Example sentences of "at [Wh det] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need a GOAL — something to aim at which will make all the study and learning worthwhile . |
| 2 | Before examining these in detail , there is one fundamental consideration to be looked at which will have a bearing on all managerial activity ; management style and attitudes . |
| 3 | We 've asked an expert what he considers important , looked at what children really want and at what would make mums happy . |
| 4 | But Mr Clinton had an additional burden ; he came to power at what would have been a singularly difficult moment for any American president . |
| 5 | ‘ I ate too much last night , ’ said Betty at what would have been breakfast if they 'd made any . |
| 6 | In this chapter , I look at what would happen if the acoustic-phonetic front-end did achieve near perfect performance . |
| 7 | If we alter the lexis , we can arrive at what would seem to be an entirely normal expression : |
| 8 | But a car was seen slowing down at what might have been a pick-up point on the A12 . |
| 9 | Someone may call and offer to buy your furniture or other items at what might seem like a good price . |
| 10 | The mind rather boggles at what might happen should this expedition not be a success — and the odds are not all that good that it will bring back the Bledisloe Cup from Australia or a one-test rubber win from South Africa . |
| 11 | The mind runs riot at what might happen . |
| 12 | He did n't deserve it , yet she could n't stop the cold sick waves of fear she felt at what might happen to him . |
| 13 | But many Scottish broadcasters argue that in deploying minimum resources there will be instances where the new directorate wo n't authorise Manchester to fill the gap and they are faced with the choice of hiring independents at what might prove a greater cost , thereby going over budget , or perhaps losing the programme . |
| 14 | Yet I might ask to have the salt passed , or discourse of the evil weather , and so my brother , to my great chagrin , noticed nothing , but set out blithely to go hunting with his new friend , leaving me at home to sit by the hearth , and to feel silent anguish at what might ensue . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State seems to think that we should be so grateful that the Government have promised that the poll tax will go that we should not look too closely at what will replace it . |
| 16 | Gerry Tissuer looks at what can go wrong |
| 17 | Look at what can happen when parasite genes and host genes do share a common exit . |
| 18 | Let us look now at what can happen when the ‘ top-down ’ view that children should learn to ‘ predict their way through a text ’ — is put into action with children whose reading has fallen behind even average expectation . |
| 19 | At what should have been a time to reflect on a most successful campaign to unite both Church and public in defence of fundamental Christian belief , Mrs Whitehouse was ‘ rocked ’ by the breaking of another controversy . |
| 20 | And he did so at what must have been a very fashionable address : 36 Wilmington Square , Spa Fields , peopled with Esquires and seemingly rather an unlikely location for such an enterprise . |