Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1917 Unionists had more cause to fear than to rejoice , for the Labour movement had been greatly strengthened by the war in both its aspects ; increasing membership and growing militancy in the trades unions , growing confidence in the Labour party , the arrival of organized revolutionary extremism in the shop-stewards " movement all pointed to a grim future . |
| 2 | The radio keeps telling you that the eye of the hurricane is here or there , getting near anyway , and you try to figure whether to leave the windows open a crack or tape them and you remember that the highest point of Key West is only 16 feet above sea level , and how the great hurricane of 1936 caught a train half way up the Keys filled with refugees from Key West and drowned them all , and you can get nervous . |
| 3 | There have been the predictable complaints that people increasingly prefer to watch than to play , that we are producing a generation of armchair athletes . |
| 4 | You also need to know whether to order glykos ( sweet ) , metrios ( medium sweet ) or sketos ( unsweetened ) . |
| 5 | It does matter we really need to know whether to make necessary phone calls |
| 6 | People have to choose whether to pay back their debts or feed their children . |
| 7 | We need to decide whether to put in a writ or what . ’ |
| 8 | Having reached the end of the second sentence , we have to decide whether to repeat what we have already written , or introduce something new as a contrast or relief . |
| 9 | I have to decide whether to put in my poems and short stories and a series of LETTERS , originally called LETTERS TO x ( some 180 very short letters written in three days in about two years ago ) rather in the writing style of the legendary DEAR ABBIE written in the 1920s ( or 30s ? you are bound to know ! ) by Dane Chandos . |
| 10 | It 's less tiring because otherwise you 've got to come in during the afternoon , then you have to decide whether to go back to the hotel or stay at the show . |
| 11 | The latter have to decide whether to stop trying or to resort to more unconventional methods in the hope that government will be sufficiently embarrassed by the ensuing mayhem to consult them . |
| 12 | The prisoner 's dilemma — a game where two players have to decide whether to co-operate with each other or cheat — has long been of great interest to economists . |
| 13 | Then the trustees have to decide whether to distribute it or not ; keep it for future expenses and things like that . |
| 14 | It is considered more conventional for girls to take arts subjects than sciences ; as convergers tend to be more conventional in outlook , girls are in something of a double bind — they have to decide whether to follow their inclinations or to make a ‘ conventional ’ choice . |
| 15 | When it is apparent that external circumstances have changed , you have to decide whether to cry chicken and run too early , or continue to reinforce and spend time , money and ever increasing numbers of your best people , who are invariably sucked into the most difficult areas of the battle , trying to fight a war which you can not win . |
| 16 | Spurs have to decide whether to recall Stewart to their attack or stick to a successful formula . |
| 17 | ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have to decide whether to get a goalkeeper on loan for the rest of the season in case something happens to Pears . |