Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions , however , might arise about whether a dispute is a valuation/technical dispute to be referred to an expert or one that should be referred to an arbitral tribunal or the court . |
| 2 | That the Agenda order is strictly adhered to unless a motion is made to alter the order . |
| 3 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 4 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 5 | In at least one area this varied according to whether a person was seen by elderly services or others , because staffing profiles were much more biased towards medical care for elderly people with mental illness , with the result that other professions , such as social work , occupational therapy , and community psychiatric nursing , were less frequently called upon . |
| 6 | Calls a function testbit written in assembly-language and delivering TRUE or FALSE according to whether a bit is set or not . |
| 7 | You mentioned erm tumours , in fact you get this as I said the same picture with , with X-rays as you get with magnetic resonance imaging , but what is different about tumours apparently is that the erm relaxation time with which the erm nuclei move erm varies erm according to whether a cell is , is cancerous or not . |
| 8 | It is about morality , and morality can not be judged according to the quality of our intentions , or according to whether a practice is socially sanctioned . |
| 9 | Simply plugs into socket and controls any appliance which can be plugged into 13amp socket , to make it look as if a house is occupied . |
| 10 | TO overstate the attendance is both a good public relations exercise — making it look as if a team is better-supported than it is — and a possible outlet for laundering ‘ dirty money . ’ |
| 11 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |
| 12 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 13 | Your meeting also highlighted a 10p differential in fares between Kirknewton and Edinburgh , depending on whether a journey was made during the morning or evening peak . |
| 14 | Depending on whether a person is a Muslim or not , the sentence varies according to circumstances . |
| 15 | There are a few pairs of words ( minimal pairs ) in which a difference in meaning appears to depend on whether a particular is syllabic or not , for example : But we find no case of syllabic where it would not be possible to substitute either non-syllabic ( type a ) or ( type b ) ; in the examples above , ‘ Hungary ’ could equally well be pronounced and ‘ adulterous ’ as . |
| 16 | His action would be determined by whether a duty was owed . |