Example sentences of "what [vb past] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | An estimated 13 people had been killed in violent incidents on the previous day , in what amounted to a serious upsurge in township unrest . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After playing this there was what amounted to a short interval , which gave me time to talk to one or two people . |
| 10 | What amounted to a Socialist take-over ensued . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not only wrote it , but published it and made what seemed to a poorly-paid lecturer to be a very acceptable amount of money with it . |
| 13 | Another disc started , Herr Hocher placing it on the record-player with his own hands , the result being a foxtrot played by a Russian orchestra , and he himself took the floor with Fräulein Renn , the pair of them going through what seemed to the young people weirdly funny gyrations together . |
| 14 | The following extract is taken from his account of what happened to a Japanese doctor , Dr Sasaki : |
| 15 | At the same time , the world of psychiatry is on edge over what happened to a lonely student on the couch of his female therapist . |
| 16 | What happened to the conciliatory manner all of a sudden , the eagerness to please ? |
| 17 | BTW what happened to the prospective move into management for Strachan . |
| 18 | What happened to the new one ? |
| 19 | In His account of what happened to the rich man and Lazarus after they died ( Luke 16 verses 19/31 ) Jesus quoted the words spoken to the rich man in hell , by Abraham and in verses 29 and 31 we see Abraham referring to Moses and The Prophets and clearly he is speaking specifically of the scriptures attributed to them . |
| 20 | What happened to the rich boyfriend ? |
| 21 | Oh right , what happened to the Southern Region ? |
| 22 | ‘ So what happened to the sinister Saracen ? ’ |
| 23 | Herbert 's notes give only tantalizing hints of what happened to the other Jacobson children . |
| 24 | What happened to the other 90 per cent ? |
| 25 | ‘ So what happened to the other one ? ’ |
| 26 | Jesus asks what happened to the other nine . |
| 27 | ‘ What happened to the other one , who was only a young child at the time ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What happened to the other two ? ’ |
| 29 | What happened to the other fire grate with electric ? |
| 30 | What happened to the other two ? |