Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun pl] [vb mod] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A man of seventy-five , a widower , well off-what secrets would a man like that be likely to have ?
2 2 What strategies can a nurse use to relieve a patient 's anxiety on admission to hospital ?
3 Given the question of how to manoeuvre in the dark , what solutions might an engineer consider ?
4 Now that we are proceeding to the welcome elections in the near future , what steps will the Government take in co-operation with the Kenyan Government in the hope that those elections will be free and fair ?
5 What effects will the following have on the equilibrium rate of interest ?
6 Under what circumstances might a butterfly spread be used ?
7 Under what circumstances might the demand for money be perfectly interest-elastic ?
8 Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ?
9 In what circumstances will an initial state of general unemployment require the real wage to fall for employment to increase , and in what circumstances will the real wage rate have to rise for employment to increase ?
10 In what circumstances should the court say that the tribunal has exceeded the power given to it ?
11 What judgements could the audience be asked to pass when it is played back ?
12 With the national vote split three ways , what positions should the press and broadcasting take up ?
13 Before turning to the work of Sayre , Dennett and Sloman , I should at least mention one major question that has been left unasked in this paper , and intentionally so : namely , what properties would a machine have to have in order to be sufficient for us to deem it conscious ?
14 What powers would the state still possess over those thus emancipated ?
15 It was that of sex allocation : what resources should an individual put into male and female reproductive functions either directly or by determining the sex of its offspring ?
16 If companies have discretion in making delegated decisions , in what ways might the exercise of that discretion significantly affect others , demonstrating the existence of power ?
17 In what ways might the following influence a leader 's style of leadership : a. his subordinates ? b.the tasks to be performed ? and c. he situation ?
18 In what ways might the following seek to segment their markets : a. a manufacturer of beers and lagers .
19 In what ways can a consonant change ?
20 ( ii ) In what ways can a supermarket encourage the customer to make impulse purchases ?
21 Leaving aside considerations of compatibility with other computers , in what ways could the allocation of binary patterns to graphic symbols simplify the processing of character strings ?
22 What gifts can a wife take in ?
23 What terms would the English try to impose , and what could the French hope to get away with ?
24 Even if it were , a more basic question would remain : up to what standards should a site be treated ?
25 What factors may the policeman take into account in deciding whether or not a breach of the peace is likely ?
26 What assurances can the Minister give the Scottish travelling public ?
27 What assurances can the Minister give that in attempting to develop a common requirement for a new air defence frigate we shall not end up with another fiasco of expensive and fruitless bickering between countries with different design requirements ?
28 What assurances can the Minister give the House that the valuable experience of the Apex Trust over 27 years is not to be destroyed ?
29 Against that background , what assurances can the Minister give that contracts are not being pursued with other east European countries such as Bulgaria and the Ukraine to take in spent fuel and nuclear waste — given that the Iraqi contract was shrouded in secrecy for four months ?
30 Through what mechanisms will a rise in the unemployment rate have only an evanescent impact on the rate of inflation ?
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