Example sentences of "about what [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Views about what constitutes a typical family vary . |
| 2 | I would suggest to you , in short , that erm just as Locke 's labour theory of property is a theory is not a comprehensive theory about what constitutes a legitimate claim to own something but is really a theory about how private property comes to be legitimately created erm so his theory of social contract is not a theory about how we acquire political obligations , it 's a theory about how legitimate civil societies come to be established . |
| 3 | The Unemployment Society is what will come about , he suggests , if we merely follow present trends and if we persist , as a society , with our present views about what constitutes a full-time permanent job . |
| 4 | the lack of professional consensus and theoretical knowledge about development in old age , and consequent lack of clarity about what constitutes a good quality of life for older people ( Hughes , 1990 ) ; |
| 5 | These responses are based specifically upon native speakers ' intuitions about what constitutes a well-formed , coherent narrative . |
| 6 | The comments of one development officer may be taken as an indication of how they felt about their workers , and about what characterises a good support worker : Interviewer : |
| 7 | Parish authorities generally were constantly reviewing their ideas about what constituted a minimum acceptable subsistence payment during this period . |
| 8 | Parents and children too have concepts about what makes a good teacher . |
| 9 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |