Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [Wh adv] the " in BNC.

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1 The aims are to find out how the teachers are using the micros , what problems they have , what features of the technology are important and how can an LEA best support them .
2 It was used for a variety of purposes ; most commonly as a retaining fee for a knight who could be called out whenever the king or lord had need of him .
3 However , if the counsellor seeks to support the position of the older person , care has to be taken over how the imbalance of power is handled .
4 However , no decision has yet been taken on how the company will exploit its investment .
5 Wesley Smith has been finding out why the stars are so concerned .
6 One of the great arts of intelligence work is to find out how the other side thinks and what interests it .
7 But to suggest that a speech community is diffuse ( or internally divergent ) is not to imply that it is necessarily unpatterned or unstructured : on the contrary , our task is to find out how the variation is structured by demonstrating what the patterns in the community are like .
8 This ingenious device ensures power is switched off whenever the bulb is removed so there 's no risk of electrocution — a comforting thought when you 're balanced on a stool , fitment in one hand and replacement bulb in the other .
9 Throughout his life , Hahnemann 's sole aim was to find out how the patient could be cured rapidly , without any unneccesary aggravation .
10 Kersey lit a cigarette ; before uttering a word he was finding out how the accountant reacted to boorish police tactics .
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