Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Scrivener referred to the Bill as unique in jurisprudence because a defendant can be guilty of the aggravated offence even though he does no other act than commit the basic offence , and the event which makes the crime aggravated is outside his or her control . |
| 2 | Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ? |
| 3 | Patricia added : ‘ I did n't know whether to take a case or not but my solicitor , Rosemary Nelson and barrister Elaine Kelly , were very helpful and supportive . |
| 4 | Probably , someone you would disapprove of I did n't know whether remember no probably not it goes back to the middle ages . |
| 5 | I did not know whether having a contract would make much difference to the service delivered or to relationships between social workers and general practitioners . |
| 6 | Although Blake did n't know whether to believe the Doctor , he walked with the Time Lord , following the hideous apparitions through the streets of Whitechapel . |
| 7 | I do n't know whether to have a brick wall or whether |
| 8 | so I did n't know whether to have a brick edge er a brick wall |
| 9 | And this afternoon , do n't know whether to have an exploratory operation on knee in Huntingdon |
| 10 | And then I can ah well I 'll try a I do n't know whether to try a mouse or a MyMouse . |
| 11 | Sefton council will consider whether to sanction the operation . |
| 12 | If the child is in police protection the authority should consider whether to ask the police to apply for an EPO on its behalf ( s47(3) ( c ) and see Chapter 13 , 1(d) ) . |
| 13 | Held , dismissing the appeal , it was a serious defect in the summing-up to omit a direction on the burden of proof : but the omission was not necessarily fatal to the conviction and the court could properly consider whether to apply the proviso to section 2 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 : Donoghue ( 1988 ) 86 Cr.App.R. 267 , 272 per Watkins L.J. , distinguishing Edwards ( 1983 ) 77 Cr.App.R. 5 ( where the omission was as to a direction on the standard of proof ) . |
| 14 | Cleveland police committee will discuss whether to support the schemes tomorrow . |
| 15 | The program guides you through six of the most important questions you should consider when buying a PC : |
| 16 | I stop at the traffic light when I have a visual experience which others would describe as seeing a green light . |
| 17 | The Minister said that the peak age for offending has risen to 18 from 15 , but he chose the end of the two-year period that I would describe as covering the most vulnerable young people on whom the Government have picked in the past 12 years . |
| 18 | One can read off what will count as obeying an order from the order itself . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard . |
| 20 | Following the Children 's Act 1975 , all adoptees are entitled to a copy of their original birth certificate at 18 years of age and can choose whether to initiate a trace ( Table 4 ) . |
| 21 | In most cases you can choose whether to print the pattern at actual size or scaled to a percentage of actual size . |
| 22 | Here a solicitor would work in a department with several others and can choose whether to remain a generalist handling a range of legal problems , or to specialise in a specific area of law such as employment law or intellectual property . |
| 23 | * Read the last page of the book or article : with any luck it will summarise what went before , so you can choose whether to read the whole volume . |
| 24 | The immersion heater can be mounted vertically or horizontally ( depending on the design of the cylinder ) ; it may be possible to fit two heaters or a dual-element heater so that you can choose whether to heat the whole cylinder ( for a bath ) or just the top part ( for washing up and hand washing ) . |
| 25 | The top of the wall can be finished using the concrete units arranged on their edge , as you would do when building a drystone wall . |
| 26 | The least that the Government should do when designing the legislation is to address the needs of women bus users . |
| 27 | The Code reminds appeal committees of the apprehension and anxiety which many parents might feel when attending a hearing and of the need to adopt a welcoming and helpful approach , whilst remaining impartial . |
| 28 | As he had no children , how could anyone say what kind of a father he would make until given a chance to prove it himself ? |
| 29 | Punctuation has sometimes been used to imitate the pauses a speaker might make if reading a sentence aloud , and commas often keep something of this function still . |
| 30 | She protested she 'd rather freeze than wear the coat Lily had bought her . |