Example sentences of "[to-vb] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The terms and conditions we should like to agree are as follows : |
2 | The conditions attaching to grant are that the D S S transfer , eighty five percent of it has to be spent on the independent sector , and there are monitoring mechanisms in place whereby the government is going to assure itself that has happened . |
3 | ‘ the simple facts which the court has to find are whether the defendant 's conduct in fact prevented the police from carrying out their duty , or made it more difficult for them to do so , and whether the defendant intended that conduct to prevent the police from carrying out their duty or to make it more difficult to do so . ’ |
4 | In preparing notes on title points to observe are as follows : ( 1 ) Year , date and stamp duty go in the left-hand margin . |
5 | What few people seem to accept is that he might be exactly what he appears to be . |
6 | What this rush to a newer , more gorgeous you fails to accept is that you ca n't keep up the pace forever . |
7 | What I 'm not prepared to accept is that he 's entitled to lead a charmed life while others struggle and falter and fail . |
8 | The only problem with the plot of Strange Place to Meet is that in order to win Gerard Depardieu you need to look like Catherine Deneuve , palely gorgeous in a sable coat . |
9 | What is difficult to establish is whether the job attracts the sort of goal profiles that are suitable or whether the individual is attracted by the job and then develops a profile suitable to it . |
10 | What is more difficult to establish is whether the first building was inhabited for a while , demolished just after the inhabitants moved out , immediately paved over , and a new building later constructed ; or whether the first building was inhabited for a while , abandoned by its inhabitants for many years , then collapsed through decay , was paved over later on , and then a second building constructed . |
11 | An essential factor to establish is whether the sewer is public or private . |
12 | I think the thing that we need to establish is that before you embark on any advertising , whatever it is , that you have funding for it . |
13 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
14 | A very important point for married couples to know is that as a result of independent taxation each partner now enjoys his/her own annual exemption of£5,800 instead of , as before , their gains being aggregated ( i.e. added together ) for tax purposes . |
15 | But what I want the Hearts Mid-Lothian supporters to know is that if we do n't go to Hermestone , it is highly likely we 'll be remaining at Tynecastle , and we could put together a very attractive proposal there . |
16 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
17 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
18 | What has always impressed me enormously about the office bearers and team members I have over the years got to know is that they are never judgemental about those they help , and that , like the members of RNLI boat crews , they go out in all weathers to seek to save life and/or to assist the injured . |
19 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |
20 | ‘ My dear Wilson , ’ he said , ‘ all you need to know is that it is not yet come . |
21 | What he does n't seem to know is that Albie had been talking to Carmichael . |
22 | The first thing you need to know is that when they need to wear armour . |
23 | Or what I want to know is but the question is |
24 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
25 | What I would like to know is whether a private company , whose accounting period ends on 30 April , is exempt from prosecution for failing to file accounts by 30 February ? |
26 | Now what we have to know is whether or not they are in fact getting these contracts because they are the best and the cheapest , or whether they are getting it because they have the best connections and they are paying the most money . |
27 | What the public would like to know is whether the Opposition , including the hon. Member for Cunninghame , North and the Front-Bench spokesman , the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) , were aware that that document was not a genuine document , but was something prepared , no doubt , for political purposes . |
28 | What the west midlands would like to know is whether he will now do what he has not already done , that is , repudiate the motion of the TUC to reject alien investment — as it describes Japanese investment — in this country . |
29 | What the House wants to know is whether the international business community has confidence in the policies of the Labour party . |
30 | Britain 's biggest motor racing crowd of the year will be there to see him driving in a touring car … what we all want to know is whether we 'll see him driving in grand prix again … |