Example sentences of "[to-vb] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not even start to conceive what conditions might be like in that universe , but there is no reason to conclude , point-blank , that it does not exist . |
| 2 | The location , starting time and duration should be included in the notice of the meeting to allow those attending to plan their time ; also the agenda should be included in sufficient detail to indicate what preparation they need to do . |
| 3 | So here the relationship between the lexical concepts has to be marked in some way to make up for the inadequacy of the words to indicate what part of the general context of knowledge is to be engaged . |
| 4 | The research project aims to explore the suitability of expert systems for development control and to indicate what type of system suits the information needs of development control officers . |
| 5 | The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to set out the standards of professional conduct expected of members of the Association and to indicate what matters may be regarded by the Disciplinary Committee as being contrary to the aims , objects and interests of the Association or contrary to the profession of librarianship . |
| 6 | The affidavit is not specifically required to deal with future loss but it is advisable to indicate what items are continuing so that the master or registrar has a global view of the case . |
| 7 | One useful function of hypotheses is that they help to indicate what data are needed for their testing . |
| 8 | Project sponsors are instructed to indicate what information would be required to conduct a thorough post-audit , whether the existing information systems provide this data , and if not , what steps should be taken to ensure that the required information is collected and available when required . |
| 9 | It can use its customer records to indicate what people in the different categories buy , how much they spend per capita , how they pay and whether they are repeat customers . |
| 10 | So many different factors may be relevant that no generalized conclusions can be reached , and the best that librarians can do is to ensure that as far as possible conditions for use in their own libraries are adapted to meet what research has revealed as ideal conditions . |
| 11 | I feel very sad about leaving Evan , but harsh though it may be , I do n't want an adolescent tomcat to cloud what relationship I still have with Lucker . |
| 12 | Moreover , it stands in dazzling contrast to the sombre pessimism of most novels by white writers who seem to suffer what Alice Walker herself defines as a debilitating sense of ‘ cosmic guilt ’ and who have largely ceased to believe that literature can actually do anything . |
| 13 | Through them , it is possible to argue , as Foucault concluded from the design of the Panopticon , a whole type of society may emerge , a society based on the protection of sectional interests through subtle coercion , whose technology is used to preempt what people can and can not do in buildings that they use or occupy . |
| 14 | Always ready to accept what professionals say . |
| 15 | One of the rabbits seemed to accept what Hazel had said , but the other replied , " Oh , another poet ? |
| 16 | My reply was , in essence , to accept what Singer found repugnant as , on the contrary , plausible features of what I have since called the ‘ moral arena , . |
| 17 | It is only for us to accept what God in his mystery may send to us . |
| 18 | We are much more ready to accept a fact- presupposing explanation of the meaning , in terms of the earth 's revolving on its axis , and so on , than to accept what Ryle would call a ‘ Fido ’ — Fido' explanation . |
| 19 | On the other hand I think we have to take seriously what Mao is , is saying that and it may conflict with that , that other view of the countryside an an and we , I think we do have to take this evidence into account , I think it 's more important to accept what Mao is saying . |
| 20 | By even the most stringent criterion , any definition of the Soviet Empire would have to encompass what Saki termed the Russian Empire : the fourteen non-Russian ‘ Union Republics ’ which join with the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic into an ‘ integral , federal , multinational state ’ . |
| 21 | Thus , given that there might come a time when forces were available for deployment in the Middle East , it made sense for American diplomats to encourage what friends and allies they could to hold the line in the interval . |
| 22 | Children 's needs change as they grow , so it 's important to know what milk they should be drinking at different stages . |
| 23 | Alright , when the supply comes on to the market , you know , it may be nine months down the road if it 's an annual crop , if you 're looking at something like erm , production of cocoa , right now , a cocoa tree takes about nine years to mature , therefore alright , you 're not going to know what prices are going to be nine years down the road , you 're going to have to base your production decisions and therefore your output decisions on what prices are nearly a decade , nearly a decade ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to know what Salome and Alec Reynolds were doing down in Kent on Saturday . ’ |
| 25 | Consumers have to know what services are available to them and how to access and use those services effectively . |
| 26 | They 're not interested in one-night stands — and they even want to know what making love is like for girls . |
| 27 | ‘ You need to be a genius to know what ticket to use . |
| 28 | Obviously it can also be essential for you to know what flower or leaf you have pressed , although you will discover that on examining the finished material . |
| 29 | They do n't necessarily need to know what management is , they can learn all that . |
| 30 | He did n't seem to know what Jed was talking about . |