Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 Check that a medical discharge note explaining what operation the patient has had is sent to the General Practitioner . |
| 2 | But her very presence seemed to be wrecking what chance the company had of any success . |
| 3 | I remember , too , wondering what part the imminence of its destruc-tion had in making paradise so sweet . |
| 4 | It was only on glancing again at his watch at three minutes to one and wondering what time the Substitute would turn up that he realized that the Substitute was the reason why . |
| 5 | They stood looking at the door , wondering what form the knocking threat would take . |
| 6 | As the bell rang to signal the start of the Christmas auction of holly , mistletoe and wreaths , buyers were wondering what effect the recession would have on prices . |
| 7 | In 1973 I began investigating what effect the uncertainty principle would have on a particle in the curved space-time near a black hole . |
| 8 | In 1973 I started investigating what difference the uncertainty principle would make to black holes . |
| 9 | The swing to Labour , the increase in turnout and the sharp variations in results between authorities are all relevant when it comes to examining what effect the poll tax had on voting patterns . |
| 10 | He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future . |
| 11 | A policeman came to call on me that Thursday evening , after Angy 's body had been found , asking what time the class ended and where I went afterwards … that sort of thing . |
| 12 | There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time . |
| 13 | It dropped five bound volumes through a chute into a Committee meeting , and strongly suggested they leave off debating what colour the new Nempnett Thrubwell skimover ought to be painted long enough to ponder the problem . |
| 14 | On this view pragmatics ( at least in part ) is about how , given a sentence uttered in a context , that context plays a role in specifying what proposition the sentence expresses on this occasion of utterance . |
| 15 | It has an operation code or function field , specifying what operation the computer is to perform , and an operand field , which specifies an operand ( usually as a store address ) or the location for a result . |