Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] what be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume that accountants play a passive role in this , namely that they provide only what is expressly requested , then we build our accounting theory on that . |
| 2 | When I tried to discover just what was really meant when it was said of a particular girl that she had been " married " in this sense seven times before she was nineteen , I was told that if a girl was seen to be cooking a meal for a man this was evidence that she was " married " to him . |
| 3 | Many golfers remark about the attractiveness and variety of plant and animal life seen on the course , so to establish exactly what was there , representatives of B.B.O.N.T. ( Berks , Bucks and Oxon Naturalists Trust ) were invited to conduct an all-seasons survey . |
| 4 | But I want to know exactly what 's really going on here . |
| 5 | I shall consider later what was then said by Mr. Hurd about discretionary life sentences . |
| 6 | ‘ We want back what is rightfully ours . ’ |
| 7 | The scanner camera had picked out what was almost a straight line of four unusual things . |
| 8 | Firstly , it should be possible to find out what is already known from the local Sites and Monuments Record or Royal Commission for Historical Monuments/Ordnance Survey records . |
| 9 | Anglian Water Open Days provide a rare opportunity to find out what is really involved in treating and supplying safe , clean water and in cleaning waste water for its return to the environment . |
| 10 | Rugby World & Post will be better off by ceasing to ululate on the supposed demise of John Gallagher at Leeds and simply grant him an interview instead — I ca n't be the only admirer of this great All Black fullback to want to find out what is really going on . |
| 11 | These statistics go on and on — quite interesting if you can fight your way through the jin and mu to find out what is really happening — and are frequently laced with political remarks about following ‘ our great leader Chairman Mao 's revolutionary line ’ , and the ‘ wise leadership of Chairman Hua ’ , with the inevitable explanation of how the Gang of Four sabotaged agriculture , just as they sabotaged everything else . |
| 12 | This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done . |
| 13 | Some sociologists argue that another way to find out what is actually happening in the NHS is to observe people at work and talk to them . |
| 14 | And I can approach the conference office to find out what 's here , and I can then go after each of the different categories we 're looking for , or each of the conferences . |
| 15 | My project was a reasonable attempt to find out what 's really going on in those two hospitals . |
| 16 | Now , I 'm going to find out what 's really going on . ’ |
| 17 | It began gradually to peel off the brick skin and to find out what was underneath . |
| 18 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 19 | Since this high work of fracture — which makes trees able to stand up to the buffetings of life and which makes wood such a useful material — can not be accounted for by any of the recognized work of fracture mechanisms which operate in man-made composites , George set out to find out what was really happening . |
| 20 | There is no reason anyway to reinvent the wheel , and we need to know initially what is already going on at different levels , in different forums , in different geographical areas , before engaging in a pilot project to network available training and encourage initiatives where there are gaps . |
| 21 | It can break down what is often the false generality of a ‘ whole way of life ’ to discriminate ascriptions to specific classes and other groups . |
| 22 | His only stupidity was that he was a bit slow about picking up what was actually happening . |
| 23 | Once you have decided you want to change your life , you need to sort out what is most important to you . |
| 24 | Indeed , this is an area of heated debate and it is quite difficult to tease out what is actually going on . |
| 25 | But mere geographical distribution can not sufficiently bring out what was increasingly the dominant fact about the academic life of our period , namely the hegemony of the Germans , backed as it was by the numerous universities using their language ( which included those in most of Switzerland , most of the Habsburg Empire and the Baltic regions of Russia ) , and by the powerful attraction exercised by German culture in Scandinavia , eastern and south-eastern Europe . |
| 26 | So it was last Tuesday night , when the change allowed at the end of our whacky version of five-card rolling draw brought your correspondent the most beautiful five of spades he had ever seen — face down what 's more — to go with the A-2-3-4 he was showing . |
| 27 | Though it seems a shame to cover up what 's underneath … ’ |
| 28 | Yes , so you have to , if , you know , with your weekends , where you know there 's a lot of banging of spoons , animated chat , to , to cover up what is so audibly going on upstairs . |
| 29 | Erm the er most important item I think Chairman is the work programme for the future year which commences at erm about twelve and forms the second half of the report and I would be very happy to deal with any questions and it is very clearly in the light of things that we 've already said , the first part of er that latter half of the report er which er emphasises the erm principal activities er to the department er that of strategic policy in paragraphs thirteen one , thirteen two and thirteen three are therefore perhaps the areas to which I would er draw you attention er most , but the report as whole is er I hope a reasonably succinct summary of what has gone on or what is proposed to be done and er in order to avoid simply what is already in the report , I , I would leave it at that point and say I 'm happy to deal with any questions . |
| 30 | Poverty and overcrowding are characteristic of the greater part of the Canning Town and Silvertown areas , which make up what is perhaps the largest part of unbroken depression in East London . |