Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So n I it 's just re-interpreting what correlation co positive correlation is . |
| 2 | In short answers unless it is crying out for a diagram do n't bother because you 'll spend five minutes drawing the diagram , labelling it , explaining what D P and D S means and it just wo n't work it definition , application , measurement problems , contention , |
| 3 | 4 Check that a medical discharge note explaining what operation the patient has had is sent to the General Practitioner . |
| 4 | List them , and for each one write a brief sentence explaining what senses and/or emotions it appeals to , and what techniques it uses ( ie music , a slogan , a personality etc ) . |
| 5 | The study includes a chapter on chlorine production and a section explaining what organochlorines are to introduce the lay person to the subject . |
| 6 | Justification is a descriptive doctrine ; it is a way of explaining what God does for us in Christ . |
| 7 | I think , if we do , we would need to properly structure how we what our objective was , are we just explaining what parish council is about , offering to listen |
| 8 | Draw a customer profile and write a description of your typical customer , explaining what age and sex they are , how far away they live , how they travel , how often they come , how much they spend , and any other information you found out . |
| 9 | In the resultant Postlethwait audio-tutorial laboratory , open from around 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 pm. , the student could come at a time of his own choosing ; at the entrance he would receive a descriptive hand-out explaining what books , notes , equipment would be necessary to bring along ; once inside he would be given a botanical specimen and would enter a pleasant area equipped with a multiplicity of booths or carrels . |
| 10 | Nick Wright of the Photo Co-op also took four or five groups around the exhibition , and some 400 Education Packs were sent to schools around the country , explaining what Magnum is , how it started with a small band of six , and how it has now grown to over a hundred , with offices in New York , Paris and London . |
| 11 | Popular with the actors , actresses and students in his charge , he drove them hard , employing what actress Maureen Lipman called ‘ a dizzying display of bullying , teasing , cajoling and sheer blind faith . ’ |
| 12 | Now to take you back to when you were on the committee representing what kind of complaints did you have to get there ? |
| 13 | It may be that , for participant S , the above expression represents the best way of summarising what speaker R was talking about , as evidenced by her response . |
| 14 | At the top of the sheet was Nicola 's name and below a few scribbled notes , summarising what Blufton had just told them . |
| 15 | ‘ At least it 's keeping what blood he 's got left in his head . ’ |
| 16 | Hopefully the resulting ethnography will generate a new and clearer understanding of the nuances and specificities of police reality , incorporating what Bourdieu ( 1977 ) has called ‘ a practical mastery built upon objectivist knowledge ’ . |
| 17 | But her very presence seemed to be wrecking what chance the company had of any success . |
| 18 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 19 | One way of checking what people are eating is to see what they throw away . |
| 20 | Finally it is a good idea to devise a way of checking what use is made of a self-access video service . |
| 21 | set to disputing what kind of punishment |
| 22 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 23 | Burun turned his head without interrupting what Jotan was saying to him , and intercepting the look Alexei left Jehana 's side and went unobtrusively into the line of Merkuts to the side of a grizzled warrant officer . |
| 24 | The day began with reflection on the present practice of the school , on establishing what policies already existed and what further policies/strategies might be needed to produce the best service possible within a realistic resource base . |
| 25 | Unsurprisingly , in the face of this evidence caution has been expressed : ‘ Promoting a large counselling service in general practice before establishing what benefits accrue from this service is unwise . ’ |
| 26 | Scientists will study forests in south-east Asian countries , with a view to establishing what conditions produce the highest carbon dioxide absorption . |
| 27 | A person may seek advice for one or more purposes and it is important to distinguish those who may need help in establishing whether they have a problem , those who need help in establishing what action they can take and those who need help in pursuing a remedy . |
| 28 | Establishing what events and transactions have caused the minority interests to change in a particular situation would entail thinking in broad financial accounting terms ( something that the current PE 2 Financial Accounting 2 examiner believes many candidates are reluctant to do ) . |
| 29 | Without the fourth gospel there were very few sayings which could be taken as directly expressing what Jesus ' own self-understanding might have been ; for most of these statements are in it , not in the synoptics . |
| 30 | Although the eighteenth-century house was essentially public with its absence of corridors and its interconnecting rooms , expressing what Henry Wotton had described in 1624 as ‘ the fond Ambition of displaying to a Stranger all our Furniture at one Sight ’ , it nevertheless made generous provision for those who wished to make their journeys privately , within the mind . |