Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , the interests common to the different classes of a given nation or state may override what divides them . |
| 2 | The historian may relate what happened ; but when it comes to explaining why events occurred as they did , and why decisions were taken as they were , he can not always fulfil his role as he would wish . |
| 3 | The people who have been studied will probably be interested in what is said about them , and this may affect what the researcher writes . |
| 4 | So let's think what happened to the caveman then . |
| 5 | Cos two to the two is n't a brilliant example , let's let's think what would this mean ? |
| 6 | Just let's think what we 're doing first . |
| 7 | Fine , but though countries may eat what they like , they can not exclude foods they think are inferior to their own . |
| 8 | It is intended that the system of Special Discounts should continue in subsequent years , although the percentage discount and the rules by which policies will qualify may vary from year to year and the possibility can not be ruled out that circumstances may arise which would make it inappropriate to grant any Special Discount at all . |
| 9 | Despite this precision — or sometimes because of it — the application of statute to the individual case is often unclear , or legal principles may arise which make its interpretation in relation to the facts of particular cases difficult . |
| 10 | The court recognised , however , that circumstances may arise which require not merely the carrying out of a fresh balancing exercise but the disclosure of documents within this otherwise immune class because of some yet more potent countervailing public interest . |
| 11 | Survey questions pitched at a general level may elicit what respondents regard as socially approved values . |
| 12 | So let's plot what the speed is at different points . |
| 13 | you ought to see what she er , you ought to see her outfit she 's got , she 's nearly going around er , oh he , he can see her with different outfits on |
| 14 | However , it can be quite useful to know how it is supposed to work , because it may explain what is going on , sometimes … . |
| 15 | So taboos may exist which prohibit social intercourse between a man and a young girl having her first menstruation , or between females and a young male who has just reached puberty , because there is strong unconscious , or even conscious , desire to have sexual relations with the girls or boys ( incest ) . |
| 16 | When the image presented to each eye is not the same , a state of rivalry may exist which is resolved in favour of each eye alternately ( see Walker , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought he ought to know which Queen we were fighting for , ’ he said afterwards . |
| 18 | It may well be that there are good reasons for following customary practices or for rejecting them in favour of new ones , but teachers ought to know what these reasons are , for it is this knowledge which provides for adaptability , the alternative realization of principles through techniques appropriate to different instructional settings . |
| 19 | Coaches ought to know what the children should be practising . |
| 20 | Anyway , the others ought to know what we 're doing and they wo n't unless you go and tell them . |
| 21 | We — that is you and 1 — as well as the Yek , ought to know what lies beyond the Great Sea . |
| 22 | He 'll be here any minute and he ought to know what 's best . ’ |
| 23 | The reason for the inclusion of ‘ to its knowledge ’ in ( a ) and ( b ) and its exclusion from ( c ) is that a subsidiary could well be ignorant , through no fault of its own , that it is a subsidiary , whereas a parent company ought to know what subsidiaries it has . |
| 24 | As he said , you ought to know what you were giving up before you gave it up . |
| 25 | I suppose he just felt people ought to know what things were like people down South , you know . |
| 26 | It gets embarrassing at times when there are guests in the house , even if they are family and ought to know what to expect . |
| 27 | What we are saying is , the patient ought to be able to determine at any stage of their illness what care they receive , and they ought to know what is coming next . |
| 28 | okay , anybody got any other reasons why they think that maybe we ought to know what 's going on in other countries , why , why would we be interested in the roots in Kenya , India , why would we be interested in those countries ? |
| 29 | Perhaps I ought to know what the scenario was . |
| 30 | Let's enjoy what we have in common . ’ |