Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned to Beamish to see if he had any observation to make , but the trainer was silent , gazing at the big animal expressionlessly . |
| 2 | Any parishioner who would like to be present should phone Valerie Belton as soon as possible to see if a coach ( or two ) should be booked . |
| 3 | Quite apart from the availability of incidence information , a longitudinal study makes it possible to see if certain events regularly precede others , e.g. ‘ Do people with a certain laboratory report consistently develop liver disease ? ’ |
| 4 | Keep your voice down , ’ said the frog , looking this way and that to see if anyone was lurking near . |
| 5 | Well then look at that to see if there 's a more appropriate way of doing it . |
| 6 | And I think that somewhere along the line , erm , even if it 's only a moderate sum , we should make definite erm , approaches to start the ball rolling in this preventative effect , because I think we 're going , every , every budget head in the whole of the county or anythi or anybody else who 's got a budget , is going to pay the penalty , so I would like that to see if there 's any movement , any way we can address that particular problem , er , during our , our discussions . |
| 7 | Here I better listen to that to see if they were talking about me . |
| 8 | More detailed work needs to be undertaken before it is possible to establish if there are geographical variations in the prevalence of this condition . |
| 9 | In these studies , in common with many others , it has not been possible to discover if the change was a primary defect or merely a secondary effect of the disease process . |
| 10 | In fact , any difficult yarns of this type are easier to weave if the weaving yarn is waxed . |
| 11 | It will be interesting to see if in the long term the claims that this product prevents damage to valve seats etc. from using leadfree fuel are true . |
| 12 | It will be interesting to see if nature 's solution to this problem bears any resemblance to man 's . |
| 13 | And it will be interesting to see if people really do like happy endings . |
| 14 | Personally , I would not object to payment but it would be interesting to see if all users would contribute . |
| 15 | It 'll be interesting to see if I 'm still on this basic-guitar tack when we go in to record the next Tin Machine album . |
| 16 | ‘ It will be interesting to see if the system has been improved in any way , but it will take a couple of months before we really see any indication of that , ’ said one insider . |
| 17 | So it will be interesting to see if Sugar 's financial advisers Kleinwort Benson can come up with any more cash . |
| 18 | It will be interesting to see if the same thing will happen in Japan ; the Japanese manufacturers belief in the preference of the client for service over a cheaper product is already being tested in the marketplace — to their chagrin , according to contacts within the Japanese manufacturers . |
| 19 | It will be interesting to see if this is how Greeks in fact react . |
| 20 | Now it will be interesting to see if they use them and how . |
| 21 | It will be interesting to see if Novell comes to any of the same business decisions once it takes over . |
| 22 | Bonhams say that their business has increased , and it will be interesting to see if they will begin to develop their arms , armour and militaria sales . |
| 23 | It also seemed interesting to see if there was any relationship between the use of overtime working and the use of temporary workers . |
| 24 | The imposter then declares himself , and it is interesting to see if the judicial process has succeeded in ascertaining the truth of the matter . |
| 25 | Legend publishers two C J Cherryh titles : The Goblin Mirror ( £4.99 ) Faery in the Shadow ( £8.99 ) ; it will be interesting to see if Legend can revive this established author , whose sales have recently flagged . |
| 26 | It would be interesting to see if DNA supercoiling can stabilize the open complexes formed at other B.subtilis promoters known to form unstable complexes , such as the tms and citB promoters . |
| 27 | It would be interesting to see if , for the first time and in so unusual a field , the family achieved distinction . |
| 28 | ‘ It will be interesting to see if any of the lads can make another breakthrough at the Carlsberg Ulster championships , and I must admit I 'm looking forward to watching for a change . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , it 'll be interesting to see if they go into conference this afternoon , ’ said Amiss . |
| 30 | It would be interesting to see if ethanol stimulates release of histamine from mast cells in culture . |