallop that jarred even the most jaded , and raised unsettling new questions about what art was supposed to be . |