Example sentences of "what [noun] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study went on to estimate what fuels would have been used in electricity generation if there had been no nuclear power , concluding that the world 1987 total of 1660,800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity generated by nuclear power had displaced 1,790 million barrels of oil , 185 million tonnes of coal and 3,103,000 million cubic feet of natural gas , and had meant the avoidance of purchases of OPEC oil to the value of US$30,700 million in that year alone . |
| 2 | Polanski , on the other hand , was , in Jack Nicholson 's view , the recipient of Western justice : ‘ His situation is a very interesting case of what notoriety can do to you . |
| 3 | From what Jezrael could tell as she snatched rags of glances backwards , their pursuers had n't reached it yet . |
| 4 | He was already jealous of the easy friendship between the sailor and Wirth-Miller and was wounded by the remark that what Denis could have free he would have to pay for . |
| 5 | Clearly these Kelsenian doctrines go well beyond what Finnis would concede on behalf of Aquinas . |
| 6 | That , dare one suggest , is what Wainwright would have expected of us . |
| 7 | They were all a bit afraid of what Ifor would say if they did wrong . |
| 8 | He was now frightened of what Newton might do . |
| 9 | Vi had what Goddy would call a defiant set to her jib . |
| 10 | At the same time it afforded a public opportunity for emulation in what Veblen would have termed conspicuous waste . |
| 11 | Burton never disguised his respect for what money would bring . |
| 12 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 13 | What money could buy , for , over the years — Rubberneck ran in rags , dressed from the ragstore — she became a compulsive miser hoarder . |
| 14 | More than just what money could buy . ’ |
| 15 | There are just nine of them , and the constraints they impose are not over-specific about what groups may look like . |
| 16 | What cases would go to the Islamic courts ? |
| 17 | What tragedies must occur before he and the Minister of State will change their minds ? |
| 18 | What CPRW would like to stress , however , in relation to the application being considered by this Inquiry , is that the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is the only one of the ten parks in existence which has been primarily designated for the superb and largely unspoiled quality of its coastal landscape . |
| 19 | What GP would send her to me ? |
| 20 | ‘ That is what Umbarak would say to Zayed . |
| 21 | But the other one seemed familiar , at least from what Jessica could see of her reflection . |
| 22 | The consequence of what Nicholls may have intended as a politic and eirenical statement was suspension , degradation , and imprisonment . |
| 23 | This supposes that the court misjudges what Parliament would wish it to do , whereas in fact the decision may win general approval . |
| 24 | The need to secure obedience to the laws passed by Parliament is said to limit what Parliament can do in a situation in which there are those who are prepared to openly defy the law on the streets , with strikes , and with the gun . |
| 25 | Nobody had said what Marcus should do : the result was that he appeared to do little or nothing , spoke minimally and was increasingly reluctant to leave his bedroom or the house . |
| 26 | What heart could have thought you ? — |
| 27 | In the current financial year budgets what authorities would have spend in delivering services , not what the Welsh office consider they should spend , were two thousand six hundred and eighty eight million pounds and against that the next years settlement which we 're debating tonight , represents only a point six percent increase . |
| 28 | The level of fine is the result of the new ‘ unit fine ’ system in which JPs decide what wrong-doers can afford . |
| 29 | She subtly covered this up by appearing to be concerned about what dangers might face us here at Templecombe . ’ |
| 30 | Coun. Eddie Bolland , Mayor of Middlesbrough , said the honour showed what Middlesbrough could do . |