Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [Wh det] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when they begin to suggest what these factors might be , it emerges that they have markedly different conceptions of what will provide an adequate explanation . |
| 2 | The Dutch , for example , had what at least from their own point of view were admirable and generous plans for what might have turned out to be an independent Indonesia ; but , like the French , had failed to persuade their Republican adversaries that their ultimate freedom was assured in European hands . |
| 3 | Once you have some ideas of what would suit you , you will need help to take these ideas forward . |
| 4 | The transfer ratios differ in different applications of what might appear to be the same thing : V8 Ninety — 1.222:1 ; V8 One Ten — 1.410:1 and V8 Range Rover — 1.192:1 . |
| 5 | So although the two models are observationally equivalent they are different in that they make different predictions about what would happen if the economic environment changed . |
| 6 | Mr Lamont has already given some clues about what will replace his former failed policy , but only when we hear Thursday 's statement will we know exactly what he intends to do . |
| 7 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 8 | Two contrasting examples of what can happen when music is borrowed are Tomassini 's arrangement of Scarlatti 's sparkling music for Massine 's The Good-Humoured Ladies and the arrangement of the same composer 's music for Cranko 's The Taming of the Shrew which merely gives overall and rough phrase rhythms as time-keepers for a three-act ballet . |
| 9 | In Dhondt 's view , Charles was the arch-squanderer of the fisc , his reign the critical period in the formation of territorial hereditary principalities in what would become France , for it was Charles who allowed the amassing of countships and once-royal estates by great regional magnates . |
| 10 | The farmers see a danger that their products will become uncompetitive ; the road freight carriers have similar fears about what will happen if 1992 and the advent of the European single market exposes them to competition from foreign firms unfettered by the restrictions and burdens imposed on the Dutch . |
| 11 | A MOTHER who was involved in a hit-and-run horror , only weeks before she was due to give birth , last night cuddled the little baby boy who dispelled all her worst fears of what could have happened . |
| 12 | The superimposition of massive conventional forces on what should have been an atomic strategy , made no sense to Churchill , who appreciated that financial pressures would reduce rather than increase the number of divisions that Britain could contribute to Western European defence . |
| 13 | To do something concrete in this direction , Laing hit on the idea of forming what he wanted to call the One Per Cent Club , all the corporate members of which would pledge one per cent of their UK pre-tax income to the community . |
| 14 | Be alert for stones with natural pebble and water worn cups two to three inches across which could have been transported from the shore . |
| 15 | The yellow chair , besides being brushstrokes and pigment , besides being a yellow chair , was one of twelve bought for a company of artists who were to inhabit the Yellow House , the white walls of which should blaze with sunflowers as the windows of Gothic cathedrals blazed with coloured light . |
| 16 | Her sensitivity at all times to what will run in Cabinet is genuine , even though she always lets colleagues know what she wants at the outset of any discussion . |
| 17 | An enormous proportion of the book is taking place in Mrs de Winter 's head — it is all fantasising ; endless pages about what might happen . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've heard some fairly horrific stories of what can happen , ’ says John Bull , of the industrial electronics division at ERA Technology , a research company in Surrey , England . |
| 19 | Captain Burrows may have been the head of the household but Mrs Burrows was definitely the heart.Joyce used to have terrible nightmares about what would happen to " all the little children " if God did not answer her prayers to keep mother " safe and well and strong " . |
| 20 | I wondered how these men had managed to endure thirty or more trips in what must have been far worse conditions than this ; in bad weather , being shot at , having to concentrate on map reading and peering through bomb sites , and watching out all the time for enemy fighters . |
| 21 | Journalists who call to the farm to interview me do see us in that setting and describe it as they will but those really are only momentary glimpses into what must remain , fundamentally , my private life . |
| 22 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 23 | The defence lawyer , aged 41 , who comes from an old Berlin Jewish family , has impressive qualifications for what may become his most difficult case so far . |
| 24 | Of course the daft names of so many of his pieces feed the myth as do his occasional forays into what can seem like a kind of proto-minimalism . |
| 25 | She spoke of the charity work done by the Students ' Union , paid compliments to Salford Council and expressed approval of the University 's wider access policy , particularly of the 2 × 2 courses , the first graduates of which will take their degrees next year . |
| 26 | post traumatic stress , I have my own views about what will happen there |
| 27 | Many of the suggestions made by the Government in the citizens charter give us an opportunity to contribute our own ideas to what should go into the citizens charter and for those ideas to expand and to grow as a result of the kernel in the programme that the Government have produced . |
| 28 | Still the sadness weighed heavily in her heart ; she wondered if those precious dreams of what might have been would ever leave her alone . |
| 29 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 30 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |