Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see Dorcas in the back of the cab , explaining what various levers did . |
| 2 | Lewis is better than any modern writer both at explaining what Christian behaviour should be and at analysing its difficulties . |
| 3 | For a moment , Melissa was tempted to put the poor creature 's mind at rest by revealing what DCI Harris had told her , but immediately rejected the notion . |
| 4 | However , understanding what good lighting means is the first step ; assessing what the ideal situation would be , then working towards it follow after . |
| 5 | Alternatively , they are concerned with passing on the culture from one generation to the next , and with critically understanding what that culture consists of . |
| 6 | But we must now leave these tangential matters and return to the task of establishing what social anthropology is and does . |
| 7 | The physical and organizational settings in which children 's learning took place were to be all-important , and the combination of PNP resourcing , advisory effort and enhanced school staffing were all to be directed to their improvement , or to establishing what advisory staff termed ‘ the quality learning environment ’ . |
| 8 | Their empirical research is directed to establishing what these stages are , and to describing the circumstances surrounding the transitions . |
| 9 | If implemented , we face the danger of replacing what little uniqueness is left of the Royal Mile with a commonplace traffic engineers ' solution that can be found all over the world . |
| 10 | If it is a nice and finely balanced question whether the statute of wills is more consistent with traditional principles of law if it is interpreted to forbid murderers to inherit , then wrestling with that question is hardly a sensible way of deciding what most people would now favour . |
| 11 | The question now becomes that of deciding what precise proportion of any unexpectedly high price is due to the aggregate demand shock and what proportion is due to the relative demand shock . |
| 12 | " Candidates do need firmer guidance and practice in examination techniques as fundamental as reading carefully the examination questions , noting the emphasis given by the wording generally to any particular word or phrase and deciding what particular response the question invites , so that a more discerning and discriminating attitude may be adopted to shaping the material to hand to meet the needs of specific questions . " |
| 13 | And then their moral and political convictions were engaged , not in contrast to the demands of convention , but just in deciding what these demands were , properly understood . |
| 14 | Now more and more of us are sampling what other countries have to offer : countries such as France which makes hundreds of cheeses , in a mouth-watering variety of shapes , textures and tastes . |
| 15 | I stopped eating , wondering what new surprise I was being presented with . |
| 16 | Leith was still wondering what brilliant sense of direction had brought the aggressive male to her door when , in the late afternoon , an extremely apologetic Travis called . |
| 17 | One can not help wondering what future generations will think of our freaks and follies . |
| 18 | I 'm wondering what that thing is on Maureen 's wall , have you seen it ? |
| 19 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 20 | Wondering what these metal arms |
| 21 | Skinheads and Punks appeared , using their own jargon — there were Hells Angels and four-letter words ( incidentally , I 'm still wondering what these words are ! ) . |
| 22 | But Shelley was concentrating on the mystery of the drug cupboard , and wondering what old Abuelo Freitas was doing sitting in the village street all night . |
| 23 | You may be wondering what this add-in with a name that offers no clues does — it is a database add-in that extends SuperCalc 's existing database facilities to include an easy to use entry form , record storage on disk and even relational databases . |
| 24 | It is worth noting what that convention says . |
| 25 | It will not just be a matter of noting what linguistic behaviour it provokes . |
| 26 | Many practical nursing procedures from bedmaking to changing a dressing may best be learned through the nurse experiencing what these procedures feel like from the patient 's point of view . |
| 27 | In considering what possible action to take against Libya in future , will my right hon. Friend work extremely closely with his European Community opposite numbers ? |
| 28 | The need to determine substantive issues without delay must also be taken into account when the court is considering what final order it should make . |
| 29 | A private or public meeting of any proposed witnesses might be called for the purpose of considering what local evidence could be adduced to support Mr. Fraser 's report . |
| 30 | ‘ Then while you are considering what those circumstances may be , you may allow your regard for your duty to sustain you while you fetch me another of these . ’ |