Example sentences of "[noun sg] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is so that the recipient can see at a glance what the letter is about . |
| 2 | Also contrary to the speculations of media sociologists , television not only failed to determine what the electorate thought , it also failed to determine what they thought about , though it did communicate to the electorate what the parties were fighting about . |
| 3 | It is difficult to decide when you are an outsider what the business is like . |
| 4 | Indeed the Court of Appeal has strongly disapproved of judges telling a defendant what the sentence would be if he were to plead guilty . |
| 5 | Well , I am quite willing to find out from the City Council Officers after this programme what the numbers are , if that 's the issue you want explored , and we 'll come back to you with the precise details . |
| 6 | At first television did for celluloid what the San Francisco earthquake had done for property . |
| 7 | The plan is to do for the food industry what the Medical Research Council 's Cell tech offshoot is doing for genetic engineering in medicine . |
| 8 | In no European country is the average citizen what the citizen in a democracy ought to be . ’ |
| 9 | The man offering what the maiden affected not to want . |
| 10 | Normally , if a horse acts aggressively towards us we let it know quite clearly that such behaviour is unacceptable , and punish it appropriately and immediately , so that there is no doubt in the horse 's mind what the punishment is for . |
| 11 | Keeping in mind what the person can and can not do unaided , the nursing interventions to achieve the mutually set goals could then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind what the patient can and can not do for himself , the nursing interventions to achieve the set goals can then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 13 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 14 | Finally , bear in mind what the examiner said after a recent PE 2 Financial Accounting 2 examination — that an appreciation of the fact that the questions are not highly complex in a technical accounting sense should enable candidates to approach the examination with optimism and even , perhaps , enthusiasm ! |
| 15 | bearing in mind your lifestyle is finished , bearing in mind what the sort of thing your father is doing , erm , where , where are you gon na live ? |
| 16 | In particular , in this type of assessment it is important not just to think in terms of incremental cash flows above those currently being received , but also to bear in mind what the problems will be if no investment is undertaken . |
| 17 | But it is included in the deposit plan of the greenbelt by the County Council , that 's greenbelt land , so I think bearing in mind what the the panel said the other day , I can accept this discussion that for the time being we assume that is in the greenbelt . |
| 18 | Lord McGregor of Durris told journalists and editors at the annual What the Papers Say Awards lunch yesterday that critics of the present commission had not grasped that in some situations the law was powerless to regulate people 's behaviour . |
| 19 | The Investigation of the Year award , presented at the annual What the Papers Say Awards by Lord McGregor of Durris , chairman of the Press Complaints Commission , followed his award last week as Author of the Year at the British Book Awards . |
| 20 | But in essence what the government say is that erm the parents ' rights as far as the , what is now called the statement — each authority must have a statement about children with special needs . |
| 21 | What they 're asking for is already in the rule , already in the rule what the speaker spoke about , about er , motion number three on rule amendment , and have a look at it , what the motion states is not what she spoke about , not what she spoke about . |
| 22 | You may do in the dark what the day doth forbid ; |
| 23 | Paul means that workers should do in practice what the employer requires . |
| 24 | Yes because in practice what the will would say is that the spouse would have to survive for twenty eight days , th the usual phraseology . |
| 25 | But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on . |
| 26 | The oldest brother asked the culprit what the hell he was doing ‘ I was just going out to fish , ’ said Jinky . |
| 27 | ‘ If you try seriously to put into effect what the Congress agreed , ’ said Mr Gaidar , ‘ you must understand that this is the road to the collapse of the financial system . ’ |
| 28 | How can I forecast how I 'd respond , if there 's no indication what the subject matter is ? |
| 29 | And when I found out after a bit of dressing-room chat what the other lads were on I had to make a point . |
| 30 | The clown convention is to Bognor what the party conferences are to Blackpool and Bournemouth ( which tells you a lot about Bognor 's position in the seaside resort pecking order ) . |