Example sentences of "what was [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave him what was left of the already denuded packet : only two hundred pounds , it was true , and nothing like what it should be . |
| 2 | These writers , of whom Marx ( 1818–83 ) , Weber ( 1864–1920 ) , and Durkheim ( 1858–1917 ) are usually regarded as the most important , were essentially theorists , who based their analysis of what was happening to the rapidly changing European societies of that time on evidence from historians and other sources rather than on their own original research . |
| 3 | More than 300 scientists took part in what was billed as the most comprehensive snap-shot yet of depletion cause by industrial gases above the northern hemisphere . |
| 4 | Washington is likely to react angrily to Kiev 's stance , the latest example of brinkmanship between Russia and Ukraine over military matters , which could scuttle what was hailed as the most significant arms deal reached by the superpowers . |
| 5 | Again , neither these comments nor what was described as the least desirable eventuality ‘ the establishment of a Communist-dominated , Moscow-oriented state in Indo-China ’ , seem inaccurate or unreasonable : although it may be argued that the inherent fault was to assume that this represented the limit of Ho 's power and appeal . |