Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [to-vb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealers do not need the same protection since they know the importance of checking to see whether the seller is the owner of the car . |
| 2 | The precise details of the evidence of attempting to drive that the officer or other witness saw must be shown in their statements of evidence . |
| 3 | Years of caring for a sick , disabled or elderly relative , or months of waiting to hear whether a job is to end , cause stress to accumulate in our lives . |
| 4 | In respect of requiring to prove that the alleged libel was true in all its factual particulars he said , at p. 279 : |
| 5 | I had a bit of persuading to do before the was set up , and it 's the only one at Oxford open to the outside world . |
| 6 | This means that presuppositions are not just a part of coming to believe but the heart of continuing to believe . |
| 7 | THE European Commission faces the dilemma of having to decide whether the ban on the use of the milk yield boosting BST should be extended . |
| 8 | THE European Commission faces the dilemma of having to decide whether the ban on the use of the milk yield boosting BST should be extended . |
| 9 | And , in my opinion , Chris Waddle the current darling of the sports writers is equally capable of failing to deliver as the tabloids were quick to point out during his lengthy England career . |
| 10 | The previous discussion has used the example of housing to consider whether the three conditions outlined on p. 128 were met . |
| 11 | The role of the tutor is that of trying to anticipate if the strategies selected or suggested are a realistic means of implementation . |
| 12 | Thus , recent statistical analyses — applied with the aim of trying to demonstrate that the symptoms of manic-depression and schizophrenia form two separate groups — have shown that there is actually no obvious dividing-line between them . |
| 13 | Predictions have value of course because these are things which affect climate and affect people 's lives , but also making a prediction is a way of trying to verify whether the understanding that we think we have about how the system works can actually be translated into equations which are put on a computer , and then when you let this go it in fact s does indeed do what the real world does . |
| 14 | In each case the regulatory body has the difficult task of trying to ensure that the management of the natural monopoly is as efficient as possible . |
| 15 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |