Example sentences of "what [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wonders what became of the dispossessed . |
| 2 | You may well ask what became of the Zionist terrorists after the British left ? |
| 3 | An important part of the research process is to search through the literature and find what ideas similar to your own have been investigated in the past , and then by learning what became of the earlier ideas you can avoid their mistakes and build on the successes . |
| 4 | In particular , it did not prevent Robert Hersant from creating , from 1950 and from nothing , what became by the 1980S France 's biggest newspaper publishing group -over 40 titles totalling over one quarter of the circulation of the regional dailies and over a third ( 38 per cent ( of the national daily press . |
| 5 | You should always ask the questions , and that is another way that people will understand that you know what goes on the other side of the microphone . |
| 6 | He must have felt like Sir Norman Hartnell wondering what to wear for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot . |
| 7 | Rockboots and stone sliver axes give access to what turns into a classic mountain route . |
| 8 | It has been plausibly argued that this , perhaps too male-centred explanation , begs the question of what led to the increasing mental complexity necessary for hominid evolution in the first place , particularly when the older ancestors seem to have been tropical forest primary consumers . |
| 9 | What amounted to a second phase in the Industrial Revolution accelerated world integration and specialization , confirming the division of the world 's peoples into industrial workers in Europe and the eastern United States and producers of raw materials and foodstuffs elsewhere . |
| 10 | At least , one may take this assumption from the terms which the French emissary Paul Mus , after an arduous journey , presented to Ho in May 1947 and which required what amounted to a conditional surrender ; and in any case now that the Communist Party had been ousted from the French government there was no longer the same effective demand in France for a negotiated settlement . |
| 11 | An estimated 13 people had been killed in violent incidents on the previous day , in what amounted to a serious upsurge in township unrest . |
| 12 | But Walker , who is contender for Great Britain 's Olympic team , was clearly hoping for a much better time on what amounted to a solo run . |
| 13 | Mesic , who reiterated on Sept. 12 his intention to resign after the expiry on Oct. 7 of the EC moratorium , accused the army of staging what amounted to a military coup by ignoring his orders , saying that he would ask for foreign intervention and bring charges against army commanders unless the JNA halted its attacks on Croatian towns and withdrew . |
| 14 | In what amounted to a fledgling display of player-power and a dress rehearsal for the player 's campaign to secure greater freedom of contract , the Scots players argued bitterly with the Chelsea board . |
| 15 | Governmental efforts to bring about what amounted to a cultural revolution intensified in the 1650s , when England came under the control of army leaders such as Oliver Cromwell who considered the reform of the nation 's morality one of their chief priorities . |
| 16 | After playing this there was what amounted to a short interval , which gave me time to talk to one or two people . |
| 17 | What amounted to a Socialist take-over ensued . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it was achieved , not by the creation of a new theory , but rather by what amounted to an inspired piece of tinkering with classical physics . |
| 19 | It is about people coming to identify and express personal feelings , wishes and circumstances and coming to understand what contributes to the positive and negative of their existence . |
| 20 | I shall now go some of the way up this valley , as far as the Col du Tourmalet at the end of it — what lies on the far side of the col must wait for the section of this chapter on the valley of the Adour . |
| 21 | We — that is you and 1 — as well as the Yek , ought to know what lies beyond the Great Sea . |
| 22 | What lies within the published guidelines is very relevant to the actions taken by Orkney Islands Social Work Department . |
| 23 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 24 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 25 | Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets . |
| 26 | What lies behind the different views of the books is , of course , social and economic changes . |
| 27 | For the rest of the book I turn to the second and in particular to what lies behind the mounting opposition to the Treaty , away from the fug and the isolation of Cabinet rooms , palaces and Chancelleries . |
| 28 | Here we talk to former teachers , old friends and relatives in a special TODAY investigation to discover what lies inside the tortured soul of Sinead . |
| 29 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |
| 30 | The wonderful thing about the USPGA Tour 's year-ending statistics is that a quick perusal leaves you with a crystal- clear picture of what transpired in the previous year : Which players improved the most ; which were at the top of their games ; who won what and where , and when , and how . |