Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] what the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the victim put up a fight and a couple of passers-by joined in , so that the assailant failed to accomplish what the local newspaper delicately referred to as ‘ his appalling purpose . ’ ’ |
| 2 | If your business is larger it takes more organisation and record keeping to know what the magic formula is for each customer . |
| 3 | Most significant of all , the war had produced what the New Deal had failed to do over eight years — full employment . |
| 4 | The therapist needs to know what the main problems are , what caused them , what maintains them , and what possibilities there are for change . |
| 5 | owing to the difficulty of forecasting [ … ] the less possible , and indeed , the less desirable it is for the person purchasing to specify what the other contracting party is expected to do [ … |
| 6 | this decision would be more helpful to sentencers in the Crown Court if the Court had indicated what the proper sentence at first instance would have been . |
| 7 | The Treasury Bench has heard what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 8 | Another utterly different approach to animal communication involves asking what the observed activities might be for . |