Example sentences of "[prep] what be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 've found now I do a combination of what 's that stuff , erm , orbathol that seems to help a bit . |
| 2 | They take into themselves that judgement of what is unacceptable behaviour ( ‘ internalization ’ ) , a step on the road to forming a conscience . |
| 3 | Swift 's dislike of monosyllables and Dryden 's avoidance of final prepositions " are cases of a writer 's preferences being guided by a general sense of linguistic propriety , of what is good English " . |
| 4 | That raises the question of what is good technique ; sometimes what is normally seen as ‘ bad ’ technique can be good technique . |
| 5 | The main criterion of what is good training is to reach the National Vocational Qualification ( NVQ ) , which is a standard recognised by government , industry and business . |
| 6 | Also , knowledge of what is good food to eat , and indeed what might be harmful to health , can control our appetite . |
| 7 | The reason why I think that there is a limit to our rational understanding of what is great art is quite simple : I believe in the fundamentally biological foundation of our reactions . |
| 8 | ( The measure of what is satisfactory will , as always , be fixed by a given practical or theoretical purpose . ) |
| 9 | We accept the view advanced by Parton ( 1981 ) that all debate over the proper role of the state in guaranteeing acceptable family life for children centres on judgments of what is acceptable parenting and child behaviour , and that such judgments are essentially influenced by the ideological context . |
| 10 | Further on the Brook splits , and one tributary leads to the few remnants of what was Upper Ley Mill . |
| 11 | The greatest concentration of bobbin mills was in the Furness district of what was then north Lancashire , and in the mid-nineteenth century more than fifty mills were at work in the region , making half the bobbins used in the entire textile industry of Britain . |
| 12 | That band is Nirvana , and if you 're one of the 12 million owners of their last album , Nevermind , you 'll know that their radical reworking of what was heavy metal into what is now grunge has completely destroyed the old image of the moronic metal band . |
| 13 | While she sang a couple of blues tunes , and scatted on a version of Dizzy Gillespie 's Hot House which they inserted into What is This Thing Called Love , neither is really her style . |
| 14 | There 's a lovely suit in at the moment in the sale in what 's that place called ? |
| 15 | A housing development in what was green belt between Cheltenham and Gloucester may be an attractive place to live , but conservationists say it should never happen again . |
| 16 | They are beyond and outside what was obligatory book illustration . |
| 17 | What I am suggesting is that both my aunt 's remark and her attitude stemmed from assumptions already prevalent within the family as to what was appropriate behaviour . |
| 18 | The Courts ruled as to what was acceptable conduct , and the knights were expected to try to live up to these high standards , not only honouring their women but acting chastely towards them . |
| 19 | Sorry , if I could just clarify , I was actually at the meeting of Women 's Sub , erm as was Robin in fact , and they , the Women 's Sub-Committee considered the minute of this committee , and endorsed erm , in fact , Amanda did n't write until the meeting of women 's sub , because it was being considered by them , but erm they did n't add anything substantial to what was this committee had said and they did . |
| 20 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
| 21 | There still remains the decisions on what is best value for money . |
| 22 | The Rushdie affair illustrated on the one hand that the general social climate changes with the passage of time , and views on what is censorable change with it . |
| 23 | On what is this pride and enthusiasm based ? |
| 24 | The legal adviser helps to negotiate the firm 's contracts ( and may have to travel all over the world in order to do so ) , keeps it right on matters of company law and employment law , pilots takeovers , etc. , and may , on a wider front , advise on what is proper conduct within a system of self-regulation adopted within the industry by means of a Code of Practice . |
| 25 | On what was this appeal based ? |
| 26 | Precisely they drew on what was common knowledge ( that is to say what was believed to be knowledge ) in their day . |
| 27 | Healthy eating is in , and there is plenty of advice available about what is healthy eating . |
| 28 | They are less constrained and have more individuality in their ‘ civvy ’ clothes , although there are strict , but unwritten rules about what is acceptable dress ( sombre suits and ties ) and what is disordered and undisciplined ( jeans , T-shirts , training shoes , and the like ) . |
| 29 | Annie , now in her thirties , talks about what being working class means in terms of self-image and worth . |
| 30 | He and Maltote quarrelled about what was genuine fur , and what the jewelled embroidered motifs and the bright hues on the cloaks of some retainers really signified . |