Example sentences of "see if it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a proposal might well be interpreted by some critics of the CNAA as smacking of ‘ empire-building ’ and it remains to be seen if it will be given serious consideration . |
| 2 | Er I 'd want to be seen if it were only back of , back of |
| 3 | It was something to do with homing in more precisely on what had really happened , seeing if it was ever possible to pin down the truth . |
| 4 | Straightforward electronic testing of the assembly , that is , seeing if it does all the things it should , is slow , costly and may still fail to reveal some imperfections . |
| 5 | Early speech recognition systems relied on converting words in a given vocabulary into a pattern stored in the computer and comparing each spoken word to see if it matched . |
| 6 | Leland and his son went off to Washington to see if it was possible to win a contract from the Government to manufacture engines on their own . |
| 7 | I open my eyes and try and look at my trousers to see if it 's true , but my eyes are all blurry and I ca n't see proper . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He took an experimental mouthful of fried egg and waited to see if it was going to suit him , then progressed to the baked beans , cautiously . |
| 10 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 11 | I wanted to see if it was true . |
| 12 | ‘ We thought that Italians always tested the silver to see if it was real . ’ |
| 13 | I returned to the Arg Nit LM3 to see if it would deal with this new symptom picture but there was no change in the anal discomfort with the Arg Nit LM3 or 4 and after 6 weeks she was again getting headaches and expressing fear of cancer . |
| 14 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 15 | However he just put in a test dose to see if it was in the right place . |
| 16 | The aim of this work was to see if it would be feasible to drill 6 kilometres down to reach rock strata containing water at 200 °C , hot enough to raise steam for power generation . |
| 17 | Montgomery wanted a reconnaissance of this stretch of bunkers and anti-tank ditches to see if it was being put into a state of defence and if it could be outflanked to the south . |
| 18 | Inspect the water tank to see if it is sound and well insulated . |
| 19 | The occasional hairline crack in external brickwork need not be of any significance , but should be observed over a period to see if it extends or widens . |
| 20 | Tap the tiling at intervals to see if it is hollow , and make a note of any work that you would need to carry out , guessing what it would cost to the nearest £100 . |
| 21 | Early in October , with the exact date of the premiere not vet set , but intended to be some time between 25 November and 10 December , John wrote again to Hanns : ‘ Million sorries for not writing sooner , but I was waiting for ( a ) Thursday , the official scrutinization of my ballet to see if it definitely would go on , and ( b ) Friday , the first night of Miss Howes 's show . |
| 22 | It 's also worth looking at your present routine to see if it can be streamlined . |
| 23 | The first idea is refined into a hypothesis by collecting more evidence to see if it really works , and ultimately it may be elevated into the rather grand status of a Theory , if successful predictions can be based upon it . |
| 24 | Nutty rode into the warehouse to see if it was ready , and Hoomey followed her , towing Bones , who was ready to go wherever the food sacks were going . |
| 25 | But you do now have a link which could be tested to see if it is valid . |
| 26 | Never try to fit a line before you have plotted the data to see if it is a sensible thing to do . |
| 27 | As a final point about the root definition , it is sometimes useful to express it as a statement to see if it makes reasonable sense , and to double-check that all the CATWOE factors have been considered . |
| 28 | They did not demand a search for set words ; they demanded instead that a disposition be scrutinized to see if it satisfied the law of trusts ( the principles of benefit and intention were the minimal requirements ) . |
| 29 | The audiences particularly loved the Indian clubs routine and after the show would come up and rub their suntan to see if it was real . |
| 30 | Personally , by the time I had cycled up the hill in the dark , battling against high winds and rain , wearing my rain cape in a futile attempts to keep dry , I felt more like flopping into bed than sitting up all night making silly marks on a chart and plunging outside every sixty minutes to see if it was still raining . |