Example sentences of "[adv] what [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iris Murdoch 's fiction represents perhaps what Christine Brooke-Rose was aiming at , not in philosophical or even aesthetic terms , but as narratives which combine readability and lively story-telling with intellectual themes . |
| 2 | By now , in contrast , the summary of the six points is very much what school management has to cover in the practical arrangement for giving assurances about , and for controlling , quality . |
| 3 | I wonder very much what situation Oxford City would be in if we had n't got a Central Government . |
| 4 | This is pretty much what Charles Exley , chairman of NCR , is doing to his shareholders . |
| 5 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had forgotten to tell Urquhart what had gone on during the day , especially what Marek Nowak had told her and the disastrous arrest of Taczek . |
| 6 | And so what credit O'Neill might have acquired for his reform package was instantly lost by what Catholics saw as a refusal to confront the loyalist mobs who really ran Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | So what Richard Nixon should really have discussed with George Allen was how to set about reforming the wretched business of campaign finance . |
| 8 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |
| 9 | an exhibition structured around concepts of ‘ memory ’ in the context of the 20th Century Gallery might raise some interesting questions about processes of selection by addressing not only what museum collections enable us to ‘ remember ’ but also the ways in which they facilitate ‘ forgetting ’ . |
| 10 | They did n't often get roast meat , only what Auntie Lou called ‘ Done Down ’ , which was the remains of the joint after Mr Evans had finished with it , minced up with bread and gravy browning . |
| 11 | ‘ Only what Mrs Lavender has told me herself . ’ |
| 12 | Finally what hardness test kit do I need , carbonate or general ? |
| 13 | At somewhat higher Rayleigh number theory still provides much understanding of the observations , but the experiments are less peripheral ; e.g. they may indicate just what flow patterns should be included in the theoretical analysis . |
| 14 | And you can find out just what Kenneth Clarke 's budget plans are by watching Central on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 15 | Bristol did n't have their strongest side out but nothing would have stopped Gloucester on saturday … skipper Ian Smith scored the last try … 38-11 … just what coach keith richardson wanted |
| 16 | It was just what Lady Merchiston had said that very first night , but she had been so appalled that she had not taken it in . |
| 17 | Just what country people call a wise woman . |
| 18 | And 40 years ago that is just what Peter Conder , soon to be assisted by his wife , Pat , set out to do . |
| 19 | And 40 years ago that is just what Peter Conder , soon to be assisted by his wife , Pat , set out to do . |
| 20 | It was just what Dick Crossman needed from a non-hagiographer . |
| 21 | But just what effect Pringle 's presence was supposed to have eluded most people , and the absence of Lamb , back to his prolific , fighting best on the county circuit , must have been just what the touring team were praying for . |
| 22 | Sometimes this way of working is just what health workers have been looking for , but it has to be acknowledged that such an approach does not fit easily with the conventional mode of western medicine and what we have described as the medical model . |
| 23 | But that is just what Corinne Hollingworth believes she has done with Eldorado . |
| 24 | So — can I please appeal to those of you ( teachers and class members ) who are having difficulty in deciding just what fund raising ideas to put into operation — 1985 is now upon us — and — Time Flies ’ . |
| 25 | Speaking on Radio 4 's World This Weekend he added : ‘ Their action would also call into doubt in children 's minds just what authority figures are there for . ’ |
| 26 | Just what salt fish you had . |
| 27 | That 's why the workers ' weekly pennies went to pay men like Bobby to speak for them and that 's just what Bobby Keith could do best . |
| 28 | And that 's just what David Stewart and Fiona Thornton-Norris are dreaming of . |
| 29 | That , after all , at the end of Orwell 's book , is just what Winston Smith has been forced to think when , subjected to torment of mind and body , ‘ he loved Big Brother ’ . |
| 30 | Therefore the process of finding the historical Jesus meant stripping away what St Paul was supposed to have added . |