Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the purpose of the march was to force the French to battle it failed ; Charles 's council debated whether to go on the offensive against Gaunt 's army , but in the event their belief in the military superiority of the English was still sufficiently strong to inhibit them from offering an open challenge , and they agreed to pursue the usual defensive tactics . |
| 2 | If the local authority decides to grant consent , the Secretary of State has twenty-eight days to consider whether to call in the case and decide for himself . |
| 3 | The water guarding it does not look nearly so dangerous as the water behind it as a player comes down the hill debating whether to go for the green with his second shot . |
| 4 | Erika was still not completely sure what the text meant but one thing about it was clear , people had better things to do than to dwell on the past and surely — it came upon Erika in a flash of intuition — surely the State was doing just that : not , of course , leaving the dead unmourned , and certainly not forgetting the evils of Fascism , but moving forward — preaching a socialist gospel — and not merely preaching it , doing it : making a fairer , better , juster Germany . |
| 5 | In the draft party statutes , one rule specifically states that once the Lithuanian party has declared itself independent , members will have until the 28th Soviet Party Congress next October to decide whether to stay with the Lithuanian party , or leave it and join the Soviet party . |
| 6 | People decide whether to opt into the health service or |
| 7 | Strathaven-based Yuill and Dodds , which was due to have its licence suspended for seven days from midnight on Sunday , has been given 49 days ' grace to decide whether to appeal against the decision . |
| 8 | While it remains ( in theory at least ) the prerogative of each agency to decide whether to co-operate with the overall plan , they are at least expected to notify the key worker if they intend to deviate from what has been agreed . |
| 9 | Today the British and Irish Prime Ministers debated whether to talk to the terrorists . |
| 10 | It is now the responsibility of the person working on the DC to decide whether to continue with the DC or to abort it . |
| 11 | Following further approaches from my hon. Friend , a direction was issued to South Glamorgan county council on 11 December requiring it not to approve the proposal until the Secretary of State had had more time to consider whether to call in the matter for his own determination . |