Example sentences of "what can [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What can they Do to solve the problems or choose strategies for action ? |
| 2 | What can they hope to achieve ? |
| 3 | So 1799 was a signal year for W. C. T. in more ways than one : he was now a respectable businessman with a respectable wife , and a Freeman of the City to boot — what can they have thought of all that back in Pig Street , Frome ? |
| 4 | ‘ What can we do to persuade you to stay ? ’ the headmaster asked . |
| 5 | When the Minister had ended the meeting with the words , ‘ Now , Mr Sanders , what can we do to persuade you to put more investment in Ireland ? ’ the Englishman had replied , ‘ The best advocate you could have , Minister , to influence more investment in your country , is a local plant manager who consistently turns in good results , year after year . |
| 6 | When was the last time , without duress or obligation , that a club chairman asked his directors : ‘ What can we do to improve the lot of our fans ? ’ |
| 7 | What can we do to create jobs ? |
| 8 | What can we do to create real jobs ? |
| 9 | What can we do to minimise the amount of loss ? |
| 10 | What can we do to counter it ? |
| 11 | And they 're not having a go , they 're not having a go , they 're saying what can we do to assist ? |
| 12 | If we accept that , so far as most people are concerned , it is the left brain which is more highly developed , what can we do to enhance the ability of the right brain and to try and become more creative ? |
| 13 | Cos if it is , how much are we gon na have to pay for it , and why and what can we do to try and bring it back in . |
| 14 | What can we do to prevent this situation from arising ? |
| 15 | What can we do to make it easier for the potential visitor ? |
| 16 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |
| 17 | What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ? |
| 18 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |
| 19 | What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ? |
| 20 | But what can we do to help the bright child who works well during term but bombs in exams through nerves ? |
| 21 | The former chairman of the Independent Appeals Tribunal said to me recently ‘ I wonder why it is that no benefit starts from the premises ‘ What can we do to help ? ’ but always seems to be ‘ How can we stop the bastards getting away with it ? ' ’ — coarse , but true ! |
| 22 | Liberal Democrats actually get in corners and say we hate Government , y'know , what can we do to get po power away from London ? |
| 23 | I , no I , I get the impression that , you know , everyone just everyone just kind of freaked out end of nineteen forty six forty seven and they were just , oh God what are we gon na do now , wh what can we do to get some more support , oh excellent , yeah , let's go for equal distribution , what a great idea and then all of a sudden they think oh no , it 's not , you know , perhaps it 's not such a good idea after all . |
| 24 | The same teacher also asks : What can we buy to add to our collection ? requiring not only the systematic acquisition of catalogues , bibliographies , reviewing services and lists , but also wherever possible knowledgeable people who can advise on the process and on the items themselves . |
| 25 | Can this just develop he 's 31 and what can he do to keep it away ? |
| 26 | What can he do to help the humble supplicant ? |
| 27 | What can he have meant ? |
| 28 | What can he have thought when he first got me here ? |
| 29 | Excuse me , what can you wear to improve your face ? |
| 30 | If this applies to you and you find some situations more difficult than others , stop and think about those areas where your confidence appears to be at its lowest — what can you do to improve matters ? |