Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 2 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 3 | Well they 'd basically do what the British troops would do but they would n't lose much hate against them would they ? |
| 4 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 5 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 6 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 7 | A political gamble was taken too : that if hostages were released , Americans would not greatly mind what the price or the means had been . |
| 8 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 9 | I can perhaps anticipate what the Minister will say . |
| 10 | The " fundamental " principle of education is that the head can only take what the seat can take . |
| 11 | At a national level one can only imagine what the development consequences might be for countries with already declining or collapsing economies . |
| 12 | I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you mean that if you can just explain what the alternatives are you will have answered the question ? |
| 14 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 15 | You can not guarantee what the resulting shade will be , though — you build up depth with subsequent layers — and you can get tell-tale streaking if you are not very careful with application . |
| 16 | I do not know what the sensuality of a man is . |
| 17 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 18 | The captain did not know what the craft was carrying , though that was not unusual , and the line was under contract partly for its discretion . |
| 19 | JOHN SMITH is preparing to launch the biggest tax assault ever on middle income families while claiming that he does not know what the effect of his tax hike will be on incentives , confidence or on the economy . |
| 20 | So instead they hedge their comments and the end result is the person being appraised still does not know what the organization thinks of them . |
| 21 | Perhaps the right hand , in the shape of Kenneth Baker , does not know what the left-hand , in the shape of the present health minister , Norman Fowler is up to ? |
| 22 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |
| 23 | It 's no excuse that the salesman did not know what the customer planned to do with the recorder , even if it is labelled with a warning about not taping copyright records or films . |
| 24 | I do not know what the Anglo-Saxons called a rabbit , a candidate for description , I should have thought . |
| 25 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 26 | If you do not know what the true variable costs are , how can you make correct decisions ? |
| 27 | At first Dinah did not understand ; the way he talked was strange to her , and in any case she did not know what the term meant . |
| 28 | Geoffrey Robertson , QC for Mr Henderson , told the judge after the acquittals : ‘ The prosecution was brought by one hand of the Government which did not know what the other hand was doing . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do not know what the outcome will be as there are an awful lot of issues which are unclear . |
| 30 | Accordingly , one is constrained in the way which one can refer to the preceding paragraph in the printed document — because one does not know what the preceding paragraph will be . |