Example sentences of "[coord] what [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hated pretension , however , because it loved the life of mind ; and what Golding once called a ‘ blow for the ordinary universe , is a denial , often explicit , of a pre-war tradition of fiction composed for an intelligentsia and self-consciously excluding the vulgar appeals of fast-paced narrative and clarity of assertion . |
| 2 | How happy it is to see with what zeal and what promptitude all over the country the working population have exhibited their readiness to take advantage of the opportunities when once afforded them . |
| 3 | ‘ CB Business Systems understand the Scottish legal system and what solicitors actually want , ’ said , the firm 's managing partner . |
| 4 | Reliability I posed a series of questions about whether support from relatives can be seen as reliable , and what reliability actually means in this context . |
| 5 | Yes we were actually erm , the position of the control vehicle was erm in front of an ambulance that we had asked to be there and the crew were briefed as to what we were doing and and what injuries possibly could arise . |
| 6 | How do I appeal to their intellect ( language , facts and figures , concepts ) , and what emotions am I stimulating ? |
| 7 | The gap between what history teachers were telling their classes and what people instinctively knew to be true had become unbearably wide . |
| 8 | To explore the differences between written dialogue and what people actually say to one another we need to examine the relationship between the written word and other aspects of lived experience . |
| 9 | What I do deplore , and what people everywhere in the Highlands deeply resent , is the English take-over of land , homes and businesses of every kind , while the local people are forced to leave to look for work . |
| 10 | What is needed is a change in the processes of decision-making so that policies are informed from below by the people involved , who are the only ones who really know what life there is like and what people really want and are able to do . |
| 11 | What people have to keep in mind , and what people really should be very concerned about here in Great Britain is the fact that this is a very contentious industry , that there are a number of competitors out there who have taken to slinging innuendo around as if it were mud . |
| 12 | Erm , Local Government and Local Council work is often seen as being very drab and indeed we all know that it 's becoming probably less exciting nowadays with the constraints that there are and what Councils still require er in abundance are characters , people who bring a bit of excitement to Council affairs w i at whatever level and I think that one thing that has is character , sadly missing in so many younger politicians I must say . |
| 13 | But what I did n't know , and what Control probably did n't know either , was that by then the DEA , as well as the terrorists , was gunning for me . |
| 14 | But within a few hours the mood changed and what Docherty now describes as ‘ unforeseen forces ’ began to operate . |
| 15 | But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is , on the footplate . |