Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [Wh det] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Foot is ‘ an elitist parliamentarian ’ , Barbara Castle is ‘ politically greedy ’ , Denis Healey ‘ wobbles about according to which way the wind is blowing ’ . |
| 2 | Decisions are taken according to which way the wind blows " , according to Rubem Almeida , president of Greenpeace Brazil . |
| 3 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 4 | I know the mental health on th on the health service side are facing the same problems and I was wondering to what extent the director had been talking to the District Health Authority on , on those lines . |
| 5 | By comparison with the intellectual patriarchs of Anglo-Saxon democracy , it is astounding to what degree the patron saints of Soviet Communism , Marx and Engels , made war — interstate and civil — an object of study and the raw materials for their theories and insights . |
| 6 | In the next section we will examine the consequences of not having a rational sentencing policy before asking to what extent the courts are responsible for the ensuing crisis , and what options exist for tackling it . |