Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would remind the surgeons involved in such instances that they , and not the duty psychiatrist , are in the best position to know if an operation is in the best interests of the patient . |
| 2 | The objectives of this study in an adult population of patients with cystic fibrosis were to : ( 1 ) define the relation between faecal fat and faecal bile acid excretion in patients with and without liver disease ; ( 2 ) to discover if a defect in the ileal bile acid active transport mechanism contributes to faecal bile acid loss ; and ( 3 ) to assess the contribution of small bowel bacterial overgrowth to faecal fat and faecal bile acid losses . |
| 3 | Others will think that the value of a community depends on little beyond its prosperity , so Mr. O'Brian should be forced to compensate if a practice of requiring compensation in these circumstances would increase the wealth of the community as a whole . |
| 4 | There are , then , considerable difficulties in attempting to ensure accountability and Leat comments that ‘ problems are likely to increase if a policy of pluralism and closer relationships between the voluntary and statutory sectors is pursued ’ . |
| 5 | The aim of this study was to establish if a relationship exists between the pH profile in the oesophagus and stomach and the development of complications in patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus . |
| 6 | It is often difficult to establish if a site is liable to flooding and it can be easily overlooked during the site investigation . |
| 7 | The water authority must be contacted to establish if a mains water supply is available and that it is of an adequate size and pressure to serve the development . |
| 8 | To establish if a pupil can be sustained within St Augustine 's ( to date only one panel declined to accept a pupil ) . |
| 9 | By 1895 , with the sensational trial of Oscar Wilde ( one of those ‘ writers of elegant and glittering literature , glossing over vice ’ , denounced by the Reverend Richard Armstrong of the Social Purity Alliance ) , the government felt obliged to prosecute because a relative of one of its members was mentioned in the case . |
| 10 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 11 | Former trainee priest Ronald Page , 50 , has been unable to work since a car crash turned his mild condition into a chronic illness , the High Court heard . |
| 12 | Clients contemplating determination of an issue by an expert will wish to know whether a decision can be reached which will be final , and , if not , on what grounds they or the other party can mount a challenge ; whether they can sue the expert ; and whether they can avoid cost and formality . |
| 13 | Another problem is that it is difficult in some cases to know whether a word has one , or more than one , suffix ( e.g. should we analyse ‘ personality ’ , from the point of view of stress assignment , as + or as + + ? ) . |
| 14 | A separate Form HN1 for each centre is essential because SCOTVEC requires to know whether a centre has the approval of the Scottish Education Department and , if appropriate , the Regional or Islands Council concerned . |
| 15 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 16 | The data so produced may be of use to parsing systems , whenever it becomes necessary to know whether a noun must have a certain feature , not merely that it may have it . |
| 17 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 18 | The actual grammar rules and certain of the features employed are different ( e.g. sentential grammars have no feature to indicate whether a word can be further inflected ) but the underlying principles and mechanisms are similar . |
| 19 | GC analysis distinguishes between solesterol ( plants ) and cholesterol ( animals ) to indicate whether a vessel has been used to prepare vegetables or meat . |
| 20 | Coloured cards or strips can be used to indicate whether a room is vacant , occupied by staff , being cleaned or out of commission . |
| 21 | To find whether a case has been proved or not . |
| 22 | If a search is to be conducted to find whether a pin has been successfully entered into a hole in a block then non-intersection , but possibly touching , is sought . |
| 23 | I think that teachers need to know people that they can turn to for further advice , but that they could familiarize themselves much more with what , as it were , they can do in the first instance by screening children , by using there are number of published materials , learning inventories , that can be used to discover whether a child has some difficulties that might point in this direction of dyslexia . |
| 24 | This argument is reinforced by the decision in Greensmith where the analyst had not tested to discover whether a specimen of cocaine was a salt ( para. 4 ) or a stereoisomeric form ( para. 2 ) . |
| 25 | The electricity board should always be contacted , however , to confirm the availability of the supply and the cost of connection , to establish whether a substation will be required and any delays expected in meeting the project programme . |
| 26 | I am currently in contact with the four main constitutional parties and with the Irish Government to establish whether a basis for fresh political talks can be found . |
| 27 | In written language , as in spoken language , one can refer to the context to establish whether a piece of information has or has not been introduced earlier . |
| 28 | Refer to the Compliance Unit to establish whether a letter already exists . |
| 29 | If the parties are in any doubt they should consult the Panel to establish whether a concert party exists . |
| 30 | In order to establish whether an employee was or is in a position to take advantage of his employer 's special trade connections , it is necessary to examine the quality of the contact between the employee and those connections : " the character of the work done " per Younger LJ in Attwood 's case . |