Example sentences of "[to-vb] what [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , Levers Water Level , was put in to try what was probably the South Vein , with a branch taken off to try other lodes . |
| 2 | The wartime bombers did n't seem to care what went up ; by contrast the PIRA did and cared so deliberately as to set out selectively to destroy what is now an illusion — the sanctity of hospital in which , regardless of loyalty or background , so many thousands of victims of our vicious little civil war have received care since those nights in August 1969 . |
| 3 | The scientists , recently returned from a visit to the region , detailed how irrigation and agricultural policies — in particular , the Soviet cotton industry — are continuing to destroy what was once the fourth largest area of fresh water in the world . |
| 4 | Wandsworth and Pentonville , in London , with rather less capacity , were built at about the same time to serve what was then the largest city in the world . |
| 5 | People with new money spread out into the newly-built suburbs where the houses , like the cars , had got longer and lower and were dignified with the name ‘ ranch-style ’ as though there were unspoilt acres in which to roam outside , rather than the swallowing of land in highways , parkways , expressways and cloverleaf intersections to enable suburban man to reach what was once a rural neighbourhood . |
| 6 | There was a screen of well-tended trees between tower and road , not sufficiently thick to conceal the building entirely , but enough to render what was already an undistinguished building virtually invisible . |
| 7 | It will take time and we need to introduce some practical initiatives to help what is fundamentally a change in attitude , to take place . |
| 8 | Detectives decided to use what was then a fairly new technique to help give body an identity . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the political and social motivation of some librarians and the antics of the media in frequently misrepresenting the situation when books are or are not selected have brought the two practices so uncomfortably close that we are being forced to justify what is undoubtedly a professional task of the very highest order and demanding considerable skill . |
| 10 | For the time being , the Dutch succeeded in retaining first place in Asian and African trade and were able to retain what was perhaps the largest share in the transit traffic to Spanish America . |
| 11 | In fact Meadowell is an Elastoplast name like Sizewell , invented in the 1970s to disguise what was already a running sore . |
| 12 | The walls surrounding the courtyard used to protect what was once a fortress but which is now a youth hostel . |
| 13 | None but the dedicated fusion watcher would want to read what is essentially a conference report , even though it does contain a scattering of important insights into the prospects for fusion . |
| 14 | The Court was asked to reduce what was otherwise a perfectly appropriate sentence to allow the offender to be released and to die with dignity . |
| 15 | A sculptor and a rock star have teamed up to honour hundreds of unskilled labourers who toiled in difficult , often dangerous conditions to build what 's now a busy commuter railway line . |
| 16 | The referee was a complete twat Roger Dilkes , a miserable midget who contrived to spoil what was already a poor game by turning a blind eye to West Ham 's negative game and penalising Leeds wherever possible . |
| 17 | Once doubt has been cast on the consistency of Althusser 's interpretation of Marx , it is natural to probe what is perhaps the most vulnerable aspect of his theory more deeply : his account of the role and character of ideological practice . |
| 18 | A Bristol merchant , of Quaker origin , called William Springett bought Alderly in the early 1740s and determined to turn what was then a small and jumbled Tudor manor into an up-to-date gentleman 's seat . |
| 19 | Planning a complete package of care This rather ugly term ‘ package of care ’ has come into general welfare use to describe what is often a complex solution to a client 's need for services . |
| 20 | In consequence , the terms are frequently used to describe what is essentially the spread of desert-like conditions and decreasing biological productivity . |
| 21 | IT took a long time for BMW to overcome what was probably a touch of snobbery about diesel cars and come up with some of its own . |
| 22 | Timothy was about to change what was clearly an unwelcome subject when he happened to look up , his brows meeting sharply . |
| 23 | ‘ It is an anachronism and New Zealand Cricket will support moves to have what is essentially an undemocratic rule removed from the ICC constitution , ’ said NXC chairman Peter McDermott . |
| 24 | Aristotle was made to report what was obviously an imaginary conversation with a Jewish sage whom he supposedly met somewhere in Asia Minor . |
| 25 | In 1825 he used an artesian tube to sink what was then the largest well known in the country , eighty feet deep and thirty feet wide . |
| 26 | She did say it would be a pity if Darlington were to lose what is clearly a very popular event . |
| 27 | However , the difficulties encountered in attempting to implement what is basically a Type I system whilst retaining choice for GPs and patients are demonstrated in a more comprehensive description of the proposed provisions . |
| 28 | TIMES may have been tough in recent years but matters have come to a fine pass when this distinguished theatre feels obliged to assemble a posse of actresses and two actors to perform what is basically a rather vulgar sketch and present it as a front length drama . |
| 29 | It is never convincingly argued for ; the neurological and anthropological evidence renders it very doubtful ( see Miller 1971 : 92–120 ) ; it is patently there in order to support what is ultimately an idealist position , for the half-hidden premise of McLuhan 's argument is that there is an ideal human psyche , an essence , which is characterized by balance and interplay of senses , which may once have existed — in oral cultures — but which was destroyed by literacy ( a second Fall ) . |
| 30 | As late as 1913 , the anti-feminist surgeon , Sir Almroth Wright , continued to applaud what was undoubtedly an extreme form of the traditional patriarchal marriage , whereby the husband promised to do his wife reverence , to protect and to serve her as long as she did not jettison personal refinement , act in an ungrateful manner or put an extravagantly high estimate on her intellectual powers . |