Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one criterion which erm I 'm not clear about whether Mr has included or not . |
| 2 | Philippa felt afraid as if war had been declared , suddenly and inappropriately , over the radio . |
| 3 | The European he was said to be the most fond of as Princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia , but her father , the former King Umberto of Italy , would have insisted on a Catholic wedding . |
| 4 | Be careful who you put Mooty with cos Mooty |
| 5 | The Russian General Staff(Stavka) had to prepare for two eventualities , dependent on whether Germany 's main opening blow was directed into France or into Russia . |
| 6 | Since the arguments we wish to make are not dependent on whether speakers actually produce sentences , this simplification will not affect our discussion . |
| 7 | ( h ) Persons guilty of treason-until sentence completed or pardon granted . |
| 8 | Jim Durcan is dubious about whether organisations are capable of empowering employees : ‘ I know that organisations can disempower people . |
| 9 | We should be suspicious of any school of thought which separates spirituality from the natural and human as if God comes to people independent of this context . |
| 10 | Nor will our evidence tell us anything satisfactory about whether birth-rates and death-rates were rising or falling , still less about whether the age of marriage was shifting . |
| 11 | Since it can not be known as a concept that will realize itself in the future , Sartre argues instead that the totality only produces itself in the moment : ‘ The incarnation as such is at once unrealizable except as totalization of everything and irreducible to a pure abstract unity of that which it totalizes ’ ( II , 58 ) . |
| 12 | The study was lined with bookshelves , which she investigated first , curious about whether Mait had one of those hoary old secret passages behind a bookcase . |
| 13 | They tell no one anything useful about whether children are learning the higher-order thinking skills that should be the focus of all education . |
| 14 | Athelstan felt pleased , even more so as the great frost had been broken by this sudden bright snap as if Christ himself wanted the weather to improve for his great feast day . |
| 15 | Jack and I have known God 's strength and grace for the many tasks we have been involved in as Crossroads staff , and for Jack the difference is that we work a six and sometimes seven day week and we 're open for business outside office hours ! |
| 16 | I remain very sceptical about whether people will ever use electronic forms to read novels . |
| 17 | There are differences of detail , of course ; for example , he seems undecided about whether teaching should follow the order of discovery , or of proof . |
| 18 | In the end , however , he is sceptical of whether illusions ‘ hold the key to unlock the mysteries of vision ’ , and seems to sympathise with those students of the subject who have abandoned any search for a general theory . |
| 19 | Just as the Black Power and civil rights movements in the USA during the 1960s focused on where African Americans were allowed to be , either by legislation or through convention , so too a crucial aspect of feminist thought is concerned with whether women are allowed to have a proportionate and equitable bodily presence in ‘ our ’ parliament , council buildings , unions , in the media as journalists , and throughout the hierarchies of all workplaces and organisations — including , of course , in the galleries and the pages of art magazines . |
| 20 | He was solely concerned with whether punishments were effective as deterrents and not with whether they were ‘ fair ’ ( though , as we shall see later , his views on deterrence were also problematic ) . |
| 21 | Though analysts remain sceptical on whether interest rate cuts will lead to a rapid revival in the housing market , this did not prevent strong gains being made in the sector . |
| 22 | Perhaps Mr Browning was entirely above reproach , though there were those who saw him constantly at Isa Blagden 's and thought that friendship promised more ; perhaps he was able to subdue the desires of a healthy man in his prime , but Ferdinando would not be able to if temptation was set in his way . |
| 23 | I wo n't be able to because Jackie be at work on double shift . |
| 24 | But that was wholly unreasonable for when papa had died Craig was still under suspicion of fraud , how could he come to her ? |
| 25 | Those with a knowledge of simple trigonometry will recognise that oscillation in any other direction perpendicular to z , say in the direction x , could be made up from a component proportional to cos u in the direction x and a component proportional to sin u in the direction y . |
| 26 | Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ . |
| 27 | Alexander was not worried about whether Frederica would turn up . |
| 28 | They are irrelevant except as witnesses of the power and to carry joint responsibility for what has been decided without their help . |
| 29 | But this is not altogether relevant for although Cordelia is essentially a fine character and her sisters mainly corrupt , there are the opposites ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in both of them . |
| 30 | They are uncertain as to whether they should make their involvement in SSE conditional upon the possibility of promotion , uncertain about whether they need more information and debate about SSE , uncertain about whether SSE should be made compulsory and whether it is preferable to inspection . |