Example sentences of "what [noun pl] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and try and find out what they want and what 's happening to the social services and y you know what they think about er what they 'd , what skills they 'd like you to have and the sort of experience you need and so on . |
| 2 | If the advantages of decentralization of decision making are to be preserved , firms must be able to operate within a set of rules for competition that enable them to identify what strategies are likely to attract scrutiny , and what strategies they can pursue without hindrance . |
| 3 | In a joint programme organised by Edinburgh District Council and Lothian Regional Council , older people living in Edinburgh will have the opportunity to say what improvements they would like made to local services . |
| 4 | ‘ Our five-point charter covers provision , access , hygiene , design and facilities for parents , ’ she says , ‘ and we want people to tell us what improvements they 'd like . ’ |
| 5 | My mother has fixed ideas about what I should be teaching them , what schools they should attend and the clothes they wear . |
| 6 | Have you planned how many we shall have , and what schools they will go to ? |
| 7 | They forgot briefly that they were having a fight ; instead they had a happy half-hour of fantasy about what books they could write and read and live with . |
| 8 | If we were to mount a performance of this ballet , we would know , thanks to the livret , exactly how many dancers were needed and what roles they would play ; the musical forces are , regrettably , another matter . |
| 9 | Yes , go through the first five minutes , there were all different tasks , erm , at first , the girls were making up a basic jingle that would be about thirty seconds , and everyone else was looking through to see what words they should use . |
| 10 | I do n't know enough actuarial work to be able to and what settlements they should receive , but our own experience is that it 's hard enough to round up pensioners to form an association and we embody deferred pensioners and they 're even harder . |
| 11 | Know your medicines is divided into three sections : section 1 gives general information on using medicines , and advice on questions to ask a doctor , nurse or pharmacist ; section 2 covers the actions of medicines on the body system ; section 3 is an index of medicines to enable users to check what each is for and what effects they can have . |
| 12 | ‘ The problem is that when a new trick appears , everyone is trying to see what advantages they can get from it . |
| 13 | This chapter examines the broader economic circumstances of non-institutionalized elderly people , and the way these have changed over the last eighty years , to see how far and in what areas they may challenge the assertions of the ‘ structured dependency ’ school of authors . |
| 14 | Yeah , I wonder what cartoons they 'll have on tomorrow for the kid 's holiday ah ? |
| 15 | ‘ About what they 'd eat that evening in the restaurant and what wines they 'd drink . |
| 16 | The field linguist , engaged in radical translation , asks himself under what conditions the natives would assent to a given occasion sentence S , and under what conditions they would dissent . |
| 17 | They were using real brochures , choosing their holidays and working out what questions they must ask . |
| 18 | Discussions were held with consultants and agreements drawn up as to what would be the expected workload for the clinical team and what resources they may require to process that workload . |
| 19 | So they 've got to now begin to home in and find out what things they could start to tackle . |
| 20 | They have to decide what problems they can deal with and which need to be referred to outside specialists . ’ |
| 21 | Further , and although this will not be our major preoccupation , " finding out " new theories , new perspectives and new approaches , looking to see how well they work and what problems they can deal with , is as much part of research as " finding out " new facts . |
| 22 | Analyses of demand factors will seek to show the extent to which small firms are dependent upon the local economy , and what difficulties they may experience in selling beyond their immediate locality . |
| 23 | It is not the Government 's business to start telling banks and consumers what arrangements they should make between themselves although , clearly , some people are in difficulties with consumer credit . |
| 24 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 25 | Best advice is first approach your existing insurance company and ask what terms they will give you . |
| 26 | In Puritan homes in which novels were banned , and in Evangelical homes where they were banned on Sundays , generations of children , often skipping the doctrinal dialogue , have been fascinated and excited to imagine themselves to be Christian and Christiana , never knowing what adventures they will find around the next corner and confident that there will be a happy ending . |
| 27 | Commissioners were appointed in every shire to assess men for the loan under pretence of discovering what arms they should bear under the Statute of Winchester . |
| 28 | The response was that we do not get involved in trying i in to get foreign administrations to try to tell them what decisions they should make . |
| 29 | The first , Organic Growers West Wales , was set up in the 1970s to facilitate the supply of produce to meet the growing demand from the supermarkets while supporting its members by guaranteeing markets and providing information on what crops are needed and what prices they will receive for them . |
| 30 | The ‘ boomers ’ packed their tents hurriedly , the log buildings were emptied of their contents and demolished , and one and all hurried to Wainwright as best they could , and with what vehicles they could command . |