Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It helps to know that someone is looking after it , that someone cares . |
| 2 | Suppose a girl under 16 does not wish her parents to know that she is seeking contraceptive advice : the medical profession is divided between those who give priority to partial consent , and others who , in line with the General Medical Council , hold that the principle of professional confidentiality overrides that of parental consent . |
| 3 | In any event the purchaser will want to know that he is buying the right assets from the right companies . |
| 4 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 5 | Is it easy to dismantle and what is knocking ? |
| 6 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 7 | The lack of analysis of specific songs in Adorno 's writings means that it is impossible to know whether he is talking about real pieces or , more likely , ideal types . |
| 8 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 9 | Also , I need to be available for the crew and all the personnel on the road to see that everything is going fine from their point of view . |
| 10 | The only important thing is to see that she is eating wisely . |
| 11 | To see that she is receiving the correct amount of occupational pension ( if any ) that is due to her . |
| 12 | I think also we have to acknowledge that whoever is providing a service , if they are trying to produce an enhanced level of service , it will cost more . |
| 13 | They will put the moment off for as long as possible or refuse to acknowledge that it is coming along and then protest that they were not told . |
| 14 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 15 | Wherever you are , it is alright to yell if someone is trying to hurt you . |
| 16 | This time of the year is the open season for demonstrations but we 're beginning to wonder if someone is co-ordinating the restlessness we 've got at the moment . |
| 17 | In terms of printer use , the librarian has to state whether s/he is using 1 ) Parallel ( Centronics output ) or 2 ) Serial ( RS423 output ) Most printers will be parallel and this can be easily checked by looking at the microcomputer . |
| 18 | That is the bit to destroy as it is stopping the development of the picture . |
| 19 | I look to see if she is joking . |
| 20 | She says your child has been admitted but call back later to see if she is going to stay overnight . |
| 21 | ‘ I am constantly ringing firms up to see if anything is going . |
| 22 | At these meetings they help decide what will happen in the unit — what the Company is going to do , where it is going to go and who is going to do what . |
| 23 | Moreover , the word ‘ notion ’ is not meant to suggest that he is talking of an idea in our minds ; he is concerned rather with that actual feature of good things which is picked out by the word ‘ good ’ . |
| 24 | If a variable measured in the course of an experiment settles down with time , to a constant , or a maintained oscillation , it seems reasonable to assume that it is approaching some stable , maintained course that corresponds to an equilibrium or periodic solution |
| 25 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 26 | You will realise that words of comfort like this can solve no problems for her ; they can do no more than bathe the wound she has sustained , but she will be badly in need of something to cling on to and because they are spoken by someone who loves her they may be exactly what she wants to hear when she is trying to reassemble herself and face the future . |
| 27 | This is not to say that the world dictates the pattern for the Church to adopt , but to point out that the Church must be constantly examining itself to ensure that it is remaining true to the gospel and that the only barrier is the inescapable offence of the atoning message of the cross which stands at the centre of that gospel . |
| 28 | Every time a coach gives a lesson to a 5 or 6 year old child , he has to believe that he is giving a lesson to a future Wimbledon champion . |
| 29 | His refusal to take seriously the possibility of a confirmation theory , for example , can easily lead one to believe that he is closing his eyes to important normative issues . |
| 30 | Subsequently we have reason to believe that he is keeping additional narcotics on the premises and we have a right to search your home without a warrant . ’ |