Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] what [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the best will in the world , I am not responsible for what was said over the weekend or for what may to be a contradiction . |
| 2 | Neither he nor the Council was fully aware of the pressures for expansion that were to intensify from 1972 , or of what might be involved in a response to such injunctions as those of the THES to make the influence of the CNAA more widely felt . |
| 3 | The effect of such imagery is to enrich or enlarge our concept of the male , or of what may truly be said to be ‘ masculine ’ . |
| 4 | However , what is most interesting is that a deliberate attempt was made to sell it as a concept rather than as what might have hitherto been seen as a package of infrastructural measures . |
| 5 | The whole character of faith is that it does not rest on itself , nor on what can be seen as an extension of itself , but on what is quite other than itself , by which its own emptiness is filled . |
| 6 | There were doubts about the practicalities and about what would happen if there was a poor turnout . |
| 7 | This excited them — maybe the idea was right after all-and also made them nervous , both for their awn safety and for what might happen if the news leaked out . |
| 8 | Hurtling along the open track and through what might be called a blinding blizzard , the C.P.R. ‘ Special ’ carried Gladstone Murray and his party to Regina in just over an hour . |
| 9 | But who is to provide this training and of what should it consist ? |
| 10 | It was in the field of cult and religious objects , of decorative and decorated-utilitarian articles , and of what can eventually be distinguished as , in a modern sense , works of art , that reproductive technology became a major cultural mode . |
| 11 | Consulting sex manuals might help , but one of the benefits of having been married a number of years should be a deeper understanding of your partner and of what will give pleasure . |
| 12 | From this it is clear that Goldner and Hendrix are acutely aware not just of quality but also of rarity and of what will not be available again . |
| 13 | As a particular form of rationality a human being , considered as a total personality , is above all an effort to think things out by having a firm conception of its own nature , as this exists in the physical world , and of what will assist this nature to keep in existence . |
| 14 | ‘ And with what shall we light it , dear Liza ? ’ |
| 15 | Implications of the research for policy and practice are discussed and comparisons made with our nearest continental neighbours , France , and with what could be expected in normal families . |
| 16 | 1.3 Voluntary activities : There are some activities in which teachers engage over and above what shall be contractually required . |
| 17 | And from what used to be the iron state of East Germany . |
| 18 | And in what might have proved a momentous extension of this diplomatic sequence , it was at Hendaye that in 1940 , after the fall of France , Hitler met Franco , to try and talk him into joining in the war on the German side against the British . |
| 19 | During that time it has had numerous facelifts , and in what must surely be the last of its nine lives , the Big Cat has had another . |
| 20 | I sat in on the debate yesterday because of my great interest in the role of the inspectorate and in what will happen if schools and local education authorities , however affluent , pay little attention to special needs . |
| 21 | McManus fired in runs of 33 , 42 , 39 , 94 , 75 and 37 to win four frames after trailing 2–1 and in what will be his ninth major tournament semi-final appearance of the season he will tackle John Parrott . |
| 22 | On the body of the car , on each side of the door and on what might be called the architrave , are two handles . |
| 23 | However , beyond the question of the character , quality and impact of such particular ideas are two more fundamental questions about LEA policy in general : how should it be arrived at , and on what should it focus ? |
| 24 | 3 Make sure that personnel who are to be present from sections other than the PR department are fully briefed on their role and on what can and can not be said . |
| 25 | I want to pay particular attention to present practice and to what may perhaps happen in the years ahead . |
| 26 | Let us take a simple three-sentence exchange between two parties , and ask what information it provides us with above and beyond what might be given by the semantic content of the component sentences . |
| 27 | We 've asked an expert what he considers important , looked at what children really want and at what would make mums happy . |
| 28 | The larger question , then , is not about what is , but about what ought to be . |
| 29 | Not just at the beginning but throughout what may prove to be a long and difficult journey of recovery . |
| 30 | But we are now not concerned with what is normally likely to happen , but with what might happen . |