Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monnet 's original report had drawn particular attention to the fact that West Germany could easily be expected to produce steel at a cost far below what France could manage . |
| 2 | The survey indicates that sales volumes are up , but they still remain below what retailers would consider to be normal for the time of year . ’ |
| 3 | He was now frightened of what Newton might do . |
| 4 | The reasons for this seem to fall into three categories : ignorance of what solicitors can do on the part of potential clients and a lack of preparedness in pursuing legal action , that is apathy ; the public image of lawyers ; and barriers against use , in particular cost and accessibility . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me , ’ said Roland , neutrally , watching for a sign of her consciousness of what Fergus might have said , of how he might have spoken . |
| 6 | The consequence of what Nicholls may have intended as a politic and eirenical statement was suspension , degradation , and imprisonment . |
| 7 | They were all a bit afraid of what Ifor would say if they did wrong . |
| 8 | The term ‘ story ’ becomes an important indicator of what Federman might write , although it is impossible to take this at face value . |
| 9 | Regardless of what parents may think , and evidence suggests that many still support corporal punishment by teachers and seek to sanction its use in schools , the banning of corporal punishment in state schools was a wise measure . |
| 10 | Although it is giving some of its ‘ glue ’ source to USL , most of what USL will have and what will be distributed is binary . |
| 11 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 12 | Throughout my life I have been oppressed by society 's expectations , so the man in my life is not to blame for my constant questioning of what life can offer me , and women like me . |
| 13 | Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves . |
| 14 | It is a good example of the way birds will take advantage of what man can provide , once they are confident they will not be molested . |
| 15 | Polanski , on the other hand , was , in Jack Nicholson 's view , the recipient of Western justice : ‘ His situation is a very interesting case of what notoriety can do to you . |
| 16 | Whereas some researchers had treated women 's supportiveness as a straightforward sign of their socialisation into powerlessness and deference , or as signs of what Lakoff would term ‘ insecurity ’ or ‘ approval seeking ’ , Fishman considers supportiveness a creative and skilful strategy women use in order to have some kind of control in conversation with men . |
| 17 | Doctors are uncertain of what self-government would mean in detail . |
| 18 | ‘ Her actions were a perfect example of what women should do in those situations . ’ |
| 19 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 20 | Bombers could be made invisible to radar , maintained an American author in New Scientist , the issue also carrying a discussion of what scientists could do to halt development of more appalling weapons even than those in existence . |
| 21 | The idea of him stealing Mrs Gotobed 's Will was a bit of what Hepzibah would call ‘ Albert 's Old Nonsense . ’ |
| 22 | We talked of England : and my host was so inspiring in his eloquence on the subject of what England might have achieved in friendship with Germany that , as I looked out on the twilight enshrouding the Kurfiarstendamm I could think of nothing to say but Marlowe 's famous lines : |
| 23 | A range of modern program development tools and environments is available — the laboratory facilities are a reflection of what students will find available to them on entering employment . |
| 24 | Even on the most expansive views of what interests should receive compensation , serious omissions stand out . |
| 25 | He had little vision of what Panama could become . |
| 26 | It was certainly a spectacular display of what dancers could do with their legs whilst merely marching but the ports de bras were very limited and merely swung at the sides or sprang to attention . |
| 27 | In the old South , for example , Duke University stands as a bastion of what Hollander would call ‘ anti-American ’ thought . |
| 28 | Usually they are a group from an outdoor centre who are being given a taste of what canoeing can offer them and they have yet to appreciate the finer points of our sport or recreation . |
| 29 | Folk make great issue , perhaps he was frightened of what others may think ? |
| 30 | In the same way people mute their criticisms of what others would regard as intolerable housing amenities . |