Example sentences of "to what [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is nothing in the early Merovingian period to compare with the concern shown by the eighth-century Anglo-Saxons as to what constituted the prohibited degrees of marriage , there was considerable worry about uncanonical sexual relations . |
| 2 | Consumer groups claimed full and clear labelling of food products would be preferred , which would enable customers to choose between similar products and ‘ to decide for themselves as to what constituted the best quality at a given price . ’ |
| 3 | At all times Eisenhower was guided by strong views as to what constituted the best interests of the United States and its allies — even if in pursuit of those ends he felt obliged to act so vigorously against Britain and France . |
| 4 | Only by looking at what happened can one begin to form a judgement , though , as will be seen , there are conflicting views as to what caused the final catastrophe , while the principal actor in the events has even had doubts cast upon the authenticity of his claims to the leading role . |
| 5 | Market economics clearly makes a number of effective criticisms of demand management , and its emphasis on the limited competence of government to promote economic growth provides at least a valuable corrective to what became the orthodox political economy of the post-war period . |
| 6 | The only route to more empirically grounded theories , according to what became the Lazarsfeldian programme of social research , was to develop suitably confirmed empirical generalisations across a range of studies and problem areas , and this would require the effective translation of concepts into empirical indicators ; translate , that is , concepts into the publicly observable . |