Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] what [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only be fearful of what could have been the situation . ’ |
| 2 | He regularly forgot his wallet and credit cards and got them to pay for him or be content with what could be bought on a little small change . |
| 3 | More realistically , the papal Curia thought that when the full ideal was unattainable , it was better to be content with what could be salvaged than to be left empty-handed : the precise opposite of Anselm , who ( as he told Queen Matilda ) would as soon be deprived of everything as of a little — ‘ and I say this not for love of property , but for love of God 's justice ’ . |
| 4 | Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’ |
| 5 | You will be concerned with what may be called the degree of pruning : do you prune hard , ruthlessly to ground level , or not so drastically ? |
| 6 | In the longer term , if you become unwell , you will be concerned about what will happen to the children . |
| 7 | And in Dworkin it is evident in his views that ‘ government must be neutral on what might be called the question of the good life … [ and ] political decisions must be , so far as possible , independent of any particular conception of the good life , or of what gives value to life ’ . |
| 8 | You would be amazed at what can be stored at this level . |
| 9 | ‘ But when he does , you must be ready for what will happen . ’ |
| 10 | Similarly , the second criterion can be satisfied despite what would follow with respect to the several circumstances if some x had also existed . |
| 11 | We must be realistic about what can be done on miles and miles of open line . |