Example sentences of "what constitutes a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ETA still has some odd ideas about what constitutes a compromise .
2 What constitutes a dwelling for the purposes of the section is further spelled out in section 8 , which provides :
3 ‘ Even if you take the example of the Western , and key Western icons like Clint Eastwood , ’ Wood says , ‘ you can see the films responding to social attitudes in the movement from the early spaghetti westerns to last year 's Unforgiven , where you still have the recognisable Clint Eastwood character , but he 's much more complex , more uncertain about things — about killing , about his motives , the whole notion of what constitutes a hero . ’
4 Gillian Harris looks at what constitutes a success in the eyes of the publishing trade and the book-buying public .
5 While sleep stages are well defined in terms of psychophysiology , what constitutes a dream is not , and the reviewers suggest that an important determinant of the number of NREM " dreams " collected is the predisposition of the experimenter .
6 There is no agreed definition as to what constitutes a knowledge worker .
7 What constitutes a sign in the first order , that of language , is merely a signifier in the second order , that of myth .
8 It needs to be acknowledged that Hoyle takes a very wide view of what constitutes a school 's ‘ organisational character ’ or ‘ deep structure ’ .
9 Section 395 contains a generic definition of what constitutes a charge and a partial definition of what constitutes property .
10 While these groups share the need for the same basic information about what constitutes a Compact , their particular concerns require specific responses addressing their own interests and sensitivities .
11 So far as the definition of what constitutes a breach of the peace is concerned , however , the decision is less satisfactory .
12 4 Breach of the duty The question of what constitutes a breach of the duty of confidentiality falls into two parts .
13 The title of the volume attempts on the one hand to avoid the major archival issue of what constitutes a record , and on the other to broaden the issue of debate from electronic records to include digital information resources generally .
14 And what living or organic forms of data such as continuous updated accounts , or records of employment or social benefit are preserved Not only does their documentation create a problem , but the intellectual definition of what constitutes a record is clearly troublesome .
15 Although a number of security interests are clearly accepted as being recognised by English law , there is some doubt at the penumbra as to what constitutes a security interest and , in particular , as to whether there is a numerus clausus of such interests .
16 The above is a very compressed survey of what constitutes a security interest .
17 As was pointed out earlier , there is some uncertainty as to what constitutes a security interest ; it is submitted that the courts will adopt something along the lines of the definition of Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. set out at the commencement of this chapter .
18 The uncertainties caused by what constitutes a security interest are greatly reduced by the fact , as pointed out above , that it is a numerus clausus of charges that has to be registered so if the charge is not within the list it is not registrable .
19 Intangible movable property includes a charge on the book debts of the company or those assigned to it but the Act contains no definition of what constitutes a book debt .
20 1914 saw the first axiomatic declaration of exactly what constitutes a ring .
21 What constitutes a procession that is commonly or customarily held ?
22 Unlike the debates over the military-industrial complex , the general and wide-ranging nature of the arguments in this chapter reflects disagreement about what the problem is and different approaches to what constitutes a theory .
23 The CPA 1987 is not clear as to what constitutes a holding-out and much will depend upon how the branding is perceived by the reasonable consumer .
24 If there is any standard criterion today of what constitutes a nation with a claim to self-determination , meaning to setting up an independent territorial nation-state , it is ethnic-linguistic , since language is taken , wherever possible , to express and symbolise ethnicity .
25 The court 's decision as to what constitutes a class conceals the policy issues in the decision .
26 So far as I know there is no definition of what constitutes a Cabinet Committee and , as the practice has grown , I believe there may be among the 70-odd Committees in the book some with less title to be treated as Cabinet Committees than some of the 700-odd interdepartmental committees of which we have no detailed information at all .
27 Their definition of what constitutes a husband , a wife , and a marital relationship will be negotiated .
28 New instructions this year are encouraging umpires to be strict in their interpretation of what constitutes a shot when playing against the spinners .
29 Together with this unequivocal equivocation Mr Roberts did argue support for positive images , for freedom of the individual , for a wide definition of what constitutes a family , for civilised society ; and he opposed discrimination in schools , the promotion of any kind of sexuality , and the introduction of paedophilia into the debate .
30 Parties and non-parties may not concur in what constitutes a right , and what an obligation .
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