Example sentences of "[prep] what they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact this difference is not usually of much consequence because in both cases the practical strengths are well below what they ought to be . |
| 2 | This has the effect of reducing both public expenditure and the budget deficit below what they would otherwise have been . |
| 3 | We did not make it clear that the table showed not the banks ' actual ratios but a hypothetical estimate of what they would have been had the banks not borrowed subordinated loans to boost their capital ( as Japan 's finance ministry let them do after June ) . |
| 4 | The by-laws were lawful not because of what they said but rather because of what they would have said if they had been drafted lawfully . |
| 5 | Consumers are prepared to wait for sales and even go for cheaper versions of what they would buy in better times , says a survey published yesterday . |
| 6 | Whether that would be in China or another country depended on the unknown factors of what they would actually find overseas and the outcome of developments in China . |
| 7 | Because of what they would have done to us . ’ |
| 8 | The first important facet of this inside story is teachers ' own view of what they would wish the job to be like . |
| 9 | With such facts in mind , the preference utilitarian may suggest that our aim should be not just that people should somehow have as much subjective experience as possible of the kinds they most prefer , but that as much as possible of what they would like to have happen should happen . |
| 10 | It has even led in extreme cases to a few excavators being so certain of what they would find before they put a spade into the ground , that evidence was selected and rejected in accordance with their predetermined thinking . |
| 11 | Both speakers will give an account of their work and of what they would like from a supervisor . |
| 12 | He knew why they had swept him from his horse and he was terrified of what they would do to him . |
| 13 | When pressed and asked , ’ What if British Steel refuses to change its policy after talking ? ’ the Opposition gave no indication of what they would do . |
| 14 | So should voters , it would be rather absurd I think , well Mill thinks , that if jurors were expected to come to a decision on the basis of what they would prefer , would you prefer this person to be sent down or would you prefer them to get off . |
| 15 | The Lollard rising of Sir John Oldcastle in 1414 had no social aims ; indeed the rebels do not appear to have had any programme at all , beyond a vague idea of seizing the King ( without any very clear idea of what they would then do with him ) . |
| 16 | I honestly had no idea of what they might be thinking or what to make of it myself . |
| 17 | Clearly some very large forces have disrupted the outer regions of the Solar System at some stage , or stages , in the past , but we have no idea of when or of what they might have been . |
| 18 | Therese said , ‘ Mon petit , the people who talk do n't matter , I was n't thinking of them , I was thinking of your mother , of what they might be saying about her . ’ |
| 19 | I had felt all my life that lavatory and bedroom doors should be kept firmly shut , for fear of what they might reveal . |
| 20 | Her tone made it clear that if he wished , coffee was only the beginning of what they might have time for . |
| 21 | Alan was well aware of his own gifts and of what they might lead him to become , but I am not sure he entirely welcomed his role as a leader of lesser men . |
| 22 | The thought of what they might even now be doing to Ruggiero Miletti took the sparkle and warmth out of the morning and made Zen realize how exhausted he was . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , if we are ever to make new discoveries about intonation , it will be as a result of studying what people actually say rather than inventing examples of what they might say . |
| 24 | But because of natural bodies we know not the construction , but seek it from the effects , there lies no demonstration of what the causes be we seek for , but only of what they may be . |
| 25 | Yet in the end this too can be counterproductive , with children becoming confused or cynical in the face of what they may begin to see as so much mere noise . |
| 26 | Most politicians , and probably most of the general public , whatever their political party , regard it as in principle a sensible innovation , certainly one that will give parents a better notion of what they ought to expect , in whatever part of the country their children may go to school . |
| 27 | The idea of what they ought to do is more subtle and will come to them only if they love and trust their parents enough to want to be like them . |
| 28 | It has been generalist rather than specific , its programme being based upon each child 's interests and abilities ( rather than upon an external authority 's projection of what they ought to be ) . |
| 29 | Is he aware that that has not been the case in large parts of the national health service , where food , cleaning and laundry services have been put out to competitive tender , and where , as a result , standards have often fallen far short of what they ought to be ? |
| 30 | Bills would arrive and I 'd just leave them unopened , frightened of what they 'd say . |