Example sentences of "[prep] what [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Review is biased towards what actually exists . |
| 2 | There is in Bacon 's theory of idols an early version of what later developed into the theory of ideology . |
| 3 | Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model . |
| 4 | He built the Waldorf section of what later became the Waldorf Astoria Hotel . |
| 5 | From Cambridge he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at Anderson 's College , Glasgow ( the nucleus of what later became Strathclyde University ) , and held that post from 1872 to 1880 . |
| 6 | As early as 1869 , Francis Galton , who founded the Eugenics Laboratory ( which in 1905 became a Department of University College under the direction of Karl Pearson ) , recommended a programme of what later became called positive and negative eugenics . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , even catering for the eloquence of the after-dinner story teller , this abrupt introduction of Doctor Who into the Serials Department does serve to give an insight into two men who shaped much of what later went before the cold eyes of the BBC cameras . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fourth , we 've heard from Mr Williamson his interpretation of what strictly controlled means . |
| 10 | When they reached the building , Jack shone his torch through a broken window illuminating the interior of what evidently had been the booking office . |
| 11 | Though in view of what eventually happened , I did regret thinking that . |
| 12 | She sought out Alix , to tell her of her plans to remarry , and they spent a long evening , over spaghetti and Hirondelle , talking of what already seemed to them the distant past . |
| 13 | In a post-war climate where nationalisation was the key component in the economic sphere , and reorganisation and rationalisation of what already existed the most characteristic feature of social policy , ‘ planning ’ failed to dislodge the established administrative systems or to overcome the temptation to make do with ad hoc measures . |
| 14 | Ministers when they come to Committees should assume that other Ministers have read their papers and time should not be spent on an oral regurgitation of what already appears in writing in the paper . |
| 15 | The internationalism of the leaders and cadres of national liberation movements in the Third World is more obvious where such movements played a leading part in the liberation of their countries than where countries were decolonised from above , for the post-independence breakdown of what previously operated , as a united movement of ‘ the people ’ is more dramatic . |
| 16 | By the end of each track , so many fleeting emotions and ideas have slithered past , only a sparse recollection of what just went before remains . |
| 17 | I — I 'm not proud of what just happened . ’ |
| 18 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
| 19 | Then in 1929 , he announced his most astonishing discovery — that of what immediately became known as ‘ Hubble 's law of redshifts ’ It was the empirical discovery of the expansion of the Universe . |
| 20 | The following dialogue can be taken as representative of what frequently takes place : — |
| 21 | I will remove my veils one by one , as I demolish , in turn , the proponents of these cardinal precepts of what today passes for Socialism in the People 's Party . ’ |
| 22 | When I say what is true — that I am not against homosexuals as people , but believe homosexual practices to be wrong , I am very conscious of the inadequacy of what probably sounds a very negative declaration . |
| 23 | But it reflects the astronomical consensus of what probably did happen . |
| 24 | Part of the fascination lay in the mystery of what exactly lurked inside the casings . |
| 25 | So far the question of what exactly constitutes biological inequality has not been answered . |
| 26 | A trip in a motorised open punt , with stripy red and white umbrellas at hand as shelter from the Belgian drizzle , is an enjoyable way to find your bearings , and at £2 for half an hour , offers a quick fix of what exactly hooks all these tourists . |
| 27 | But you 'll get a clearer idea of what exactly happened when you watch the post-mortem . |
| 28 | Twelve year old Emma Butler died during a kickabout after a five a side football match … she 'd been watching her younger brother , Matthew , play in a tournament organised by the St Edmunds Football Club at the European School in Abingdon … details of what exactly happened are still sketchy … but it 's believed a hockey goal post which was leaning against a hut fell down crushing Emmas chest … |
| 29 | Vessey and colleagues are unfortunate that over the period of their study the goal posts have moved significantly , with a greater use of laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool and a change in our understanding of what visually constitutes the diagnosis of endometriosis . |
| 30 | He was born a blood member of what then seemed a condemned and irrelevant tribe : he never forgot that . |