Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |
| 2 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
| 3 | Clearly while we do have gliders that spin , it is vital to give pilots enough experience to recognise what is happening and to make the right moves instead of panicking and doing nothing . |
| 4 | But even if Lenin was correct in his analysis of the capitalist-imperialist roots of the First World War , by the 1950s and 1960s the capitalist global system and the Third World had both changed so much that many Marxists felt the need to generate new theories to explain what was happening and to show the way forward from a political point of view . |
| 5 | And all the while we monitor to keep tabs on what is happening and to get the feedback we need to make in-flight adjustments . |
| 6 | To stop the gas from escaping and to let the acid in bit by bit . |
| 7 | ( ii ) By reading and discussing good examples , pupils should come to understand the functions of the impersonal style of writing used in much academic — and particularly scientific — writing and to recognise the linguistic features , eg the passive , subordination , that characterise it . |
| 8 | The job done , we repaired to the kitchen door to see literally what was cooking and to take the printed menus from Angus to put on the tables . |
| 9 | As far as registered land is concerned r110 of the Land Registration Rules 1925 covers the position : On a transfer of land subject to a charge or other incumbrance appearing on the register … covenants by either party to pay the money owing and to indemnify the other party may be added to the instrument of transfer and may be noted on the register . |
| 10 | She hesitated , wondering whether to name the person , but decided on the spur of the moment against it . |
| 11 | I 'm wondering whether to go the A one way , or Longhurst way . |
| 12 | You begin your quest outside the castle armed with a weedy slingshot , wondering whether to swim the shark-infested moat or lower the drawbridge . |
| 13 | A few moments earlier , Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd dithered on the pavement for a few seconds , presumably wondering whether to brave the cameras but thought better of it and he , too , entered by No 12 . |
| 14 | I could see him wondering whether to warn the bursar he might be one or two fees short next term . |
| 15 | Annabel Hogan was wondering whether to change the main meal of the day to the evening . |
| 16 | One dark and stormy night , accompanied by his wife Sally ( whom he had married after admiring her motor transport repairs in a Hemswell hangar ) , he was wondering whether to lower the balloons , when lightning struck and solved the problem . |
| 17 | In view of the rather disappointing number of entries for this substantial prize the committee is reconsidering whether to run the competition in the same format again this year . |
| 18 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 19 | Yesterday , the CA was deciding whether to ask the EC competitions director if he had any powers over the move . |
| 20 | The status and availability of the original speaker is therefore of great importance in deciding whether to publish the remark . |
| 21 | As Singer put it originally , it was a problem of deciding whether to explain the units of the international system in terms of the system or vice versa . |
| 22 | Each of these are covered in this leaflet as each may affect you personally when deciding whether to take the HIV antibody test . |
| 23 | A so-called Opportunity Analysis service , which identifies those areas of an organisation likely to benefit from downsizing , is also available for those deciding whether to take the plunge . |
| 24 | In deciding whether to take the case to trial , this legal official acts on the basis of the material provided by the police . |
| 25 | McHale will have to make his final decision in the next couple of days for , although he has reserved a place in the entry list with the Circuit organisers , two of his main mechanics are waiting for his verdict before deciding whether to join the World championship Toyota team on the Safari Rally in east Africa . |
| 26 | Sizewell B project manager Jim McFarlane told a meeting of the local community liaison committee : ‘ We believe the case for more nuclear power is irresistible but we have to see what the Government says before deciding whether to submit the C station application . |
| 27 | The FA are now awaiting a report from Hill before deciding whether to charge the Old Trafford manager with bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 28 | The sender of the message can record a spoken message to leave with the faxed document ; the recipient will hear the annotation before deciding whether to print the message . |
| 29 | Interviews should comply with a statutory code of practice and the judge should be required to take account of the code in deciding whether to admit the video . |
| 30 | The grounds upon which a ban is imposed relate to public disorder only , and if the banning authorities can be shown to have taken irrelevant considerations into account in deciding whether to exercise the power to ban , they have acted ultra vires . |