Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [conj] 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 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | The legislation was welcomed by the Prime Minister , but Walesa was said to object that it failed to go far enough in changing the 1952 Stalinist constitution . |
| 8 | The legislation was welcomed by the Prime Minister , but Walesa was said to object that it failed to go far enough in changing the 1952 Stalinist constitution . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 11 | Soon after making The Public Enemy Cagney was to publicize his battle with Warner Bros over the roles he was being made to play and it became very evident that he was a shrewd and realistic businessman who perfectly understood his commercial and artistic value to the studios . |
| 12 | ‘ The catering industry is unique in the challenges it offers young people and every effort must be made to ensure that it plays a central role in careers advice , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The farming industry must tell the public at large and be seen to demonstrate that it cares about providing quality food which is produced with high animal welfare standards and protection of the environment . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Critics of the corporate family model have tended to suggest that it applies more to large firms where promises of permanent employment are more likely to promote corporate identification . |
| 18 | It argues that free market mechanisms can not resolve , or even erode , the North-South Divide and that positive national and regional planning is needed to ensure that it does not widen after 1993 . |
| 19 | ‘ It has got to stop and it has to stop now . |
| 20 | We 're also told to say that it has ‘ strong separation of the interface from the implementation . ’ |
| 21 | Israel , justifiably proud of its military prowess , has had to admit that it has nothing special to offer . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The domestic water supply should be checked to determine whether it requires additional treatment before use . |
| 25 | Before the package and modules can be entered into LIFESPAN again , the information within the module header must be checked to ensure that it has been correctly formatted and is thus acceptable to LIFESPAN . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | This amphibian is not totally aquatic , as some fishkeepers have been led to believe and it requires a large , dry area on which it can climb to feed and preferably burrow . |
| 29 | If an ECR is made that is surprising to the clinicians working in a health authority , questions should be asked to ensure that it represents a fair use of resources . |
| 30 | She knew that she had pushed her dreadful experience away , had refused to be broken , had tried to pretend that it had never happened . |