Example sentences of "[prep] what constitutes a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is implicit in this socialist debate , and in the wider discussion of reform and revolution , a specific conception of what constitutes a major change in the political system . |
| 2 | The notion of what constitutes a lexical unit is also addressed . |
| 3 | The S&R approach is almost totally computerised today , and relies as much on the keyboards of Kotch 's Herbie and the crafty arrangements of guitarist Lloyd ‘ Gitsie ’ Willis as it does on their own unerring sense of what constitutes a great rhythm . |
| 4 | Once again if these changes continue to develop in the UK , the classification and definition of what constitutes a rural area will have to be radically altered , although there have already been some changes , as the next section demonstrates . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is to the connected questions of developing and making available our unpublished collections , and dealing with the problem of what constitutes a published source , that I propose to devote most of this paper . |
| 7 | The notion of what constitutes a just wage and a just price has in consequence been a much debated question in the history of the Church . |
| 8 | So , if we are concerned with what constitutes a just allocation of resources , my prescription , at the very least , would call for policies aimed at ensuring , as far as possible , that everyone had an equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total net welfare of society . |
| 9 | It is impossible to lay down hard and fast rules as to what constitutes a realistic improvement period . |
| 10 | Views about what constitutes a typical family vary . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) ; |