Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] he is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are very anxious to have news of John , to know if he is alive . |
| 2 | She does n't seem to know if he is dead or not . |
| 3 | Then the crew look at the commander to see if he is afraid or not afraid . |
| 4 | The other , without making a sound , moves and does various activities , such as washing his face or poking out his tongue to see if he is ill . |
| 5 | Now to see if he is true to form . |
| 6 | Again , what is a civil servant to do if he is satisfied that ministers are misleading Parliament , not because of national security , but in order to evade political embarrassment ? |
| 7 | His state of mind will help to determine whether he is guilty of murder or the lesser offence of manslaughter . |
| 8 | Once a child has survived his vulnerable first five years , his expectation of life naturally increases , but this increase will vary in direct proportion to the dangers which he has so far evaded : thus the United Kingdom 5 year old can now expect to live until he is 75 , the American until he is 72 . |
| 9 | A man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money , but simply to live as he is accustomed to live and to earn as much as is necessary for that purpose . |
| 10 | He is different , Florence Ames thought , he has n't anything to say because he is embarrassed to be with me . |