Example sentences of "what [adv] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So an essential skill of counselling is to avoid completely the giving of advice , and to allow counsellees to take what eventually must be their responsibility to arrive at their own decision , in their own time and in their own way . |
| 2 | What better could thy Fate decree , |
| 3 | ‘ Honours should be awarded on merit for exceptional achievement or exceptional service , over and above what normally might be expected . |
| 4 | ‘ What exactly would that mean ? ’ |
| 5 | Another is , in either case , what exactly would constitute greater or lesser logic ( since I take it no-one is claiming that any speaker communicates in propositional calculus ) . |
| 6 | dir : So what exactly would you do ? |
| 7 | ‘ What exactly would you say this might be ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What exactly would you want him to do ? ’ |
| 9 | What exactly would he expect from her ? |
| 10 | What exactly would it mean if she did find her name on Luke Hunter 's account ? |
| 11 | ‘ What exactly would be involved ? ’ he asked . |
| 12 | This revolutionary conclusion , which is perhaps the most important for the general reader of The Origin , is one easily supported by modern anthropologists although they might disagree with him about what exactly will happen when the change comes or even whether this kind of change can be predicted . |
| 13 | Caught unprepared , Sotheby 's admit that , while they have the Sharp collection , they are still not sure when it will be sold ( most probably in January 1994 ) and more importantly , what exactly will be sold . |
| 14 | Although one of the most interesting objects in the sale , it was not considered sufficiently rare — or Bavarian — to be among the items withdrawn from the sale at the instigation of the Bavarian State , which at the time of writing was still negotiating with Fürstin Gloria over what exactly will still come up in the future Regensburg sale . |
| 15 | ‘ What exactly will you be doing up there ? ’ |
| 16 | Already available for Windows 3 and OS/2 , and with an on-going deal to develop a Novell NetWare version , the company regards Unix as a highly important part of its strategy — but is remaining tight-lipped about what exactly will be announced at the Show . |
| 17 | What exactly will you be looking for ? |
| 18 | " What exactly will you do there ? " he said . |
| 19 | The teacher can now say , " We can plan for the worst , but we can never know what exactly will happen . " |
| 20 | What exactly will the mock attack involve . |
| 21 | ‘ What exactly can I do for you , Detective Inspector ? ’ |
| 22 | A persistent management puzzle is deciding what exactly should be given to employees in the way of information beyond the broad principles outlined in 2 , 3 and 4 above . |
| 23 | 3 On the basis of this list decide what exactly should be photographed and how it should be presented . |
| 24 | Afterwards , when he [ Chlothar ] had gladly received these titles from his older brother [ Childebert ] , he considered in his own kingdom what ought to be added there , and what further should be included , and he ordered clauses 84 to 63 [ for 93 ? ] to be fixed . |
| 25 | The trees thinned to reveal what once might have been a clearing but which now resembled only a poisonous-looking wilderness . |
| 26 | Beyond the mill race , what once used to be a pool , with depths of 10 feet of water , a glistening of rainwater on the dried bed enticed two swans to think they were back in business . |
| 27 | Have one , well what ever can buy that |
| 28 | IN THE past year ‘ green ’ books have been flooding onto the market so I had to ask myself : ‘ What more can Green or Bust offer ? ’ |
| 29 | What more can the dead ask than to have this wish granted ? |
| 30 | What more can a member wish for ? |