Example sentences of "and [prep] what [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for what purpose we wo n't go into . |
| 2 | ‘ Indefinite ’ science is obviously extremely important , for without some understanding of what general shape a causal explanation should take and of what concepts it should use , it would not be possible to give a detailed , or ’ limited' , causal account of the particular causes of some particular effect . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The second one is erm a bottom up study which is based on today 's commitments but projecting them forward into the timescale in which we will have the aircraft and looking in that way to see how many and and in what way we would need them . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | She and Tom had met because they had had a playful debate about whether and in what sense you could say that coal pre-dated miners . |
| 9 | So how does the Creation 6 program decide which colour is which and in what order they will be placed ? |
| 10 | You need to establish a list of goals and decide when and in what order you will introduce change to your eating habits . |
| 11 | It is , rather , that the errors that they make permeate their philosophy of mathematics , their account of its foundations , of what their subject is about , and in what direction it should develop . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Students may then be asked in what physical form and in what situation they would expect to find a given piece of discourse . |
| 14 | The problem for the teacher is how and in what contexts it should be made explicit to pupils . |
| 15 | In terms of the disposition of the executive 's programmes , however , the Congress retains great influence over whether a president gets the legislation he is after and in what form it will become law . |
| 16 | you know what he 'll be able to do and to what contribution he 'll be able to make |
| 17 | There are certain properties we inherit but it is the conditions we live under which dictate how we will develop them and to what purpose we will put them . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The other was to ask who were to be the leaders of armies , and by what criteria they might claim to lead . |