Example sentences of "what [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the purpose of a particular statute is will normally be determined by the courts as a matter of construction , and it is interesting what influences judicial thinking in this respect . |
| 2 | What turns political policies into vote-winners is their ability to affect the lives of large numbers of people in an important way . |
| 3 | What turns national liberation into a stable nationalism is the accomplishment of State power . |
| 4 | The question of what constitutes confidential information was addressed by Lord Greene MR in Saltman Engineering Co Ltd v. |
| 5 | If we accept , however , that as teachers it is our professional duty to bring about learning , then we are beholden to examine our methods regularly and to consider what constitutes effective teaching and learning styles . |
| 6 | Lang 's rhetoric of inclusion and participation conceals a deep confusion about what constitutes worthwhile art . |
| 7 | The closing words of the subsection as it now stands , providing that ‘ in determining whether accommodation is suitable they shall have regard to Part IX ( slum clearance ) , X ( overcrowding ) and XI ( houses in multiple occupation ) of this Act ’ seem to me to call unmistakably for the exercise by the local authority of a subjective judgment as to what constitutes suitable accommodation . |
| 8 | Some definitions of mental illness beg the question of what constitutes normal behaviour . |
| 9 | Client care , at its most basic and in common with a great many practice development concepts , is the application of common sense : giving the clients what they want , putting the client first and , above all , asking clients for their views on what constitutes good service . |
| 10 | Its documentation is very idiosyncratic , and clearly reflects Crew 's own ideas of what constitutes good text . |
| 11 | Thus , there does not yet exist the foundation of a professional consensus on what constitutes good assessment practice with older people . |
| 12 | Teachers often feel they have a wider view of what constitutes good education than do many parents , who are stereotyped as being over-concerned with ‘ uniform , discipline and exam results ’ . |
| 13 | Presumably if they did modify their behaviour it was in the direction of approximating more closely to their own beliefs about what constitutes good teaching . |
| 14 | In other words , the views of the shop-floor workers on what constitutes good production may have held some truth . |
| 15 | This is a personal perspective which is a considered opinion drawn from eighteen months of researches and over a hundred interviews , and built upon my own experiences over twenty years of what constitutes good science . |
| 16 | The question of validity of the methods of clinical ecologists is essentially what constitutes good science . |
| 17 | It may be thought that without some measures of the quality of services provided , either by the yardstick ( if such exists ) of agreed views of what constitutes good practice , and/or through more refined measures of client outcome , the study would still fall short of the kind of conclusions about relative effectiveness that would be sought . |
| 18 | Instead , comparison of progress with a checklist of internationally agreed good practice would be more helpful , though of course , knowledge of what constitutes good practice can only emerge after experience has accumulated . |
| 19 | We argued that such statements reflect the growing consensus nationally about what constitutes good practice in the teaching of English . |
| 20 | If the law of economic torts is in a mess it is largely because of uncertainty over what constitutes unlawful means . |
| 21 | In the event of substantial damage to or destruction of the Site or the Premises or any part of the Site or the Premises however occasioned either party hereto may determine this agreement forthwith by serving notice to that effect on the other party and in such case this agreement shall ( without prejudice to any pre-existing right of action of either party in respect of any breach by the other of its obligations under this agreement ) immediately determine and cease to have effect and neither party shall be under any further liability to the other under this agreement and any dispute or difference between the parties as to what constitutes substantial damage or destruction for the purpose of this clause shall be decided by an independent Surveyor who shall act as an expert and who shall be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party |
| 22 | But it provides guidelines as to what constitutes reasonable behaviour and it carries considerable weight at an industrial tribunal . |
| 23 | The legitimate debate hinges on what constitutes reasonable evidence . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , what constitutes reasonable time is n't clearly defined under British law , and if a court thinks you 've taken too long to register your complaint , you may not have a case . |
| 25 | The first is that the question of what constitutes great creativity , at least , is still left open to debate . |
| 26 | The question then arises as to what constitutes partial demolition . |
| 27 | ‘ What constitutes lost property ? ’ |
| 28 | There is no Truth , nor any unambiguous criterion for agreeing upon what constitutes correct knowledge about society . |
| 29 | The reader might wonder what constitutes foreign exchange . |
| 30 | Ideas about immorality and what constitutes dishonourable conduct change over time , but the views of judges change more slowly than most . |