Example sentences of "what [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now , as we learn to ask animals the right questions , we can avoid doing more harm than good through well-meaning concepts of what constitutes a happy life . |
| 32 | It is to the connected questions of developing and making available our unpublished collections , and dealing with the problem of what constitutes a published source , that I propose to devote most of this paper . |
| 33 | But cutting this benefit will throw up hard cases , what worries a Tory elder is the way younger MP s approach the decision whether to support the Government on a pick and mix principle , he says , they no longer see the need to take the rough with smooth , to vote for the things they detest as well as those they like . |
| 34 | It takes time to discover what subjects a particular client will respond to . |
| 35 | With the likelihood that at least seven Scots will be going on the British Lions tour , there are plenty of places to be won , though they will have to be earned against what looks a strong French XV . |
| 36 | With the likelihood that at least seven Scots will be going on the British Lions tour , there are plenty of places to be won , though they will have to be earned against what looks a strong French XV . |
| 37 | But , more important , what casts a large shadow over its future are the likely changes in the size of the eighteen-year-old population over the next dozen years or so . |
| 38 | Incautiously taking what seemed a marvellous idea from a friend , the notion of two people who each wished to get rid of someone swapping victims , he discovered when his book was written that this was precisely the plot for a novel by Patricia Highsmith , Stranger on a Train , which neither he nor his friend knew of . |
| 39 | What seemed a daunting quantity of hard male muscle clenched into action as he sat up and swung his long legs to the ground . |
| 40 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 41 | After what seemed a long time , but was in fact only seconds , an almost inaudible whisper issued into the room . |
| 42 | Ruth waited for what seemed a long time . |
| 43 | He took the instrument and listened to Sandy 's heart for what seemed a long time . |
| 44 | Naturally , the finish judges had to be consulted , and after what seemed a prolonged pow-wow , they came up with an answer . |
| 45 | We had to climb what seemed a never-ending staircase to a high platform where we took our seats in a punt at the top of a slide having water rushing down it . |
| 46 | DANCE is making its way back to the Liverpool arts scene following what seemed a fallow period . |
| 47 | Nervously she licked dry lips and , into what seemed a sudden stillness , heard him catch his breath . |
| 48 | Her splendidly white skin and fine neck were shown off by a square décolletage , messy swathes of lace tied over her bosom by what seemed a white shoe-lace . |
| 49 | To young Clive it was like living near what seemed a dramatic glimpse into the future . |
| 50 | Mehringer was slumped in the rope when his partner , above , saw what seemed a huge sheet of glass cascading down . |
| 51 | What wears a long coat and pants in the summer ? |
| 52 | ‘ A CID johnny called on us , asking if we could say what time a certain person came home last Tuesday . |
| 53 | The question of what constituted a small distribution as compared with the value of the shares was a question of fact and degree for the Special Commissioner . |
| 54 | 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 : |
| 55 | You 'll recall that Hobbes had argued that erm what creates a civil society what creates a community is the establishment of a government . |
| 56 | A grammar is simply a declarative statement of what forms a valid sentence . |
| 57 | We 've had almost a minute of stoppage time and Leicester lead by that single David Speedy goal from what seems a long time ago now in the first half . |
| 58 | It may be absolutely necessary to spell out the sophisticated potential of ( 4 ) , the counselling role , for their resistance to doing drama may well block them from making connections between what seems a puerile exercise and anything of significance to themselves . |
| 59 | Although most of us do n't have the time or the inclination to record what tickles a particular customer 's fancy when it comes to paying , it does nevertheless pay off to make that extra effort and note what it is that works — particularly with large customers . |
| 60 | Sensitive and controversial topics often occur naturally in the conversation , or can be introduced in what appears a casual manner , because the social context encourages this . |