Example sentences of "[prep] who [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his speech — I am sure that he would not have predicted that — because he attempted to deal with the question of who would pay for increased benefits by quoting a statement apparently made by the permanent secretary to the Department of Social Security , Sir Michael Partridge . |
| 2 | Although Ceauşescu kept open the question of who would succeed him as both Party leader and head of state , by the 1980s there were only two candidates whom he would tolerate in the necessary launching-pad positions around him . |
| 3 | The question of who would succeed Hannah Hauxwell at Low Birk Hatt aroused keen interest both locally and nationally . |
| 4 | Although there were no elections at the assembly , the gathering was dominated by the issue of who would succeed Mahathir Mohamed as UMNO president and thereby as Prime Minister . |
| 5 | So it was when , in the spring of 1947 , he announced that he would shortly present to the Cortes the draft of a law which would regulate the question of who would succeed him as Head of State and , equally important , when this event would take place . |
| 6 | People have pulled out of the show with just hours to go , and then it 's not a question of who would go best with the other guests , it 's a case of ‘ Who 's free ? ’ |
| 7 | Next day it was a question of who would stay with Amiss , playing his first Test of the summer . |
| 8 | He had spent in promoting the scheme money that could have been used in establishing it , and I was both impatient and critical of his capacity to launch and support a large new artistic organisation , particularly as his ideas of who would give him money were hopelessly unrealistic . |
| 9 | It was a question of who would lose her nerve , and Marie could see that Jenna was not about to lose hers . |
| 10 | There was no announcement of who would chair the new State Committee . |
| 11 | There is of course the question of who would implement such policies . |
| 12 | The adoption of such a procedure raises the question of who would act as the regulatory or responsible body to oversee implementation of the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment procedures . |
| 13 | They had a young child , but the court did not take account of who would look after the child while they were in prison . |
| 14 | Oddly enough , Ceauşescu was always a shrewder judge of the likely choice for the highest offices of democratic electorates than of who would come out on top of the Soviet politburo . |
| 15 | Nicola Woods found that in a business setting , gender was a better predictor than status of who would interrupt whom . |
| 16 | But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone |
| 17 | Since Mandela 's release the issue of who might market his life-story has become unclear , but Mandela himself must be aware that his name carries enormous money-making potential . |
| 18 | Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters . |
| 19 | The dilemma of who will care for the elderly is greater today than in previous generations . |
| 20 | Finally , one may discern more imaginative approaches to the question of who will perform community support tasks . |
| 21 | The Americans and Germans have provided aid for the modernisation of electrical plant but the question of who will pay the multi-million dollar bill for Egyspt to produce cleaner cars is unananswered . |
| 22 | Whenever universities hand out degrees on the basis of who will bring in the best publicity and therefore the biggest cheques , they dishonour their own honours system . |
| 23 | The Washington talks will centre on the crucial issue of who will represent the Palestinians . |
| 24 | The Washington talks will centre on the crucial issue of who will represent the Palestinians . |
| 25 | Sir Richard Attenborough , chairman of Channel 4 , said it was ‘ utterly improper that any government should have direct control over the appointment of who will run Channel 4 ’ . |
| 26 | The three still have to sort out the thorny question of who will run the centre and where it will be . |
| 27 | Though their functions were only 200 yards apart , the thorny issue of who will attend the royal wedding has caused a huge gulf between them . |
| 28 | Er , I think er , Frank will correct me if we 're closer to the , to the sharp edge than Anglia , who have got a very small stake and only in the equity of B S B H , are coming very low in the pecking order to get their money , whereas er , where there is a whole complex er , schedule of who will participate in the er , substantial cash flow that we expect to emanate from B Sky B in due course , but I think that 's the main reason why Anglia , I have n't talked to David . |
| 29 | The question of who can sue is less important than the question of who will sue . |
| 30 | For any innovative training , the issue of who will train the trainers , and even the trainers of the trainers ( ! ) is a pertinent one , and one which needs careful thought . |