Example sentences of "[adv] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iii ) A style is defined in terms of a domain of language use ( eg what choices are made by a particular author , in a particular genre , or in a particular text ) . |
| 2 | Partly for this reason and partly because of the inherent complexity the partnership agreement itself will rarely include ( at any rate in its main body ) a breakdown of the chosen management structures in full detail , though where a decision is taken on a matter of principle ( eg what matters require the unanimous approval of the partners , how a senior partner should be chosen , etc ) the partnership agreement is the logical place for it to be recorded . |
| 3 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 4 | Iris Murdoch 's fiction represents perhaps what Christine Brooke-Rose was aiming at , not in philosophical or even aesthetic terms , but as narratives which combine readability and lively story-telling with intellectual themes . |
| 5 | Perhaps what Wordsworth is trying to say is not as unorthodox as it may sound . |
| 6 | I think one of the things is of course to try and use the placement to sort of check out for yourself erm perhaps what sort of group you want to be working with in |
| 7 | No one wants to feel owned by another person , and perhaps what Matthew needs from you is some breathing space , some freedom , a demonstration of trust in him . ’ |
| 8 | A great deal of very useful research can be carried out wholly from documentary sources of one kind or another , but often social researchers find themselves in a position where they want to investigate social behaviour on which there is very little published research or perhaps what research has been published is not relevant enough to their own particular areas of interest . |
| 9 | Er one has only to walk down the road here for example at Strensall but equally , the first point I made would be to contradict perhaps what Mr and Mr have said er because the the difference in employment distribution is a reflection of the pop planning policies that have been followed over the last ten years . |
| 10 | There were scales I would hear in music and I used to think to myself , ‘ I need to learn that scale , ’ or , ‘ I need to learn how he got that effect using that scale with those chords , ’ and basically what Joe gave me was that sort of thinking . |
| 11 | Yeah I 've learnt a lot basically , I 've learnt erm erm basically what sort of organization that is and those other ones I could mention as well which run along the same sort of lines erm I 've learnt to look after myself |
| 12 | I think basically what people are trying to say that two huge houses is negatively very overbearing erm it would be a lot easier to accept one larger dwelling and the smaller property , you know one |
| 13 | Because basically what Freud was saying was , the group we create semi-unconscious , the , the family . |
| 14 | Work on the external aspects of religion , such as putting on special clothes and going into special buildings , is likely to be seen by children as quite literally what religion is about . |
| 15 | I think I understand a little better what Hockney is getting at with his ‘ reverse perspective ’ , though that seems a perverse way of describing ( I think ) an immersion in his subject matter . |
| 16 | Evaluating the options will involve you in trying to make sense of builder 's estimates and technical specifications , but this is very much what managers have to do in real life , and we make no apology for getting you to do it too . |
| 17 | THE Kuwaitis are probably still rich enough not to care too much what others think of them , even the Americans . |
| 18 | What Benjamin means by ‘ aura ’ or ‘ auratic art ’ is very much what Weber meant by the aesthetic in modernity constituting itself as a separate value sphere . |
| 19 | It is not so much what Celtic do against Rangers that is important , though , as the need for more careful attention to the rest of their programme . |
| 20 | It seems that on reflection it was n't so much what Theo had said but how he had said it that had generated such despair and fury in him . |
| 21 | By now , in contrast , the summary of the six points is very much what school management has to cover in the practical arrangement for giving assurances about , and for controlling , quality . |
| 22 | I wonder very much what situation Oxford City would be in if we had n't got a Central Government . |
| 23 | we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and |
| 24 | Ultimately , it does not matter very much what arguments are used to reject evidence : the point is that all possible post hoc arguments must be marshalled to defend one 's position against other scholars : the more arguments that can be used , the better . |
| 25 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 26 | It 's not so much what people are that matters , as what they think they are , and they ’ — waving his hand towards the admin block , ‘ are all on an ego trip . ’ |
| 27 | It does not matter very much what people believe ; what they will do will be determined by the requirements of the economic base . |
| 28 | This is pretty much what Charles Exley , chairman of NCR , is doing to his shareholders . |
| 29 | However , the government is spending much less on developing directed-energy for beam weapons , which is apparently what Reagan had in mind last week during his press conference . |
| 30 | No I do n't think that 's , sorry , I think it is perfectly possible for Stella to make this assumption to get them changed and to come with the revised version which says , which is apparently what Jenny has done here , this looks to me , in a not unreasonable way , it looks , she is saying something is there , this must be an example of what Stella means , data can be stored in three different ways where clearly previously that said four different ways . |