Example sentences of "what [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob ; No , sorry I do n't but it 's really easy to find out just call the helpline and they 'll be able to tell you exactly what band your flat is in and what discounts your eligible to . |
| 2 | Essentially what Darwin realized was that sexual dimorphism , particularly where it makes the male spectacularly different from female is not always the outcome of inter-male conflict , very often it is , we saw examples of the films of stags , of erm elephant seals , those kinds of animals where the dimorphic differences appear to be the result of inter-male conflict , for instance elephant seals are seven times heavier , the males are seven times heavier than the females on average because sheer weight is what wins those astonishing battles they have on the beaches when they , they kind of lunge at each other . |
| 3 | I tell you , it 's no laugh sharing with a kid what kicks and turns in her sleep week after week . ’ |
| 4 | As H. M. Colvin has observed ‘ what Reims and St Denis were to the house of Capet , Westminster should be to the house of Plantagenet ’ . |
| 5 | We 'll go there later and see what rides they 've got ! ’ |
| 6 | A spokesman for owners Trafalgar Business Parks said : ‘ We are currently looking into the costs of various alternative proposals for the future of the site , but I think a lot will depend on what grants will be made available . |
| 7 | I had to find out what commissions she had which would have to be cancelled . |
| 8 | At least what upsets you is tangible . |
| 9 | ‘ I just do n't see what upsets them . ’ |
| 10 | I asked what upsets her most of all . |
| 11 | In this tightly knit situation there can be no escape and what upsets one will eventually cause chaos among all . |
| 12 | What upsets and angers my hon. Friends is that the Department of Energy is praying in aid the proposed European Community directive on working time as a justification for that change . |
| 13 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |
| 14 | What impresses me in Messner is the combination he has of immense boldness and analytical power . |
| 15 | What impresses above all is the ‘ tribal identity ’ which clearly inspires the entire cricket movement in the area . |
| 16 | What impresses me is that when the causes of this ancient conflict have been forgotten , except by those who have made a study of it , this monument remains , crudely chiselled and doubtless seldom visited , testament to three modest souls who died for what they believed in and who are otherwise lost to history . |
| 17 | What impresses more about this Nissan is its handling ability . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 19 | What weeds ? |
| 20 | What weeds ? |
| 21 | Before Flavia could find her bearings , she went on , ‘ Only what involves them is sacred ? ’ |
| 22 | so when somebody says to him what sides your heart on and he says right they say no , he says yes it is |
| 23 | What destroys faith is the disobedience that hardens into unbelief . |
| 24 | This sems to be saying that what destroys the Goddess is the Goddess . |
| 25 | Character , what makes it , what destroys it . |
| 26 | • Is the clock the same in all of us and at all stages of our lives ? • What do we know about the clock itself — where is it , what influences it , and how does it work ? • What is the usefulness of such a clock ? |
| 27 | What influences you to buy clothes ? |
| 28 | Since it may take many hours to establish what influences the activity of a single cell , this is a far from trivial issue . |
| 29 | By rejecting the stance of positivist criminology and by taking criminal motivations as given , postclassical criminology shifts the question from what causes crime to what influences people in the direction of conformity . |
| 30 | What influences the young child is not so much what is said or meant by the adult 's question . |