Example sentences of "[noun] what [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking around the subject and not coming directly to the point ; saying in 30 words what might equally be said in 10 . |
| 2 | And there is a point of view from which Ronald Fraser might be seen as a man of Marxist leanings who paid a professional adviser what may have been a fair whack of a working man 's wages to enquire with him into the deficiencies of his affective life . |
| 3 | Kingsley does not tell his readers what will be , but it is evident that he does not have the welfare state in mind . |
| 4 | In February an Empire Crusade candidate beat the official Conservative into third place at East Islington , and left Labour holding what ought to have been a very vulnerable seat for the Government . |
| 5 | I would have liked to see the bungalow demolished on TV so that people who violate the laws will know in future what can happen . ’ |
| 6 | It was so beautiful it broke your heart thinking what would happen to it if the developers got their way . |
| 7 | There was no point in telling Merymose what could not be proved . |
| 8 | Small consultancy operators and free-lancers dart in and out , bringing a highly personalized service and offering what may appear to be a cheap rate for the job . |
| 9 | So what would we do to both sides of the equation what would we do to that side to turn it into opposite instead of opposite divided by a hundred and twenty . |
| 10 | Alternatively , if you do steal from shops what would stop you doing so ? |
| 11 | Written exchanges with source markers omitted are thus a good example of the way in which the disembedded nature of all texts converts what might be an easy comprehension task into a difficult one . |
| 12 | As an early morning reviver , or a welcome mid-morning break what could be better than a cup of your favourite coffee ? |
| 13 | However , I wanted to ask both hon. Gentlemen what would be the alternative . |
| 14 | Yes Ellen what can I do I I 'll tell you . |
| 15 | subjects what will that then lead me into ? |
| 16 | On the way here the highway borders what must be some of the most delectable coastal scenery in the world : wooded headlands enclosing beach after sandy beach , empty of people . |
| 17 | His thick-set holler lifts what might otherwise have been a cool but minor diversion into a work of real significance . |
| 18 | The ‘ dig ’ carried out in 1984 brought to light what could have been the main centre of administration in Anglo-Saxon times and could well have been the site for the ancient ‘ Dic Ring ’ from which Dickering got its name . |
| 19 | And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ? |
| 20 | As a matter of police practice , firearms practice what would you say about a police officer who stuck the gun at any at the back of someone 's neck ? |
| 21 | But it should be noted in passing that comparison of varying loan rates in different states of the US with varying degrees of restriction which those states put on entry into the lending market has tended to confirm in practice what might be expected in theory — that a wide range of different sources of credit tends to mean relatively low average loan rates . |
| 22 | In practice what will happen is that in the middle of the field where the deliberate knock-on is no more than inconvenient a free-kick will be awarded . |
| 23 | There was a seat against a sunny back wall , and I would come upon the couple sitting there looking out over the garden and their handiwork , planning in quiet voices what should be done next , the next moves . |
| 24 | Now for that coke to burn in this furnace what must we add ? |
| 25 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 26 | There was the the cod liver what would for animals , that well , the method that used to be used , put it into the copper boiler . |
| 27 | The first concerns what might ( following American terminology ) be called ‘ political questions ’ : because courts are neither representative bodies nor responsible to the electorate , they should not pronounce on the reasonableness of decisions which raise issues of ‘ high policy ’ . |
| 28 | I just wonder when Mr asks for other figures from the independent sector what would have happened if the figures that you 've got before you today had actually come from the private sector . |
| 29 | A scorcher of a free kick from Paul Simpson made it 3-2 and the fourth ; well if you were Newcastle manager , Ossie Ardiles what would you be saying to goalkeeper , Tommy Wright after this ? |
| 30 | In the main the structure is permissive ; with some exceptions , setting limits on what can be done rather than laying down by law what must be done . |