Example sentences of "what was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important to realise exactly what was intended in the analysis about to be described . |
| 2 | What was intended by the supplier had not in fact materialised , because the case had been tried on correspondence rather than a correctly drawn up agreement . |
| 3 | Even more surprising was the Committee 's rejection of the ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ test , since the selling of the idea that sadism can be highly pleasurable , as described above , or the reinforcing of that idea in those already attracted to it , must surely epitomise what was intended by the phrase ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ , at least as that test is interpreted by the BBFC . |
| 4 | They were only burning because you put in what was written on the packet . |
| 5 | According to Pearl , the final decision was based on what was discovered from the reference site visits . |
| 6 | Most impressive , though , was what was hanging from the ceiling directly above the altar stone . |
| 7 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 8 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 9 | Both were very interesting and fun , but nothing compared to what was planned for the rest of the holiday . |
| 10 | This , in turn , was part of what was seen at the time as the natural extension of scientific and technological principles from their successful application to the material and animal world to apply to human beings themselves . |
| 11 | Sweeney Agonistes takes its audience back not simply to what was seen as the childhood , even babyhood of ritual and civilization , but further down the evolutionary ladder to the most primitive level of that ‘ amorphous protoplasm ’ which makes up the human egg . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , on Sept. 25 , in what was seen as the start of a Western military build-up to force Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions , the US Defence Department ordered the despatch to Saudi Arabia of 1,380 troops equipped with 96 US Patriot missiles . |
| 13 | However , although new members flocked to the movement others resigned in protest against what was seen as the placing of fascist loyalties above patriotic considerations . |
| 14 | The movement thus required economic programmes to parallel political ambitions , which would end what was seen as the domination of capitalism . |
| 15 | I ask whether the legacy is only of what was owed at the time the will was made or if later increases in that sum by way of interest are also included . |
| 16 | Contrary to what was stated on the form , it was not explained to Miss T. ‘ that it may be necessary to give a blood transfusion so as to prevent injury to my health , or even to preserve my life , ’ nor was the form read or its contents explained to her . |
| 17 | Since complete title pages , in the modern sense , appear in most books from about 1520 , the colophon thereafter declined in use and , where found , gives only cursory information in extension or confirmation of what was stated at the outset . |
| 18 | The government was attracted by the idea of changing Sudan from an exporter of cotton , groundnuts and gum arabic into what was dubbed at the time ‘ the breadbasket of the Middle East ’ . |
| 19 | So the moment the shout was heard , one of them would rush and then try to provide what was wanted on the instant . |
| 20 | The first run was at Stratford-upon-Avon , a place that was used to a different kind of theatre entirely , and ended at what was regarded as the graveyard of intimate revue , Blackpool . |
| 21 | Exactly how the liquidation of the Amalgamated Union was handled and what was salvaged from the wreck we have no means of knowing . |
| 22 | We wish we could publish an account of what was done with the money . |
| 23 | What was done with the calf |
| 24 | But when ( 36 ) is taken as containing a real , passive , verbal notion the question will be something like ( 38 ) ( a ) or ( b ) ; and ( c ) will also be a reasonable response : ( 38 ) ( a ) what happened to the façade ? ( b ) what was done to the façade ? ( c ) when was the façade plastered ? |
| 25 | Moreover he argued before the judge that if any of these three sections applied to what was done by the respondent in the present case , the relevant one was section 3 and not section 1 . |
| 26 | The information is based on what was sent to the Area Staff Office in 1990 . |
| 27 | Instead of using It ( a cleft structure ) , an identifying theme places an element in theme position by turning it into a nominalization using a wh-structure ( called a pseudo-cleft structure ) , as in What the book received in China was a great deal of publicity , or What was received by the book in China was a great deal of publicity . |
| 28 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 29 | Moreover , a closer look at individual patients provides support for what was said about the heterogeneity of groups at the start of this section . |
| 30 | ‘ Vinnie had an agent who did not take the necessary precautions of being able either to edit or vet what was said on the video . |