Example sentences of "to see whether it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies were put in hand to see whether it would be practicable to deploy Blue Streak in hardened underground silos in the Welsh mountains or the Scottish highlands , but the cost was found to be so great that it would have beggared the Defence Vote , making the restoration of more efficient conventional forces impossible . |
| 2 | You might take this with you on shopping trips to see whether it 's worth buying lots of cut-price special offers . |
| 3 | They did n't tell her that they wanted to see whether it was still empty , just in case they could have it for Brownie Pack Meetings . |
| 4 | We said everything should be examined and questioned to see whether it needed to be done at all . |
| 5 | However , in order that the scheme could , if successful , be relatively easily incorporated by local authorities into existing patterns of service provision it was decided not to substitute but to see whether it was possible to work alongside other services . |
| 6 | Taste aversion learning could thus be an important part of the protection enjoyed by mimics , so Nicolaus set out to see whether it would protect eggs from crows , Some eggs were painted bright green and others were left untouched , to act as controls . |
| 7 | ‘ They received the message with great eagerness , studying the scriptures every day to see whether it was as they said . |
| 8 | They studied ‘ to see whether it was as they said ’ . |
| 9 | Once the six to eight weeks of pressing time have elapsed , you can inspect the material to see whether it is completely dry or not . |
| 10 | He checks it each morning to see whether it is going to rain . |
| 11 | The committee said that the government should examine copyright law , which restricts the import of cheaper CDs from abroad , to see whether it helps sustain a ‘ complex monopoly ’ in Britain 's £1.2 billion music industry . |
| 12 | Upon receipt of a completed request form by the lexicographers the form should be checked to see whether it is acceptable . |
| 13 | We also told him that , as a matter of policy , regardless of the legal situation , we certainly would n't be prepared to offer the painting for sale unless it had first been offered to the museum to see whether it would be possible for them to re-acquire it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He is observing the electron being deflected by the magnetic field in the Stern -Gerlach experiment and listening to the Geiger counters to see whether it is the one at A or the one at B which clicks . |
| 16 | But if we are tempted to call it ‘ pain ’ , what is the content of the suggested check on this temptation , the check which we operate in order to see whether it is justified ? |
| 17 | We need now to assess the validity of this approach , to see whether it can be extended to other kinds of discourse , and to examine alternative approaches too . |
| 18 | A slightly more oblique approach to the problem of determining whether a contextually unique item is a semantic constituent is to see whether it is normal in the language to treat it in parallel with unquestionable semantic constituents . |
| 19 | This could be answered by scanning the whole file record by record , examining each to see whether it met the specified requirements . |
| 20 | If they come out from their defensive withdrawal and hesitantly accept the affection they are likely to need to test it out , to see whether it can withstand some heavy strain or whether , like past ties , it can be broken . |
| 21 | He told me about it , but … well , I wanted to see whether it really was the kind of thing I wanted . ’ |
| 22 | But , apart from that nod to twentieth-century technology , she tried an experiment of a different sort ; to see whether it would be possible to live here , as in some undefined time-gone-by-period , the life she was ruminating over . |
| 23 | what would you look for , if you were looking to see whether it was continuous or not ? |
| 24 | These ‘ centre-devised ’ modules are sent out to specialist advisers for comment and then checked by a small committee , the Catalogue sub-committee , to see whether it makes sense to have the proposal developed for inclusion in the Catalogue . |
| 25 | The purpose of the first test was to reveal the definition obtainable with this device , the second was to see whether it would be possible to pick out bright spots and define a measure of reflectance by weighting for brightness . |
| 26 | In an air test , stoppers are used to block off the ends of the drain and air is blown into the drain to see whether it can hold the pressure . |
| 27 | I hope that any local authority that has land available will develop a dialogue quickly with the housing association movement , whose resources are increasing substantially , to see whether it can make faster progress than would otherwise be the case in meeting housing needs in its area . |
| 28 | There are structural difficulties and the Council of Ministers has come up with a typical measure — just finding a few extra bob to see whether it will solve the problem . |
| 29 | My hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State who went to the conference on security and co-operation in Europe meeting in Prague last week was able to take an initiative and arrange for the CSCE to send a human rights team to the two republics to see whether it can help matters . |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend therefore consult his colleagues at the Department of Transport to see whether it is possible for notices to be sent with car tax reminders , indicating whether certain vehicles could be easily converted to run on unleaded petrol ? |