Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] what [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ironical to contemplate what this economy measure could have meant to the University had the test-tube fusion work succeeded : of the billions of dollars in royalties , Southampton — where Pons had got his start in the field and where Fleischmann had spent over twenty years — would have had claim to none . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is possible to decide what particular activities bring on an attack of giddiness . |
| 3 | So by examining meteorites it is possible to discover what some of the asteroids are made of without ever having to visit the asteroid belt . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , congressmen from energy-producing states are going around town telling everybody who is willing to listen what splendid concessions they got in return for their votes . |
| 5 | Nobody is prepared to predict what next month 's Solidarity congress will do and nobody knows exactly when the next election might be . |
| 6 | In this , however , he may be naive , for unless he is prepared to say what pertinent effects are , it is not clear what grounds he has for claiming that they always exist . |
| 7 | It is impossible to predict what new jobs will be created over the next 10–20 years . |
| 8 | ‘ It is impossible to say what other manifestations may appear as they grow up . |
| 9 | Without exploring drivers ’ memories for driving in other circumstances it is impossible to know what normal memory performance in driving would be expected to be . |
| 10 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 11 | Later orators were to castigate the Athenian Assembly for making alliances with any state which offered itself , and it is hard to see what good Athens hoped for from Segesta in 457 . |
| 12 | On the contrary : once again it is hard to see what democratic objection there can be to the principle of allowing the people themselves to decide on major issues of principle . |
| 13 | With convergence also on the issue of regional autonomy , it is hard to see what all the fuss and bother is about . |
| 14 | It is hard to tell what these powers might be from the 1992 Conservative manifesto , a model of vagueness . |
| 15 | It is hard to know what three lost years have cost Anna . |
| 16 | Today they 're just ruins in a Paris suburb , it 's hard to imagine what these roman baths looked like when they were new . |
| 17 | It 's hard to understand what all the worrying was about . |
| 18 | So it is helpful to understand what such registers consist of and how you create them . |
| 19 | It is useful to know what other models can do since microcomputers have a limited life and it may be that in five years time , the librarian and teachers will be involved in seeking a replacement for the existing microcomputer . |
| 20 | But it is important to remember what that policy was . |
| 21 | It is important to know what this effect is , because if a plant subject is viewed then there will be several levels of intensity due to shading and to the angles at which leaves are presented . |
| 22 | It is important to understand what these words meant originally . |
| 23 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 24 | Although it is difficult to estimate what positive health benefits for the older person will result from the imposition of a national screening system there will be profound implications for the health and social services . |
| 25 | They have also been attacked by the courts , with the result that it is difficult to see what practical effect such clauses might be thought to have . |
| 26 | In spite of all its anomalies , it is difficult to see what other system could have retained even the present small population . |
| 27 | Indeed in any civilised country it is difficult to see what other view could be held . |
| 28 | It is difficult to see what other aeroplane could deliver the combination of ruggedness , economy of operation , short-field capability and safety that this unusual aircraft can . |
| 29 | Since speakers ' intuitions can not be easily accessed to define the membership of sets such as these ( see further 8.2.1 ) it is difficult to see what alternative procedure might have been adopted . |
| 30 | It is difficult to see what such a procedure might be . |