Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | They chronicle current attempts to continue what they see as an amoral practice . |
| 2 | They have only to look south of the border at some of the experiences of their former workmates within public sector bus operations to see what the alternative propositions might be . |
| 3 | for example , too much weaving and rolling of bodies on the floor is hardly visible from the stalls , whilst too much concentration on one side of the stage finds spectators on the same side craning their necks to see what is going on . |
| 4 | They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion . |
| 5 | The social scientist must conduct a fair and balanced enquiry , not allowing personal or political values to affect what is discovered and reported . |
| 6 | So I phoned around various contacts to see what it would cost me to have a tank made up by the ‘ local chap that most enthusiasts and many dealers tend to have tucked away somewhere . |
| 7 | I had twenty minutes to see what I could do about his combination locks . |
| 8 | I think we 'll look at the news in a few minutes to see what the weather 's going to be and then , do you want any ice cream or anything ? |
| 9 | So he can only scan the pages of the TV Times to see what he 's missing . |
| 10 | People were using any of a large range of software products to perform what appeared to be the same basic tasks . |
| 11 | Politically , therefore , the inducements to continue what the Plowden Committee call ‘ excessive social services ’ are much stronger than the inducements to discontinue them or to supplement any which may happen to be ‘ inadequate ’ . |
| 12 | In an actual campaign we would research these approaches with trial groups to see what changes need to be made . |
| 13 | Since it may take many hours to establish what influences the activity of a single cell , this is a far from trivial issue . |
| 14 | Harriet sensing , quite rightly , that this must have something to do with a man , failed to receive any response to the most careful attempts to discover what was wrong . |
| 15 | It implies a certain commitment to the user and his or her needs , and it implies a particular kind of responsibility to ensure that the user has the skills to obtain what is needed : that is , to obtain the right information or material , in the right form , so that the user can benefit from it . |
| 16 | I shall suggest that these attempts to find what I call compensatory factors not only fail to be counterbalances , but also represent the undoing of Christology . |
| 17 | This sense is strong enough to motivate a succession of attempts to find what is interesting . |
| 18 | 4 Setting baselines ( 10 minutes to establish what the parents are to do ) |
| 19 | As the aim of many of the BES assured tenancy companies is eventually to obtain value by selling or redeveloping the properties when they are vacant , it would be useful for shareholders to know what the market value is with vacant possession , even if the present value with tenants in possession is also shown as a note . |
| 20 | You have only to look through one or two stately homes to see what a great difference the architectural details — the cornices , mouldings , hardware on doors and windows , doors themselves — make to a room . |
| 21 | — try changing these settings to see what effect it has . |
| 22 | On the other hand , I would like to meet the candidates to see what they look like . |
| 23 | Erm the element of control side of it , is extremely frustrating and have have been hinted at by previous speakers to see what are in effect regular and truly massive retail operations going on without development control , without the development of any kind of highway controls which is a county council matter is fully my argue frustrating . |
| 24 | He expected talks last night between Forum and the small non-Communist parties to see what were the possibilities . |
| 25 | ‘ We will be looking over the next few months to see what longer term solution can be devised . ’ |
| 26 | The only substantive decision of the Yaoundé session was a resolution asking timber producing nations to estimate what resources were required to achieve sustainable forest management . |
| 27 | to the Council Education Offices to see what school I could get him in , you see I wanted a good school for him because he was showing the ability , you know , er , and er eventually I went to Harlow Grammar school that 's what it was called then |
| 28 | Avoid unnecessary additives by choosing processed foods with fewer additives — check labels to see what you 're getting . |
| 29 | Unfortunately for those of a nervous DOSposition ( rotten pun , I know ) the FastLynx package has no install utility , so setting up the device drivers to enable what amounts to a two machine network involves rolling up the sleeves and getting stuck into editing a file or two . |
| 30 | The wind was blowing from the sea and he instinctively opened his wings , leaned round into it and circled up and back , quartering the cliffs around him with his eyes to see what or who was there . |