Example sentences of "what [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though I may be in a minority , I feel quite strongly that the job of the record companies is to issue recordings of music at prices the music loving public can afford — not to enhance that price by paying for learned disquisitions seeking to explain what ought to need no explanation . |
| 2 | Every self-respecting ideology develops its own complex defence mechanisms which cunningly conceal , or paper over , the glaring discrepancies and inconsistences which inevitably arise between what ought to happen and what actually does . |
| 3 | Some people argue that the INFORMAL ORGANISATION describes what really goes on in an organisation whereas the FORMAL ORGANISATION describes what ought to happen . |
| 4 | We are all agreed as to what ought to happen , but we have to be realistic and question how it can be made to happen . |
| 5 | In the case of ritual performance the details sometimes vary simply because the actors have forgotten what ought to happen next ! |
| 6 | They cause no great problem to anybody , and what ought to happen is that the gipsies and certainly the tinkers ought to be encouraged to buy sites and develop them and police them themselves . |
| 7 | What ought to remain is a technique for learning , and a grasp of intellectual principles that may be applied and reapplied in different circumstances . |
| 8 | It is possible to tell you — broadly — what ought to appear in an ad , except that you can leave out ( for good reasons , of course ) such apparently essential details as the name of the product or a picture of the pack . |
| 9 | He led an attack on what ought to have been his own castle , and blew it up with dynamite ! |
| 10 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 11 | If the wording of a trust has been omitted and the other provisions accord with what ought to have been written , by analogy with institution as heir and with legacies a trust will be understood to be duly given and insufficiently expressed in writing . |
| 12 | It conforms to our modern secular perception of what ought to have happened . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In many respects you are only being asked to do what ought to have been done around the time of your last birthday . |
| 15 | Brady was yesterday reluctant to say too much on the subject of his meeting with some board members , but it was obvious that the details of what ought to have been private business becoming public knowledge had disturbed the manager . |
| 16 | If it is true that no man knows what may befall him , nor how he may make himself safe against all future evils , is it not therefore the wisest course to make no provision , but to live in the present experience only ? |
| 17 | ‘ To get anywhere in this game you 've got to be stubborn , bombastic , what may appear to be ignorant . |
| 18 | What may appear to be one type of soil may have the attachment characteristics of a different layer of soil beneath it in which case the underlying soil dictates the chemical . |
| 19 | Reasons of space alone demand that what may appear to be a contentious response to this question be suggested , rather than developed . |
| 20 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 21 | W H Smith , apparently , has guidelines about what pictures may or may not appear in its titles and , especially , what may appear on the covers , although the content of this rule book is ‘ something I ca n't reveal to you — although I 'm sure you can imagine what may or may not appear ’ . |
| 22 | This scroll is a true record of your surname origins , even people with what may appear to be common names will find the research informative and interesting , and a talking point within family and friends . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , what may appear obvious to all but ourselves , even our best friends do n't tell us . |
| 24 | What may appear to be an ordinary action , such as picking up a slipper to put it on , can trigger an unusual response from the dog if it has been hit with a shoe in a previous home . |
| 25 | Can they deal with what may appear to be sexual threats , and the reality of mixed marriage ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | What may appear in their presentation as polar opposites are in reality shifting points on a continuum . |
| 28 | Is collusion indeed ever really ‘ tacit ’ , or is it the case that what may appear to be tacit collusion is actually explicit collusion in which the process of agreement is simply concealed ? |
| 29 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 30 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |