Example sentences of "[coord] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden lapsing into silence because the speaker is unable or unwilling to complete the sentence : Had you been there-but what good would that have done ? |
| 2 | Aerospatiale officials are studiously refusing to give odds on whether the sale will go ahead , or what Aerospatiale would do with the company if it does occur . |
| 3 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 4 | The atmosphere was , however , cordial , if not convivial , and the talk was of what grandchildren were up to or what Dr So-and-so said about this or that particular problem . |
| 5 | It is easiest to use the fascia boards as a guide to the horizontal line : check with a spirit level that they are horizontal or what allowance you must make if they are not . |
| 6 | No-one in authority has yet ventured to say how often a level should be attained before it is confirmed or what allowance should be made , if any , for the pupil who will unlearn . |
| 7 | And yet , when disaster strikes , it does n't matter where it is , or what sport is taking place , the spotlight swivels to capture the emotion , the excitement , the sadness of the moment . |
| 8 | From now onwards I do not wish to be lectured about smoking , drinking , the environment or what architecture I should admire . |
| 9 | He thus comes close to Formalist/structuralist theory in denying the referential function of poetry , but differs significantly from it in his identification of the emotive with the poetic use of language ; for Jakobson , it will be remembered , the emotive or what Jakobson calls the conative and the poetic are quite distinct . |
| 10 | A supervisor can tap such first-hand knowledge without wasting time studying Ordnance Survey maps or other records , while the competent field man is in a position to handle a problem immediately in an emergency without having to research the questions of where a pollution may have come from , where it will go , or what damage it might do . |
| 11 | A ‘ Life Line ’ feature , grandfather of our ‘ Material World ’ section , was introduced in which , should the fancy take you , you could find out what Freddie Garrity 's favourite food was or what Gerry Marsden wanted for Christmas . |
| 12 | It seems that that recent $1m+ investment in Chorus Systemes SA by Altus Finance , a subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais , one of Europe 's largest banks ( UX No 382 ) , has spurred Unix System Laboratories to increase its $1m investment in the firm just to maintain its share : however , the companies do n't want to reveal how much USL added to the kitty or what percentage it controls for fear of giving away the valuation . |
| 13 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 14 | We do not yet know whether such differences are inherent or are induced by disease or even by the drugs themselves , or what part is played by age . |
| 15 | However , neither Gabriel 's lab nor ours had much idea of how , if at all , the IMHV and the LPO might be functionally connected , or what part each region played in the general economy of the brain . |
| 16 | It 's touching at their core because it helps them to recognize and understand their own experience of oppression , or what life must be like for their own sister , brother , mother or a member of the youth club . |
| 17 | After reading the notice about all the nasty sexual diseases under the sun which I should n't have had , ( back then , Aids meant things you stuck in your ears or what mum kept in her bedroom drawer ) this rather butch looking nurse pricked my thumb with what looked like an elaborate stapler . |
| 18 | is that sting or what mum ? |
| 19 | ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least . |
| 20 | ‘ We have been drawing up profiles of potential smugglers so that we know who or what type of people to look for using intelligence sources . |
| 21 | They cover topics including goods selling in and out ( which stores are buying what from the manufacturer in what quantity , and how quickly consumers are then buying that product ) or what type of product consumers are buying , and they give comparisons between brands in particular categories , for example soft drinks , analgesics , breakfast cereals , and almost anything in fact . |
| 22 | I decided to put sections of the lake and river systems in the background , allowing an impression of the vegetation on the banks and in the distance to give a general idea of which part of a river or what type of lake was shown . |
| 23 | Hazel , a Clerk in Private Trust and Taxation , Edinburgh , will fly to the USA in June — but she won ‘ t know her final destination or what type of work she will be doing until much nearer the time . |
| 24 | Most of the questions are going to be related to what it is , are there any jobs available , or what type of thing . |
| 25 | She wandered aimlessly through the cold morning streets , not sure which way she was going or what direction to take . |
| 26 | If in a sense it means how early can you teach children facts and contents and very straightforward knowledge , then I think the answer is not very early at all because it may be fairly meaningless that you could teach a child to repeat Newton 's law , perhaps the same way as you could teach him to repeat the eleven times table , but without a good concept of number or what Newton meant . |
| 27 | If in a sense it means how early can you teach children facts and contents and very straightforward knowledge , then I think the answer is not very early at all because it may be fairly meaningless that you could teach a child to repeat Newton 's law , perhaps the same way as you could teach him to repeat the eleven times table , but without a good concept of number or what Newton meant . |
| 28 | Or what Pete calls my funny tea . |
| 29 | When the Philadelphia — now remember this name — when the Philadelphia put into Stornoway in Lewis , and gleaned young boys from the beach , and stowed them in the hold like trade-goods , what constable or what factor raised his arm or his stick to stop the slavers ? |
| 30 | It was the women who had to make hard decisions and choices as to what expenditure to cut or what bill could be postponed for yet another week . |