Example sentences of "[prep] what [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is implicit in this socialist debate , and in the wider discussion of reform and revolution , a specific conception of what constitutes a major change in the political system . |
| 2 | The notion of what constitutes a lexical unit is also addressed . |
| 3 | The S&R approach is almost totally computerised today , and relies as much on the keyboards of Kotch 's Herbie and the crafty arrangements of guitarist Lloyd ‘ Gitsie ’ Willis as it does on their own unerring sense of what constitutes a great rhythm . |
| 4 | Once again if these changes continue to develop in the UK , the classification and definition of what constitutes a rural area will have to be radically altered , although there have already been some changes , as the next section demonstrates . |
| 5 | Now , as we learn to ask animals the right questions , we can avoid doing more harm than good through well-meaning concepts of what constitutes a happy life . |
| 6 | It is to the connected questions of developing and making available our unpublished collections , and dealing with the problem of what constitutes a published source , that I propose to devote most of this paper . |
| 7 | The notion of what constitutes a just wage and a just price has in consequence been a much debated question in the history of the Church . |
| 8 | A grammar is simply a declarative statement of what forms a valid sentence . |
| 9 | Because you have your own ideas of what makes a perfect kitchen , our specialist furniture designers offer you almost limitless design options . |
| 10 | This is due not so much to positive resistance on the part of the incumbent civil servants , as to their preconceptions of what makes a suitable candidate for the higher Civil Service . |
| 11 | With the likelihood that at least seven Scots will be going on the British Lions tour , there are plenty of places to be won , though they will have to be earned against what looks a strong French XV . |
| 12 | With the likelihood that at least seven Scots will be going on the British Lions tour , there are plenty of places to be won , though they will have to be earned against what looks a strong French XV . |
| 13 | The issue of local economies being spun into what becomes a self-perpetuating decline has been highlighted in a recent report from the Centre for Environmental Studies ( Outer Estates in Britain , CES Paper , 1984 ) . |
| 14 | So , if we are concerned with what constitutes a just allocation of resources , my prescription , at the very least , would call for policies aimed at ensuring , as far as possible , that everyone had an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net welfare of society . |
| 15 | ‘ Canada continued its strong performance , with an underwriting profit in the second quarter , whilst the US produced satisfactory results in what remains a difficult market . |
| 16 | Sensitive and controversial topics often occur naturally in the conversation , or can be introduced in what appears a casual manner , because the social context encourages this . |
| 17 | We 've had almost a minute of stoppage time and Leicester lead by that single David Speedy goal from what seems a long time ago now in the first half . |
| 18 | It is impossible to lay down hard and fast rules as to what constitutes a realistic improvement period . |
| 19 | Hence , it is usual to calculate the q's for the current year or a period of years and apply these to what becomes a hypothetical cohort ‘ followed ’ through a current or period life table . |
| 20 | The question then arises as to what promotes a greater use of Creole in conversation . |
| 21 | There is little agreement among philologists or social historians as to what brings a particular nickname into being , although in the days when people had just one name , of a given or baptismal kind , it was probably a necessity that an additional term be pressed into service to distinguish between folk of like name . |
| 22 | Views about what constitutes a typical family vary . |
| 23 | I would suggest to you , in short , that erm just as Locke 's labour theory of property is a theory is not a comprehensive theory about what constitutes a legitimate claim to own something but is really a theory about how private property comes to be legitimately created erm so his theory of social contract is not a theory about how we acquire political obligations , it 's a theory about how legitimate civil societies come to be established . |
| 24 | the lack of professional consensus and theoretical knowledge about development in old age , and consequent lack of clarity about what constitutes a good quality of life for older people ( Hughes , 1990 ) ; |
| 25 | The comments of one development officer may be taken as an indication of how they felt about their workers , and about what characterises a good support worker : Interviewer : |
| 26 | Parents and children too have concepts about what makes a good teacher . |
| 27 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |
| 28 | It may be absolutely necessary to spell out the sophisticated potential of ( 4 ) , the counselling role , for their resistance to doing drama may well block them from making connections between what seems a puerile exercise and anything of significance to themselves . |