Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] they [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since no one had told me about what had taken place the night before , I had no idea of what advice they would give . |
| 2 | The field linguist , engaged in radical translation , asks himself under what conditions the natives would assent to a given occasion sentence S , and under what conditions they would dissent . |
| 3 | The ‘ boomers ’ packed their tents hurriedly , the log buildings were emptied of their contents and demolished , and one and all hurried to Wainwright as best they could , and with what vehicles they could command . |
| 4 | This chapter examines the broader economic circumstances of non-institutionalized elderly people , and the way these have changed over the last eighty years , to see how far and in what areas they may challenge the assertions of the ‘ structured dependency ’ school of authors . |
| 5 | Even before disaffiliation the Communists had urged all ILP " militants " to " take the lead in calling upon all revolutionary elements to come out of the ILP in a body , hold a separate conference and decide whether and in what way they can link themselves up with the only revolutionary party in Britain today — the Communist Party " . |
| 6 | Students may then be asked in what physical form and in what situation they would expect to find a given piece of discourse . |
| 7 | It is hardly surprising that a number of commentators wish to see an agreement with the banks on what assurances they can give , before the ED becomes a standard . |
| 8 | She banged that drum when she came back , and was moving parents to centre stage while others were still thinking about what role they might have . |
| 9 | They forgot briefly that they were having a fight ; instead they had a happy half-hour of fantasy about what books they could write and read and live with . |
| 10 | Quite restrictive , but having gone through a phase of ambivalence about what population they could accommodate , one view was that there was no real problem , another view in the fifties it should be cut back . |
| 11 | Yet you still have Church and State colluding to tell young people at what age they can buy condoms and limiting access to such contraceptives in the age of AIDS . |
| 12 | The other was to ask who were to be the leaders of armies , and by what criteria they might claim to lead . |