Example sentences of "[verb] what [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society . |
| 2 | We are investing millions in these technologies and we want to know what are the rules of the game before we take the risk of bringing a product to the marketplace . ’ |
| 3 | He wanted to know what are the experiences and emotions of religious people . |
| 4 | Mrs Coleridge has observed the workings of my face , while I have been writing ; and is intreating to know what is the matter — I dread to shew her your Letter — I dread it . |
| 5 | In dealing with these situations it will help you to know what is the best care . |
| 6 | But I want to know what is the matter . |
| 7 | When people are ringing about their relatives in the Gulf , er they just want to know what is the latest , are they coming out , this kind of thing . |
| 8 | Having identified who has joined the church in the past year we need to know what were the main influences which caused them to make their decision . |
| 9 | As the Army collapsed in turmoil on 11 February , the White House Situation Room put through several calls to the US ambassador in Teheran , William Sullivan saying that Zbigniew Brezinski wanted to know what were the chances of a coup d'etat . |
| 10 | His Chief of Staff ( Ops ) did not even seem to know what were the boundaries of the various corps under command ; there was no map of troop positions , and no one could state just what orders had been issued . |
| 11 | Erm , I 've worked for ten and a half years within this county of Clwyd as a social worker , regarded as an extensional and every year my employers er , who are based in London would like the county to know what were the remec recommended mileage rates for the reimbursel to a business car mileage ? |
| 12 | You had to run when we got there we had n't got any equipment you know , so we used to get out at night , if you had n't got your ga bandolier on you got pulled up , the red caps pulled you up , wanted to know what was the matter with you . |
| 13 | It was not hard to guess what was the wrong answer . |
| 14 | In order to sustain the argument that I am putting forward here , it is important to establish what were the major arguments levelled by anthropologists and others against the ‘ great divide ’ theory . |
| 15 | The task of the research team , which also included Professor Neville Brown and Mr Takis Tridimas was firstly to establish what were the comparable legal professions in the other ten Member States ( Belgium , Denmark , France , Germany , Greece , Italy , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Spain and Portugal ) , and then to determine their exact educational and training requirements . |
| 16 | erm let me introduce you to — perhaps in a rather more quantitative way — let me introduce what is the sort of hoariest paradox about evolution . |
| 17 | The aims of this research are to discover what are the attributes , qualities and skills of senior managers ( the competencies ) that contribute to the establishment and maintenance of high performing systems . |
| 18 | to discover what are the influences on girls when they make occupational choices , and |
| 19 | One is attempting to discover what was the intention of the parties at the time they made the contract . |
| 20 | So if someone said erm bromate or bromide say what 's the difference between calcium bromide and calcium bromate , what the difference be ? |
| 21 | Until eventually they get up at lunchtime , and they say what 's the point of having a shave , I 'm not going anywhere , so they stop shaving . |
| 22 | ‘ Say what is the matter , quickly . ’ |
| 23 | With such a varied contingent of activities I say what is the need for school ! |
| 24 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know what 's the matter with her , ’ complained Sam . |
| 26 | She can not show consideration when she does n't know what 's the matter . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know what 's the matter with you , ’ Ella Tomkin said . |
| 28 | I do n't know what you 're talking about , Léonie lied : I do n't know what 's the matter with you . |
| 29 | So , really I do n't know what 's the best way to start , just ask you give a brief resume of where you 're at , if you 've done if you 've got it in hand , if you have n't got it hand erm and then perhaps when we 've done that we might er look at possible resources and stuff get off now . |
| 30 | You know this government , I do n't know what 's the matter with this government it seems |