Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] what [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birdwatchers had always worried terribly about what would happen to Brownsea after the owner , Mrs Bonham-Christie , died . |
| 2 | Leopold 's letters to his wife reveal much about what could be expected on the journey and from them one gains the impression that he did most of the planning for these trips : |
| 3 | They had not worried for themselves , only about what would happen to Emily . |
| 4 | They were worried only about what would happen to the monetary value of the paintings and their business as dealers . |
| 5 | Taking their cue from quantum physics , Allen and Starr theorise only about what can be known , not about what ‘ exists ’ . |
| 6 | WHEN HUNDREDS of nuclear engineers came together for what should have been a festive shindig last week , there was universal gloom . |
| 7 | However , it should be emphasised that the Family Fellowships exist for the benefit of the family member , regardless of what may be happening to the primary sufferer . |
| 8 | But , even then , it may fail and it should again be emphasised that family members benefit from their own sake from involvement in the Family Fellowships regardless of what may happen to the primary sufferer . |
| 9 | Alternatively , where the members of the single community under study perceive themselves as belonging to a number of separate kin groups which do not intermarry , this is a matter of great sociological significance regardless of what may or may not be the actual biological facts of the case . |
| 10 | We found that practices were very diverse , that people had different impressions , not only of what ought to be done , but what was in fact being done . |
| 11 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 12 | The importance of practising empathy , especially with what may appear strange and uncongenial , is a major aspect of RE . |
| 13 | the question arises whether , in relation to any particular post , there is adequate potential to meet the needs of the firm , so notwithstanding what might otherwise be a desirable policy of providing career opportunities , this issue needs to be looked at closely . |
| 14 | Both Britain and France found difficulty in obtaining sufficient volunteers for their fleets , partly because the wages they offered their sailors compared very poorly with what could be obtained by service on a merchantman , and still more so with what might be made on a successful privateer . |
| 15 | They also review the history of the main hypotheses of atherogenesis : response to injury , lipid infiltration , monoclonal smooth muscle proliferation , thrombogenic ‘ encrustation ’ , and autoimmunity , but they weave these together into what can fairly be called a consensus view . |
| 16 | The need for a third dimension arises most obviously from what may be called the problem of philosophy . |
| 17 | These arguments as to public reaction and " trouble " for the social worker apply only to what may be seen as more considerable reforms — the relaxation of strict sexual control in most residential institutions , a greater measure of sexual tolerance for the mentally handicapped , plainer recognition of the sexual needs and problems of earlier adolescence ( even pre-adolescence ) and so on . |
| 18 | And he did so at what must have been a very fashionable address : 36 Wilmington Square , Spa Fields , peopled with Esquires and seemingly rather an unlikely location for such an enterprise . |
| 19 | Indeed , so firmly did they reject the view that adults should be given the right to choose their own cinema entertainment — ‘ whatever turns you on ’ , as the saying went — that their Report marked the beginning of a historic swing of the pendulum away from what can now be seen as the libertarian heyday of British media law . |
| 20 | Marie felt the conversation drifting away from what should concern them most . |
| 21 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 22 | I can not ask her to suffer further for what may never be . |
| 23 | We had next to none when I was at drama school and young actors need to know more about what will be expected of them on film sets and television studios . |
| 24 | If scientists had to think always about what might happen politically or socially because of their work , they 'd never get the work done . |
| 25 | A snap survey in the West Country by New Scientist found that a number of garages want £8 or more for what should be just a few minutes ' work . |
| 26 | A TEENAGE jogger died after being hit by a drink-driver and being thrown through the air , a court heard yesterday in what could be a landmark case . |
| 27 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 28 | The mother is very upset , more over what could have happened . |
| 29 | And now they were turning towards Hoggatt 's Laboratory , coming in low over what must be the Wren Chapel . |
| 30 | In education the party conformed more to what would be expected : 196 MPs had been to public schools ( 68 per cent of the party , twice the proportion of Liberals ) and eighty-six of these had been at Eton , almost a third of the party . |