Example sentences of "what they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discussions around the educational achievements of British Afro Caribbean and Asian girls are also significant in what they reveal about the contradictions and reductionisms of both public and academic debate in the whole area of racism , culture and education . |
| 2 | The older , rusticated students were moved by appeals to their sense of national duty ( as well as by threats ) , while the younger students wished to revive anti-Japanese feeling because of what they perceived as the ‘ second Japanese invasion ’ . |
| 3 | For one thing , employers ' behaviour both in the USA and Sweden was profoundly influenced by what they perceived as the threat posed by unions to their ability to manage . |
| 4 | These were primarily treaties between the Great Powers for the promotion of what they perceived as the benefit of the regional or international community . |
| 5 | Although both candidates were Democrats , Jordan , a former chief of police , epitomized the opposition by white heterosexual conservatives towards what they perceived as the city 's minority-dominated , pro-homosexual culture as symbolized by Agnos , a former social worker . |
| 6 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 7 | However , what they get from the service often falls far short of what they need . |
| 8 | We asked men and women what they understood by the oppression of women , what changes the new society would bring for them and what they hoped to contribute to that new society . |
| 9 | The research asked people what they understood from the advertising . |
| 10 | In the first public comment by a Cabinet minister on Tory tactics in a hung Parliament , he said it ‘ depends what they put in the Queen 's Speech ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ So why 're you always fussing about what they put in the fishpaste ? ’ demanded Constance . |
| 12 | Kangaroos can sustain speeds of up to 25 km/h for long periods ; but what they gain in the springs , they lose as pendulums . |
| 13 | what they hold on the shoulders |
| 14 | What Marshall and Clock did was to vary certain aspects of text structure , and look at the effect in terms of how well subjects were able to write about what they recalled from the passage in question . |
| 15 | But he argues that the benefits were ‘ too small and too short-term for us to know what they meant in the long-term ’ . |
| 16 | In desperation , the previous week , he had ordered the children to select a favourite passage from books he had been reading with them , write it out in their best handwriting and then add some comments on what they enjoyed about the piece and about the book in general . |
| 17 | They even talk aloud to themselves and to adults , who will never betray what they hear of the Walter Mitty dreams of their future lives . |
| 18 | Is it not a fact that due to Government policy local authorities will be building no new houses next year and housing associations will achieve only what they achieved in the mid-1970s ? |
| 19 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |
| 20 | In drama a number of people agree to abstract from what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function and to combine that knowledge with what they have understood about a particular ‘ hiding ’ context , say , King Charles and his followers hiding from the Roundheads ( hiders are therefore labelled Cavaliers , and the seekers Roundheads ) and to behave ‘ as if ’ only that function mattered . |
| 21 | They have reported what they know about the number of minke whales in the sea , but have made no recommendation as to how many of them might safely be slaughtered — or ‘ harvested ’ in the unpleasant terminology of the whalers . |
| 22 | Examples : Humorous and dramatic dialogues between two people chatting about the tax , one totally ignorant and the other knowledgeable ; question and answer sessions ; vox pops with the public asking them what they know about the tax ; case studies of people who are unsure if they are entitled to any discounts . |
| 23 | The teacher asks the children what they know about the old man . |
| 24 | They give us their advice on what they know about the voluntary sector , and they give us guidance and help , in fact , the meeting took place er , only two days ago , and absolutely invaluable to be able to sit and listen to people who 've spent their life in the voluntary sector working with some of the difficulties we do n't appreciate . |
| 25 | We we 've asked I M R O if they actually got those accounts and what they learnt from the er from the Liechtenstein company and they 've told us they ca n't , they ca n't tell us it 's er it 's private correspondence . |
| 26 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 27 | Perhaps their uncharacteristic restraint was something to do with what they heard from the platform about BP 's business outlook . |
| 28 | What they remove for the Aswan Dam |
| 29 | Well that 's what they use in the library so that 's a I 'll make sure the library ones are correct on mine , alright ? |
| 30 | When Mr and Mrs Bloggs are eventually summoned to the teacher 's desk they are asked what they thought of the work . |