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Example sentences of "[Wh det] [to-vb] about " in BNC.

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1	It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life .
2	And then , after putting the note on his bed for him to read when he came back for his rest and covering it with the undyed hessian bedspread in case their child saw it , she would sit down and try to wring words out of the sleepy little boy at breakfast before he went off to school , and find that she had an empty morning in which to worry about what she had written .
3	All of the documents and reports to which I have referred in this chapter serve to throw light upon the contemporary primary school and to provide material upon which to speculate about future developments .
4	There is surely something very odd about insisting that I need more than the fact that I love cats and hate dogs to decide which to have about the house .
5	Fredric Jameson , in his article ‘ Postmodernism and the video-text ’ , comments that experimental video may , provide a useful vantage point from which to think about commercial television :
6	In addition , having had several days in which to think about it , she could see quite clearly how it had been responsible for the problems which had been harassing her all her life .
7	He is unable to communicate with others and even with himself , as he has no language with which to think about with what he sees and experiences .
8	But despite the fact that at first sight the novel looks as though it is going to offer a fairly conventional , though well-written account of an actual incident , this is not a book from which to learn about Russian history .
9	In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior .
10	It was obvious from that answer that the Secretary of State has nothing whatsoever to say about steel .
11	Deciding what to write about , and getting started
12	In most cases , when you write an essay you largely decide for yourself what to write about .
13	When I was at college I used to bury my nose in a book rather than join one of the societies and almost rebuffed overtures , as I was so scared of not knowing what to talk about .
14	‘ Pretty strange , I did n't know what to talk about to start with . ’
15	I did n't know what to suggest about it .
16	There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time .
17	What to do about glue-sniffing 6 pages of advice for parents on the misuse of glue and other solvents .
18	What to do about Head Lice
19	WHAT TO DO ABOUT GLUE-SNIFFING
20	Cystitis & What To Do About It
21	The 39 signatories will be discussing what to do about growing pressures for development of the continent 's resources .
22	But if neither China nor East Germany is shy about attacking the West , both tread gingerly over the problem at the heart of their common predicament - what to do about their fellow socialists .
23	I du n no what to do about that .
24	I wish Marie was here now — she 'd know what to do about Mr Jackson and Combe Court and that .
25	The arguments come over what to do about it .
26	The topic at the moment is what to do about the working poor , particularly those with children .
27	With that sort of divide , the task for policy-makers and treasurers alike of working out what problems exist — let alone what to do about them — becomes hazardous .
28	The Philippines has been wondering what to do about Mrs Marcos ever since she fled to Hawaii with her husband Ferdinand when he was deposed by a revolt in 1986 .
29	‘ Farmers are aware of the problem but are stumped by what to do about it .
30	Colum Cill , after causing the Battle of the Books , came back to Tara for the Convention of Drumceat at the Hill of Synod , where they discussed what to do about poets .