Example sentences of "what [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what represents a text book case of technology transfer , it has been taken up by major operators in the pharmaceutical and general chemical industries such as SmithKline Beecham , Foster Wheeler and Monsanto . |
| 2 | ETA still has some odd ideas about what constitutes a compromise . |
| 3 | What constitutes a dwelling for the purposes of the section is further spelled out in section 8 , which provides : |
| 4 | ‘ Even if you take the example of the Western , and key Western icons like Clint Eastwood , ’ Wood says , ‘ you can see the films responding to social attitudes in the movement from the early spaghetti westerns to last year 's Unforgiven , where you still have the recognisable Clint Eastwood character , but he 's much more complex , more uncertain about things — about killing , about his motives , the whole notion of what constitutes a hero . ’ |
| 5 | Gillian Harris looks at what constitutes a success in the eyes of the publishing trade and the book-buying public . |
| 6 | While sleep stages are well defined in terms of psychophysiology , what constitutes a dream is not , and the reviewers suggest that an important determinant of the number of NREM " dreams " collected is the predisposition of the experimenter . |
| 7 | There is no agreed definition as to what constitutes a knowledge worker . |
| 8 | What constitutes a sign in the first order , that of language , is merely a signifier in the second order , that of myth . |
| 9 | It needs to be acknowledged that Hoyle takes a very wide view of what constitutes a school 's ‘ organisational character ’ or ‘ deep structure ’ . |
| 10 | Section 395 contains a generic definition of what constitutes a charge and a partial definition of what constitutes property . |
| 11 | While these groups share the need for the same basic information about what constitutes a Compact , their particular concerns require specific responses addressing their own interests and sensitivities . |
| 12 | So far as the definition of what constitutes a breach of the peace is concerned , however , the decision is less satisfactory . |
| 13 | 4 Breach of the duty The question of what constitutes a breach of the duty of confidentiality falls into two parts . |
| 14 | The title of the volume attempts on the one hand to avoid the major archival issue of what constitutes a record , and on the other to broaden the issue of debate from electronic records to include digital information resources generally . |
| 15 | And what living or organic forms of data such as continuous updated accounts , or records of employment or social benefit are preserved Not only does their documentation create a problem , but the intellectual definition of what constitutes a record is clearly troublesome . |
| 16 | Although a number of security interests are clearly accepted as being recognised by English law , there is some doubt at the penumbra as to what constitutes a security interest and , in particular , as to whether there is a numerus clausus of such interests . |
| 17 | The above is a very compressed survey of what constitutes a security interest . |
| 18 | As was pointed out earlier , there is some uncertainty as to what constitutes a security interest ; it is submitted that the courts will adopt something along the lines of the definition of Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. set out at the commencement of this chapter . |
| 19 | The uncertainties caused by what constitutes a security interest are greatly reduced by the fact , as pointed out above , that it is a numerus clausus of charges that has to be registered so if the charge is not within the list it is not registrable . |
| 20 | Intangible movable property includes a charge on the book debts of the company or those assigned to it but the Act contains no definition of what constitutes a book debt . |
| 21 | 1914 saw the first axiomatic declaration of exactly what constitutes a ring . |
| 22 | What constitutes a procession that is commonly or customarily held ? |
| 23 | Unlike the debates over the military-industrial complex , the general and wide-ranging nature of the arguments in this chapter reflects disagreement about what the problem is and different approaches to what constitutes a theory . |
| 24 | The CPA 1987 is not clear as to what constitutes a holding-out and much will depend upon how the branding is perceived by the reasonable consumer . |
| 25 | If there is any standard criterion today of what constitutes a nation with a claim to self-determination , meaning to setting up an independent territorial nation-state , it is ethnic-linguistic , since language is taken , wherever possible , to express and symbolise ethnicity . |
| 26 | The court 's decision as to what constitutes a class conceals the policy issues in the decision . |
| 27 | So far as I know there is no definition of what constitutes a Cabinet Committee and , as the practice has grown , I believe there may be among the 70-odd Committees in the book some with less title to be treated as Cabinet Committees than some of the 700-odd interdepartmental committees of which we have no detailed information at all . |
| 28 | Their definition of what constitutes a husband , a wife , and a marital relationship will be negotiated . |
| 29 | New instructions this year are encouraging umpires to be strict in their interpretation of what constitutes a shot when playing against the spinners . |
| 30 | Together with this unequivocal equivocation Mr Roberts did argue support for positive images , for freedom of the individual , for a wide definition of what constitutes a family , for civilised society ; and he opposed discrimination in schools , the promotion of any kind of sexuality , and the introduction of paedophilia into the debate . |