Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
| 2 | But in what mood she would be listening was not so certain , considering everything that had happened . |
| 3 | Dear Gordon , Q. I would like to ask your advice on which are the best concentrates for my horse and in what quantity they should be given . |
| 4 | These five possible areas of leisure activities are only illustrative for the particular methodological problem here being discussed ; they are not in fact derived from any research , but they will suffice to show that the researcher should now be thinking in what order they might be placed so as to g*e a sensible progression in an interview . |
| 5 | So how does the Creation 6 program decide which colour is which and in what order they will be placed ? |
| 6 | But like the proverbial elephant , amenity is easier to recognise than to define , with the important difference that , though all would be agreed that an elephant is such , there is considerable scope for disagreement on the degree and importance of amenities : which amenities should be preserved , in what way they should be preserved and how much expense ( public or private ) is justified . |
| 7 | This is a tragedy , for biblical hermeneutics concerns the problems facing any ordinary person who wants to find meaning in texts coming from a remote past , and to understand in what sense they can be ‘ the Word of God ’ . |
| 8 | The problem for the teacher is how and in what contexts it should be made explicit to pupils . |
| 9 | The present project 's two main aims are , first , to investigate the effectiveness of RAP for enhancing student teachers ' skill in class management/control and concept teaching ; second , to find out in what ways it may be necessary to train teacher training supervisors to use RAP effectively with their students . |
| 10 | We can never know , any of us , to what level we may be reduced . |
| 11 | He paused , seeking out Meryl , uncertain as to what colour she would be wearing . |
| 12 | you know what he 'll be able to do and to what contribution he 'll be able to make |
| 13 | The solder coming up , we decided we 'd go down to what size it should be . |
| 14 | The imminence of 1993 , in the context of UK membership of the European Community , and the active discussion of the feasibility of multi-national and multi-disciplinary partnerships ( the question no longer being whether but when and subject to what regulation they should be permitted ) makes this a fast-developing area of legal practice . |
| 15 | There was no way of knowing just how far the tight band of Rebecca 's control would stretch , or to what extremes she would be driven . |
| 16 | It remains to be seen to what extent they can be applied to social work . |
| 17 | Dutch policies applied generally might have a damaging influence on the world economy , it says , ‘ How great such influence might be and to what extent it might be worse that that resulting from the worldwide deterioration in the quality of the environment is not known . ’ |
| 18 | Interest in this area arose originally from a consideration of the concept of ‘ parental rights ’ , of how this concept is defined in law and social services practice relating to child care and adoption , and to what extent it might be reasonable to speak of there being any extant meaningful ‘ parental rights ’ in the contemporary scene . |
| 19 | He knew perfectly well that the software was going into the Ministry of Defence , he had not asked to what use it would be put when it was installed , and he certainly hoped there would be more of the same . |
| 20 | It was known on what path he would be returning — or at least , according to what he had led us all to believe . |
| 21 | I suggest that the first thing is erm comments on what recommendation you will be thinking of making to the church in regard to the visit of er Mr and Mrs . |
| 22 | I also felt , as I 'm sure everybody does , that the office would fall apart when I left and that nobody would be able to take over my cases , and I worried about what state they would be in when I came back . |
| 23 | A shepherd can never be sure at what hour he 'll be done for the day , but the priest 's man leaves Upton as soon as Vespers is over , and so he did this time . |
| 24 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] The girl had good sense and I thought it would be some pleasure to watch by what gradation she might be made to rise into love . |