Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] [noun pl] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The object was to discover if ways could be found to make it easier to live with . |
| 2 | It was also important to establish whether adults would use deductive markers in these contexts , and so a written version of the tasks was given to a group of undergraduates . |
| 3 | Some years were to pass before statutes could only be made in parliament . |
| 4 | Not only walking to do the shopping but walking to work when men would have to get up at 4.0 a.m. with , in some cases , an hour 's walk to get to work . |
| 5 | Referrals from fundholding practices to private clinics , on the other hand , might be expected to increase as fundholders would have an incentive to encourage privately insured patients to claim from their insurance companies to avoid incurring a charge against the practice budget . |
| 6 | If there are new housing developments in the neighbourhood contact the builder to see if copies can be on display in show homes . |
| 7 | Nicholson had never carried out his threat to sue , though Hugo had endured some worrying weeks waiting to see if papers would be served on him , and the experience had made him determined never to work for the likes of Nicholson again . |
| 8 | I 'll be spending all day on the phone when I get home to see if things can be sorted out . |
| 9 | Now they 're waiting to see if humans will respond . |
| 10 | My own line is studying the effect of lasers on chemical reactions to see if lasers can be used to stimulate or generate new novel types of chemical process . |
| 11 | A few months later — in conjunction with the Resolution Trust Company ( RTC ) , which was overseeing the thrifts rescue effort — the federal agency called in a New York law firm to see if funds could be recovered from Drexel . |
| 12 | Mr Robertson applied for an adjournment to see if witnesses could be traced but Mr Justice Kennedy denied his application . |
| 13 | In bibliographic databases , it is important to consider whether pupils will want or need to search for a particular author , a particular location or a particular format such as " book " or " video " . |
| 14 | The importance of this taxonomy of goods as private , or having a collective element ( this embraces common , public and toll goods ) is to determine whether markets will provide an allocatively efficient quantity of each type of good . |
| 15 | In 1986 the following causes were pressed successfully by the Lords : wider consultation rights for workers in relation to reorganization of the naval dockyards ; local authorities to decide whether tenants should have the right to buy old people 's properties ; abolition of caning in schools ; application of health and safety laws to all buildings used by the national health service . |
| 16 | Families can be torn in trying to decide whether children should accompany their parents abroad and receive their schooling there or whether they should remain in the home country at a boarding school . |
| 17 | Conversely , if the banana is strongly preferred , the reasoner will have to decide whether elephants can attack bananas . |
| 18 | The prosecution finally dropped its charges when Robert McFarlane , National Security Adviser in 1983-85 and thus North 's superior , who was brought before Gesell on Sept. 11 as a test case to decide whether proceedings should continue , declared that North 's congressional testimony had a " very powerful impact " on him and " coloured " evidence that he gave at the original trial . |
| 19 | For the first time , an Act of Parliament lays a duty upon a public official , the Data Protection Registrar , to judge whether activities shall be deemed lawful by reference to a set of principles . |
| 20 | Finally a simple set of performance tests was sought , to assess whether respondents could actually perform some of the basic activities of daily living ( such as counting money , telling the time , reading medicine bottle instructions ) . |
| 21 | Rail fares have been rising at around 1 ½ per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service . |
| 22 | It is , though , well worth remembering that snow may cover over some of the bolt-holes , maybe even entrances too , so that some become difficult to locate whereas others will be plain to see . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that , although we can not protect the entire railway track throughout the country , a useful step may be to see whether cameras can be used at strategic points , not least at the busiest rail junction in the world ? |
| 24 | Krabbe , who is waiting to see whether officials will allow her to run at this year 's Barcelona Olympics , will run over 100 metres in regional championships , meeting organiser Ulrich Krueger said today . |
| 25 | The Department of Trade and Industry has promised to examine whether charities may be able to get round this by using a clause , such as s 257 of the Companies Act , that contains special regulations for banks and insurance companies , allowing them different formats . |
| 26 | The latest move is the introduction of a scheme to test whether computers can handle a standard version of Cobol , a language used by business . |
| 27 | But it was too early to say whether fans would sway any decision on his future . |
| 28 | It is improper to ask whether relations can be " assimilated " to properties or whether all properties might not after all be explicable in terms of " qualitative properties " . |
| 29 | The supply problem is such that it is difficult to tell whether parents can not afford to buy the books , or whether no copies are available . |