Example sentences of "[prep] what [noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Her actions were a perfect example of what women should do in those situations . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Even on the most expansive views of what interests should receive compensation , serious omissions stand out . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Folk make great issue , perhaps he was frightened of what others may think ? |
| 10 | In the same way people mute their criticisms of what others would regard as intolerable housing amenities . |
| 11 | And ‘ I 'll See You In My Dreams ’ is a lush , fleet-footed waltz that spins winningly away from every narrow-minded expectation of what indie-aspirants should sound like in this year of grunge , glam and glassy reveries . |
| 12 | In practical terms , the school librarian or teacher may not have the authority to make a final decision on the purchase of a microcomputer but it is important that s/he has some knowledge of what microcomputers can do and what criteria should be used for selection , so that the decision made by the headteacher may be influenced by the person who will ultimately control and use the microcomputer . |
| 13 | ‘ You , Aurora Jennings Blake , have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they 're made to go cold turkey , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Do you know it is possible because of the fear of people around you , the fear of your peers , the fear of what men may say , of what your family will think , of what your work mates might say about you , it is possible to allow that fear to send you to hell . |
| 15 | Although much of the interior was still shrouded in scaffolding and plastic sheet , marble tiled floors , ceiling panels , twin escalators and the glass-domed roof gave a clear impression of what shoppers could look forward to . |
| 16 | Target Europe are looking at new ways to obtain sponsorship deals for sportsmen from the point of view of what competitors can market rather than who will offer financial support , sponsorship being a business arrangement , not a charity . |
| 17 | Despite what others may do , one man who has already proved this year that he is far from finished is Joey Dunlop . |
| 18 | The problem is that the meaning of a sentence tends to drift off into what linguists would call the Indeterminate Adverbial Phrase . |
| 19 | Under what circumstances can research on this material be justified ? |
| 20 | They may not always have turned up with what teachers would have wished , but I am sure that there has been a great acceptance of the way in which they have carried out a very difficult task . |
| 21 | Yet it is arguable that the child 's first experiments with what adults would regard as linguistic deceit are on a causal and behavioural par with the bird 's fraudulent warning cry . |
| 22 | This immediately creates some problems , since " codes " for this purpose are social constructs , and do not necessarily coincide with what linguists would recognise as discrete languages . |
| 23 | While interest-free , the weekly repayments can be pitched above what parents can afford ( Craig , 1991 ; Cohen , 1991b ) . |
| 24 | It may also provide key lessons in what firms can do to use technology more effectively . |
| 25 | He had respected her lack of interest in what others might have called sexual morality , had respected the fact that she had slept with him and neither offered nor expected anything in return . |
| 26 | Others sink in what outsiders might regard as a storm in a teacup . |
| 27 | In the main , the competition looks to be well ahead of Informix already , though its plans for an open repository complete with APIs , may take it beyond what others can offer . |
| 28 | Alternatively , they could be precise , leaving less doubt as to what tasks would correspond to the attainments described , but reducing the scope for teachers and pupils to vary the order and manner in which things are taught and learnt . |
| 29 | The times to complete give a rough guide as to what users can expect from heavy computation work : |
| 30 | The times to complete give a rough guide as to what users can expect from heavy computation work : |