Example sentences of "[prep] what the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 7 we address the question of what the internal organisation of the office and factory of the future might look like . |
| 2 | There are very few professional aircraft accident investigating officials who do not appreciate the broad scope of the coroner 's ( or procurator fiscal 's or magistrate 's ) responsibilities but it is remarkable how many coroners have very little idea of what the technical aircraft accident investigator is trying to do ; and it is even more surprising that many do not bother to try to find out , even when an aircraft accident occurs in their area of jurisdiction . |
| 3 | At this stage , the discussion is limited to the ideas , the words of the script and a general idea of what the visual will look like . |
| 4 | The evidence of actual bystanders of what they saw and felt is some evidence of what the hypothetical bystander would have been likely to feel . |
| 5 | The next part is a quotation of what the hypothetical invitation would sound like , and is characterised by a [ Creole ] pronunciation of the vowels in go and outside , though the phrase as a whole ( " go outside for freshair " ) is not clearly marked as Creole . |
| 6 | They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be . |
| 7 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 8 | Japan , moreover , was locked into a territorial dispute over the Soviet occupation of what the Soviet side called the southern Kurile islands , and what Japan called the northern territories , north-east of Hokkaido [ see p. 38148 ] . |
| 9 | I can offer an account of what the minimum level to be attained at 16 by 80%-90% of pupils would entail in a few areas of the curriculum … ; in English , pupils would need to demonstrate that they are attentive listeners and confident speakers when dealing with everyday matters of which they have experience , that they can read straightforward written information and pass it on — orally and in written form — without loss of meaning and that they can say clearly what their own views are ; in Mathematics , that they can apply the topics and skills in the foundation list proposed in the Cockcroft Report ; in Science , that they are willing and able to take a practical approach to problems , involving sensible observations and appropriate measurements and can communicate their findings effectively … ; in History , that they possess some historical knowledge and perspective , understand the concepts of cause and consequence , and can compare and extract information from historical evidence and be aware of its limitations ; and in CDT [ craft , design and technology ] , that they can design and make something , using a limited range of materials and calling on a restricted range of concepts and give an account of what they have done and the problems they encountered . |
| 10 | I think one of the , the best things a member of the royal family has done , is Prince Phillip and Prince of Wa , and Prince of Wales have actually opened their mouths up and said they 're opposed to wha a lo a lo a lot of what the present government policies are and it 's not , not before time , in my opinion ! |
| 11 | Brown & Levinson point out the importance for social relationships of establishing common ground and agreeing on points of view , and illustrate the lengths to which speakers in different cultures will go to maintain an appearance of agreement , and they remark ‘ agreement may also be stressed by repeating part or all of what the preceding speaker has said ’ ( 1978:117 ) |
| 12 | The place has a minimum of things , nearly nothing new , but enough of what the 200 women and about 400 children , who pass through the refuge every year , might need . |
| 13 | As for the question of what the relevant principles are , debates about the rationing of scarce resources are , in essence , debates about justice , about what is fair or right or just . |
| 14 | That perhaps gives us some idea of what the regional taxation profile will look like . |
| 15 | Nias argues that the description of what the primary teacher puts into that amalgam is incomplete " if it does not make room for potentially dangerous emotions such as love , rage and jealousy on the one hand and intermittent narcissism and outbreaks of possessive dependence on the other " . |
| 16 | Doing all that means doing the Right Thing , and any such notion , in life or in fiction , depends on a shared acceptance of what the Right Thing is . |
| 17 | Again , a clearer indication of what the right sentence in the Crown Court would have been without the discount for the fact that the case was a reference would make the decision more useful . |
| 18 | In the light of what the right hon. Gentleman has just said , perhaps he will tell us two things : how much extra would he provide for health , and where does health come in Labour 's order of priorities ? |
| 19 | I shall table a parliamentary question about that and I look forward to confirmation of what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has just said . |
| 20 | I agreed with much of what the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) said at the beginning of his speech , but I did not go along with his closing remarks . |
| 21 | Er you must you must be clear of what the right answer is . |
| 22 | At the beginning of 1992 , Russian household savings were bigger than those of enterprises ; by the end of the year they were equal to only 18% of what the state-owned enterprises had in banks . |
| 23 | Add to this the duties and taxes on Guinness Group products sold in Ireland each year ( currently running at around IR£400 million ) and you get some idea of what the grand total must to be . |
| 24 | In Hedley Byrne , however , the House of Lords considered that , for a duty of care to exist , it was sufficient to establish that the professional ought to have known that the third party would rely on his statement , Lord Reid put it this way : ‘ I say ‘ ought to have known ’ because in questions of negligence we now apply the objective standard of what the reasonable man would have done . ’ |
| 25 | As we have said , later on in the chapter we shall consider what might determine the extent to which the observation that the price in your market is higher than you were originally expecting leads you to raise your expectation of what the average price level is . |
| 26 | This is an analysis of what the major activities carried out by the organisation should be . |
| 27 | There are certain difficulties that all of these studies have had to confront , and it is useful to have a brief summary of what the major difficulties are . |
| 28 | This is an ingenious argument which made everyone think of what the real and guiding principle underlying the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 29 | Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all . |
| 30 | She asked him why he could not leave her alone , in view of what the other man had already done to her , but he turned off the lights and told her to undress . |