Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] what [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it remains to be seen how firm Galatasaray 's interest is and whether Nevin would want to uproot for what would be a journey , albeit a lucrative one , into the unknown . |
| 2 | It might seem a bit academic to worry about what would happen when the universe collapses again , as it will not start to contract for at least another ten thousand million years . |
| 3 | As yet , no one was prepared to worry about what might happen in the distant future . |
| 4 | Most visitors to vadinamia are aware that , as they approach the planets territorial space , they will have to pass through what might be described as a sort of gauntlet . |
| 5 | She kept out of his way , too experienced in public disappointment to stray into what could still be a snare . |
| 6 | ‘ It would have been unfair to deny the Arbroath support the opportunity to revel in what will be the biggest day in the club 's history , ’ McGrain said . |
| 7 | Here I just want to concentrate on what may be required if we are to shift to a different mode of argumentation . |
| 8 | This time I want to concentrate on what might be called the postmodern mode of signification , or a postmodern ‘ semiotics ’ . |
| 9 | Can I ask our officer to comment on what would be the effect of reducing our importance have on our , hopefully potential ? |
| 10 | I could not fail to speculate about what might have happened had Leslie remained in his original regiment . |
| 11 | Your students may have seen you play a sequence without sound then rewind for a second viewing , or pause to speculate about what might happen next . |
| 12 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 13 | Professor Hoskins was right to reflect on what might have happened if parliamentary enclosure had taken place today . |
| 14 | ENGLAND B were left to reflect on what might have been after missing a couple of vital tackles in their 20-16 defeat at the hands of South Africa at Bristol . |
| 15 | It is tempting to speculate on what would have been the form of the Foreign Office had this union occurred . |
| 16 | So if England are to prosper against what will be a packed Turkey defence they must heed their manager 's advice and shoot to kill tomorrow , with Gascoigne , Shearer and Pearce firing the bullets . |
| 17 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 18 | Here 's a questionnaire that enables you to look at what might be important to you . |
| 19 | Up till now we have only considered the potential uses of the various desktop publishing products but it is important to look at what can be done with the things that they produce . |
| 20 | It is the belief of at least some hypnotherapists that the inability of some patients to be hypnotized is due to their subconscious fear that they will be unable to cope with what may come up and that they might go to pieces . |
| 21 | The bank 's fraud referral unit , which handles calls from suspicious retailers 24-hours a day , is increasing staff numbers by 20% to cope with what could be a 15% rise in yule-tide fraud . |
| 22 | A new course is teaching women how to deal with what can be a frightening situation . |
| 23 | As dormant land is an inevitable product of the planning system in the UK , we need a definite policy to deal with what will be a long-term feature of the inner city . |
| 24 | According to this approach , employment and real wages show a systematic tendency to diverge from what would be produced by the simple pressures of demand and supply of labour . |
| 25 | He argues that : ‘ [ t ] o the small investor the idea that someone working in the City is using inside information to deal in what ought to be a uniformly informed market is quite repugnant . |
| 26 | It is , however , possible to point to what might well be regarded as unreasonable and the parties to an agreement should always endeavour to check their provisions against such benchmarks . |
| 27 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 28 | Much work might remain for the clergy both in imposing a code of Christian morals , and in determining where the line was to run between what could and what could not form a respectable part of the Christian life . |
| 29 | The demonstration was organized to coincide with what used to be Armed Forces Day . |
| 30 | Beyond the brief : All three are prepared , indeed eager , to go beyond what might be thought to be the narrow design brief and comment on the nature and selection of the material they are asked to make attractive and intelligible on the page . |