Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] what [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she withholds beyond their as yet limited capacity for tolerance , their continuing rage seeks only to destroy what is in her . |
| 2 | First , they may be designed not finally to determine what is to be done in certain circumstances but merely to determine what ought to be done on the basis of certain considerations . |
| 3 | Even where an authoritative decision is meant finally to settle what is to be done it may be open to challenge on certain grounds , e.g. if an emergency occurs , or if the directive violates fundamental human rights , or if the authority acted arbitrarily . |
| 4 | Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’ |
| 5 | For instance , a pupil with hemianopia or a diminished visual field may have to sit at an angle rather than square to the blackboard in order to use remaining vision usefully to discriminate what is on it . |
| 6 | It should then be possible to add to this minimal definition more closely to define what is to be done . |