Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That being the case , we are right to ask what the Bill 's objectives really are . |
| 2 | It would have been interesting to know what the men at the front thought of this account of their endeavours . |
| 3 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 4 | it will be interesting to know what the Police Band costs , which the ratepayers never hear , and what did the rodeo , performed by the Mounted Section , cost the long-suffering ratepayers ? |
| 5 | The grading should reflect the actual responsibilities of the job , and any additional qualifications and experience you bring to the job : follow the advice given on contracts and job descriptions generally and be careful to establish what the parameters of the contract are before you agree to it . |
| 6 | It would be entertaining to see what the fellow would try to do next . |
| 7 | Erm as far as his sort of doubts as to , as to what er what the actual State benefits are , I 'm interested to know what the answer is to overco overcome that one unless you actually got a , a leaflet with you know the |
| 8 | And I 'd be interested to know what the masses of London think . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll be interested to hear what the teachers have to think about that and like you . |
| 10 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 11 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 12 | You can write your first paragraph when you have finished the rest of the essay ; and at that point , you will definitely be able to promise what the essay will cover — because you will have already written it . |
| 13 | They will have all the facts and will be able to explain what the costs would be in your particular case . |
| 14 | The seller may be unreasonable and the acquirer would have to be able to show what the opinion of the seller was . |
| 15 | How valuable it would be to be able to reconstruct what the site looked like while excavation was in progress . |
| 16 | We would not be able to tell what the enemy 's intentions are this time , ’ Kopyion replied . |
| 17 | You need to be able to understand what the question is telling you about itself . |
| 18 | They have got to be able to understand what the script is about . |
| 19 | Okay , we need erm I need an address and er it would be nice to know what the seminar 's about . |
| 20 | As for the conservation aim , there will initially be a greater , not a lesser , consumption of paper , if members are to be persuaded to be content with the summary , it will be necessary to undertake what the Regulations call a ‘ relevant consultation ’ which involves sending to each member both the full accounts for the financial year and a summary financial statement plus a postage-paid card on which he can make his choice for the future . |
| 21 | Without such models it has been difficult to determine what the properties of these cortical areas should be . |
| 22 | Seeing that point of view does not mean agreeing with it or even empathising with it : it simply means being able to see what the view is — to look at things from that viewpoint . |
| 23 | Being able to understand what the client is trying to achieve is vital and this is often confirmed by a visit to the hotel to get a feel for the market . |
| 24 | We did not want to be the cause of friction ; but as we were unable to ascertain what the Club had in mind by way of arrangements , we proposed tea or dinner , or , if he were not being entertained in the evening , both . |
| 25 | There is little to suggest which the mice prefer , and cages are chosen to suit the management system and the scientists ' preference . |
| 26 | It is easier to state what the movement was against . |
| 27 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
| 28 | IT is impossible to know what the IRA hopes to gain from its current wave of bombing . |
| 29 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 30 | When other , identical examples exist , it is easy to establish what the value should be . |