Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The registration is checked to see if it has been correctly completed . |
| 2 | As I write , I make assumptions about what my reader already knows about language and language learning , about the common ground of knowledge , and what he or she can not be expected to know since it concerns the idiosyncrasies of my own view of these matters . |
| 3 | However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests . |
| 4 | According to this interpretation , the associability of each stimulus element might be expected to decline as it becomes associated with others , just as a CS as a whole is thought to lose associability as it becomes linked with a US . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | The lessons learned from the operation of this different way of determining merit will be carefully evaluated to see if it has potential to be applied also to HNCs and HNDs in the future . |
| 7 | A standard is acceptable on the authority of ‘ Be aware ’ to the extent that , when most aware of the recurring situation to which it applies from the viewpoints of those affected by it , one is spontaneously moved to act as it prescribes — which is what makes the standard feel right . |
| 8 | the train 's gone past and it 's gone off to Clarkeston , which is five minutes up the road and then you 've got to wait until it comes back again . |
| 9 | Not least , the CIA was induced to help before it realized that the man with whom it would be dealing was one it had already discarded . |
| 10 | One particular regulatory structure , namely the Chinese Wall , will be analyzed to see whether it provides the most attractive regulatory solution for governments and regulatory authorities reviewing this area . |
| 11 | However , when searching for a particular route from the ‘ z ’ , a linear search must be employed to establish whether it exists or not , which slows down the search time compared with the 26-way tree where all 26 routes are allocated . |
| 12 | The domestic water supply should be checked to determine whether it requires additional treatment before use . |
| 13 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | In an unexpected announcement on July 18 , the Minister of Home Affairs , Moven Mahachi , said that the state of emergency , first imposed under the Ian Smith regime in 1965 [ see p. 21092 ] , would be allowed to lapse when it expired at midnight on July 25 . |
| 16 | Berisford formerly owned British Sugar but was forced to sell when it came unstuck with property deals in the US . |
| 17 | Was it meant to end when it did ? |
| 18 | THE Edinburgh summit seems doomed to fail before it starts . |
| 19 | Merton 's interpretation of Mannheim 's project ; as doomed to fail while it continued not to differentiate between scientific and other types of knowledge , was probably very influential . |
| 20 | The government of Taiwan announced on May 11 that the vessel was free to dock in the country but that it would not be allowed to return if it violated international law by making unauthorized broadcasts to the mainland . |
| 21 | The plane had started to shudder as it entered some turbulence , and Myeloski was startled by it . |
| 22 | If the preceding edge is in turn completed then any partial edge preceding it is tested to see if it needs the newly completed edge etc . |
| 23 | The market for conveyancing services provided to commercial firms will also be studied to establish whether it requires the same degree of self regulation as the market for domestic conveyancing . |
| 24 | The debate about the vulnerability of land-based missiles has been going on so long that a few cynics have begun to wonder if it matters all that much . |
| 25 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 26 | Perhaps the mightiest indoor rally ever held in Britain , Mosley had no sooner begun to speak than it became clear that organised Red gangs , each hundreds strong , were occupying positions in every part of the huge arena … with the sole intention of preventing the speech being heard . |
| 27 | As the DTI had failed to act when it had known of irregularities within the firm , did not the Government have a moral obligation towards the dupes ? |