Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Charles Bosanquet assured his readers that ‘ the London poor are accustomed to the notion of being visited and more inclined to complain of being neglected than to look on a visitor as an intruder ’ . |
2 | Usually a choice has to be made whether to carry out 100% inspection or some lesser amount on a sampling basis . |
3 | A decision will also have to be made whether to use a number of smaller local distributors or a small number of large national distributors . |
4 | Quite often a decision has to be made whether to go for quantity or quality . |
5 | There is no greater achievement in geographical Research remaining to be done than to lift the veil from before this unpenetrable and mysterious Continent . |
6 | Better to be fired than to look bad . |
7 | ‘ It is better , ’ he concluded , ‘ to be a sheep than a wolf , better to be ruined than to do the ruining . ’ |
8 | For example , breathing may fail again , and the decision will have to be taken whether to put the patient back on to the ventilator . |
9 | They ran out of money , and they 've had to be supplemented since to get the job finished . |