Example sentences of "[prep] what [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | An excellent indicator of this is the phenomenal increase in the 1980s in commercial sponsorship of what used to be considered purely cultural events , such as operas , museum exhibits and sports . |
| 32 | Clauses often say that the accountant appointed as an expert must be a partner in an " international " firm , which has been interpreted to mean one of what used to be the " big eight " firms . |
| 33 | Delivering emergency aid in the mountainous regions of what used to be Yugoslavia is a dangerous business . |
| 34 | We were invited to drive the cars in west Germany where the smooth road surface always flatters cars ' suspensions , but even when we nipped into what used to be east Germany and drove on roads that did not seem to have been maintained since the war , the G40 's bump suppression was admirable . |
| 35 | In place of the ‘ layer cake ’ of eight allied army corps lined up along what used to be West Germany 's eastern border , there will be maybe half as many . |
| 36 | Using measures which explain variations in utilisation in normative formulas is to confuse what is with what ought to be . |
| 37 | ‘ Using measures which explain variations in utilisation in normative formulas is to confuse what is with what ought to be . |
| 38 | The demonstration was organized to coincide with what used to be Armed Forces Day . |
| 39 | Doctor Robertson , & Lagganlochan shall direct And the Expence thereof to be payd out of the overplus sum stented as King 's Cess , above what ought to be stented as King 's Cess for this year and Last year . " |
| 40 | Doctor Robertson , & Lagganlochan shall direct And the Expence thereof to be payd out of the overplus sum stented as King 's Cess , above what ought to be stented as King 's Cess for this year and Last year . " |
| 41 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 42 | He argues that : ‘ [ t ] o the small investor the idea that someone working in the City is using inside information to deal in what ought to be a uniformly informed market is quite repugnant . |
| 43 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 44 | Adjacent to the monastery , in what used to be the Great Gate-house , is the Abbey House Museum with three reconstructed Victorian streets . |
| 45 | Both countries have managed to become the most visibly successful economies in what used to be called their respective ‘ blocs ’ . |
| 46 | In many the class-rooms are simply partitioned cubicles in what used to be a large hall … . |
| 47 | There are over 50,000 Vietnamese in what used to be the GDR brought over in the Eighties as Gastarbeiter ( guest workers ) to do menial factory jobs . |
| 48 | It would have been nice to go into partnership with my son Paul , but he deals in what used to be called the avant-garde , the most difficult stuff to sell , and wants to be in New York . |
| 49 | It is the ‘ big ’ house of Rye , built in 1722 by a local man , James Lamb , taking in what used to be three smaller houses on the same site . |
| 50 | Rico d'Agostino started up the same kind of place in what used to be Hogan 's Bar only a few blocks away . |
| 51 | The profit incentive was instilled in what used to be purely a subsistence mentality of only taking what was needed . |
| 52 | But neither should he allow in only a handful of those who are being persecuted in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 53 | It has been installed in the Middle East and will soon be in use in what used to be the Eastern block . |
| 54 | The first record of elephants in what used to be called Assyria is dated 1700 BC . |
| 55 | The Public Windows Initiative — with the Common Open Software Environment at its side — will try to claim the moral high ground on the issue of open specifications and is likely to cloak Microsoft in what used to be IBM Corp 's mantle . |
| 56 | This change is already under way in what used to be the most clearly defined of all departments — research . |
| 57 | They and their guests never get on each other 's nerves , because they have self-contained accommodation in what used to be the barns and outhouses . |
| 58 | Plas y Brenin is a residential centre , based in what used to be an hotel — it sleeps 71 in two- or three-bedded rooms . |
| 59 | So we pray for peace between the factions in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 60 | Louise was standing in what used to be the studio long ago , when Irena still taught ballet . |