Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [Wh det] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He allows , however , that it 'll take six to nine months after the acquisition is complete to see which way the wind is blowing . |
| 2 | It would then be possible to see what progress the Welsh Office and its various agencies are making towards the attainment of common goals . |
| 3 | Pointless trying to swim against it , but sometimes it just was n't that easy to see which way the current went . |
| 4 | But Labour 's deputy leader of the council , Alan Dean , said it was impossible to know what effect the level of government finance , pay settlements and competitive tendering would have on the council 's ability to guarantee jobs . |
| 5 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 6 | It is not easy to appraise what success the Land Commission achieved . |
| 7 | I say advantage because if you were to close your eyes while playing , it would be impossible to say which guitar the Carlton 's neck reminded you of most . |
| 8 | The following table of classifications of errors from test recognition data shows that it is impossible to tell what type the original error was . |
| 9 | In some of the more elaborate biplanes it was not always easy to tell which way the loads were going and it was a stock joke at one time that the way to check the rigging of a certain aircraft was to put a canary between the wings ; if it got out something was wrong . |
| 10 | Yet it is hard to see what violence the police foresaw as direct and immediate . |
| 11 | It was hard to see what calibre the cannon were for the air was already hot enough to shimmer and blur the details of the far guns . |
| 12 | Indeed , the deputy head is able to penetrate whatever act the boy plays because ‘ I know you pretty well by now Nick Wragg do n't I ? ’ |
| 13 | There are too many unknown quantities in the complex equation regarding number of bodies , quantity of fuel , rate of woodland regeneration and time , to be able to calculate what impact the presence of a large cremation cemetery would have had on the landscape . |
| 14 | In short , while accepting that no conclusive view on the effects of the separation of ownership and control is possible , it is important to enquire what contribution the law and structural reform might make to closing the disciplinary gap . |
| 15 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 16 | ‘ It was difficult to know which way the cat was going to jump , ’ she told me . |
| 17 | It 's difficult to know which country the cocoa comes from because you do n't know where they buy it . |
| 18 | Without any direct contact , it 's difficult to know what state the negotiations are in . |