Example sentences of "[to-vb] if [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 2 | In the same way , you need to know if he wants to be Prime Minister — would you be happy being a high-flier 's wife , with all the pressures that can bring ? |
| 3 | If in doubt , one compares another specimen with the type in order to see if it belongs to the same species . |
| 4 | ‘ We will be studying this programme very closely to see if it crosses over that legal line . |
| 5 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 6 | The whole dictionary is processed in this way , a frequency count for each gram is collected , and each gram has a flag which is set to true if it occurs as a separate word ( i.e. dictionary entry length equals required gram length ) . |
| 7 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 8 | This is one aspect organisers hope to change if it continues beyond 1993 , when the five-year guarantee of public funds runs out . |
| 9 | Beyond that , it makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality , because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory . |
| 10 | Mr White , incredibly , begins the book with an account of the movie actress Shirley MacLaine visiting Dr Hawking ( she was late , her car having been clamped ) to ask if he believes in God and he tells her he does not : end of story . |
| 11 | You , Sir Richard , wish him good night whilst Lady Isabella sends down a maidservant to ask if he wishes for anything . ’ |