Example sentences of "[det] of [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say only that this of which I speak is pleasing to you . ’ |
| 2 | The Collor administration wants to start fresh debt talks next month , while insisting that annual interest payments must not exceed $5 billion , half of what normally comes due . |
| 3 | That left Mr Ishihara with just half of what was already a short book . |
| 4 | In our defence we would say that the state 's water supplies are still only around half of what is normal at this time of year , and that many Californians , currently refilling their swimming pools and reflooding their orange groves , may live to regret it . |
| 5 | With unsympathetic editors on the magazines he usually worked for , half of what he did was found fault with or refused . |
| 6 | They only hear half of what God has been saying . |
| 7 | However , the information the tail-ender picks up is probably less than half of what the expert picks up . |
| 8 | Thus , while almost all scientists are — at the time of writing — convinced from the evidence that change in climate is under way and that regional effects may be much greater than the global average , the magnitude of the latter is now thought likely to be about half of what was predicted only 5 years ago . |
| 9 | That may be half of what Darren paid for it , but in absolute terms it 's incredibly low depreciation over 40,000 and adds up to an excellent value motoring package . |
| 10 | Unsurprisingly , none of them had heard of Giles Williams , which was clearly a false name , and Kelly 's description of his telephone manner — a slurred , gin-sodden voice with a wheedling insincere tone to it — covered half of what used to be known as Fleet Street . |
| 11 | Afterwards she could n't remember half of what she 'd said . |
| 12 | And that , said the advertiser , was ‘ almost certainly around half of what you pay now ( the total cost of £17,469.12 Will be reduced on early settlement ) . |
| 13 | As credit is now so central to people 's lives — financing as it does something approaching half of what they buy , other than day-to-day necessities — and as choice of credit arrangements is increasingly diverse and complex , people by the time they leave school should be equipped to deal sensibly with it . |
| 14 | Bosses cut their pay to half of what the trainee earns |
| 15 | I do n't get to know half of what 's going on . |
| 16 | Speaking in his strong Wearside accent , demolition expert Adrian admitted yesterday : ‘ I could n't understand half of what people were saying . ’ |
| 17 | This nun had read passages of some sort to them but Millie had been unable to make out half of what she had said . |
| 18 | In effect it provided for the dismemberment of Abyssinia and the giving to Mussolini of about half of what he had set himself to achieve by conquest . |
| 19 | Do n't be surprised if you retain no more than half of what is said at your first lectures . |
| 20 | So virtually half of what you produced would go to the landlord . |
| 21 | He eventually sold the properties for £5 million — half of what he originally told shareholders he expected to get for them . |
| 22 | ‘ The first lesson on entering this house , Katherine , is that you must take only half of what your father says to me seriously , ’ the Princesse responded in kind . |
| 23 | ‘ You can live free in my house , and give me half of what you earn . ’ |
| 24 | ROS : Half of what he said meant something else , and the other half did n't mean anything at all . |
| 25 | She does n't understand half of what we say but she listens all the time . |
| 26 | I suppose I have enough to fill two cottages , so space is at a premium before I have even unpacked half of what I brought . |
| 27 | This was a mammoth task since the last deal in Pakistan — by another company — was based on a formula which resulted in a price that was half of what was required to make the project economically attractive . |
| 28 | Do n't listen to half of what they say . |
| 29 | Maxim could n't catch half of what she was saying , but it seemed mostly on his side . |
| 30 | ‘ So would you have if you 'd had to put up with half of what I 've been through in the past ! |