Example sentences of "[adv] of what [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 We found that practices were very diverse , that people had different impressions , not only of what ought to be done , but what was in fact being done .
2 The process has evolved over the decade with the linking up of what used to be short runs into long , cross-country routes .
3 THE Cubans have pulled out of what used to be the People 's Republic of the Congo , and is now just the Congo Republic .
4 On a piece of rocky coastline and out of what used to be a quaint old fishing village , has sprung one of the liveliest resorts in Corfu .
5 The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries .
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