Example sentences of "what [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament must perform what political scientists call ‘ regime support systems ’ : that is , the parliamentary process confers authority upon governmental activity and law making . |
| 2 | Many of the legal ‘ rights ’ or ‘ incidents ’ of what political scientists or philosophers might refer to as citizenship are enjoyed regardless of whether the individual in question is a British citizen . |
| 3 | Identical pitfalls await the student of what political scientists call the ‘ overload ’ problem in government when he or she attempts to read into the past harbingers of difficulties which subsequently became acute . |
| 4 | IRRESPECTIVE of what political views they hold , those who stand for election in Northern Ireland require a lot of courage and conviction . |
| 5 | None of this means that Thatcher would be right to oppose the modernisation of Europe 's political institutions , if that is what political union finally turns out to mean . |
| 6 | Just as the response of households to a tax increase has to be taken into account , so too one needs to consider what political constraints the government faces in making such decisions and what machinery is necessary in order to put them into effect . |
| 7 | … The common ordinary mind is quite unfit to fix for itself what political question it shall attend to ; it is as much as it can do to judge decently of the questions which drift down to it , and are brought before it … |
| 8 | At the time that Fidel Castro led his revolution to victory and entered Havana with his troops , we had no idea what political course his regime would follow . |
| 9 | If the Attorney-General 's submission is correct , any comment in the media or elsewhere on what is said in Parliament would constitute ‘ questioning ’ since all Members of Parliament must speak and act taking into account what political commentators and other will say . |
| 10 | What political strategies and tactics are used to influence budget allocations ? |
| 11 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 12 | I DO N'T KNOW what political fringe group was responsible for the little table set up in front of the main Boston Post Office . |
| 13 | Okay well let me say something now about what political power means er to an American president and what its limits are . |
| 14 | that Jackie will tell you the same , I told her mother anything from thirty to forty years ago I said , that do n't matter some toss what political power they get in power you 'll find the unions will run the country |
| 15 | That generation knows only too well what political tension can mean . |
| 16 | What political form is involved in decision making over crucial local policy issues ? |
| 17 | What political integration still remained had now for the most part little to do with Nazi idealism or belief in the genius of the Führer , but in the common fear of the consequences of defeat and hatred of the enemy coupled with reserves of patriotic defiance . |
| 18 | In so far as its obstinate traditionalism prevented it from doing what political economy required , it had to be made to . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that practically everyone in the House welcomes his initiative on repossessions , no matter what political claptrap we may hear later ? |
| 20 | So , one reason why " class " is a " vague " and contested concept is because it is multi-faceted and , as a result , it is not always clear just what possible dimension , attribute or property is being used . |
| 21 | What possible reasons and motives could the Patrick Meehan Committee , consisting of a Queen 's Counsel , an MP , four solicitors and myself , have had other than a belief in Meehan 's innocence and a wish therefore to clear his name ? |
| 22 | What he imagined those evenings would hold , what possible excitement , was beyond me . |
| 23 | After that , after those words , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg typed ) , what possible relationship could exist between us ? |
| 24 | Before embarking upon such a course of action , heads and governors must decide how far down this entrepreneurial road they wish to go , what scale of profits they seek and at what possible cost to their pupils . |
| 25 | Though his contact with Mary had been brief , formal and in no public way at all suggestive , disgust at the thought of Miss Skelton and her world suddenly and urgently spilled into his mind and he excused himself rather roughly — so abruptly , in fact , that a careful inquest was held among the company to uncover what possible offence he might have taken . |
| 26 | AND what possible support/excuse could he give ? |
| 27 | Divisional commandant George Kane said : ‘ Classes can help women be more aware of their surroundings , to know what possible dangers to look out for and to be more confident when out alone . ’ |
| 28 | Divisional commandant George Kane said : ‘ These classes can help women be more aware of their surroundings , to know what possible dangers to look out for and to be more confident when out alone . ’ |
| 29 | What possible advantages could they derive from limiting their future freedom of action and by making it more difficult to separate should they form the wish to do so ? |
| 30 | What possible sense can there be in a legal rule , for example , which has it that a woman is presumed fertile even though she is past menopause or has undergone a hysterectomy operation ? |