Example sentences of "which it [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand it was necessary to acquire an elementary understanding of the issues involved , examine previous work on measuring the required parameters and in particular learn something about canopy structure so as to assess the extent to which it would need to be taken into consideration . |
| 2 | Perhaps this position can best be tested by taking an extreme example — a crime which it would seem to be impossible to accept as being within the ‘ normal ’ range of human motivations : sexual abuse of children . |
| 3 | Whether a single lift costing little more than half the balance lift is advisable or not can only be determined on working out the details of the site where it is required to be constructed and the conditions under which it would have to be worked . |
| 4 | Finally , they should be complex — meaning that they should be definite , with a full analytical description of why the particular ideology is appropriate , even specifying conditions under which it would cease to be appropriate . |
| 5 | Finally , it was felt that once the rate of development charge was reduced there would be no clear principle as to the level at which it should continue to be levied — ‘ the process of reduction , once begun , would be difficult to stop ’ . |
| 6 | In terms of the political system , it can be said to provide the means by which a government is chosen but , despite the results of the 1983 general election , the extent to which it will continue to be capable of providing a government ( at least in the way it has previously done ) remains under question . |