Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 2 | For private medical insurance premiums for someone aged 60 or over to qualify for tax relief , the contract may only cover specific types of charge . |
| 3 | Hattie opened her writing-case , took out a sheet of paper and her pen , then sat gazing wistfully out of the window over Parker 's piece while she wondered whether or not to co-operate with Edwin 's stratagem that this must appear a chance visit . |
| 4 | Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs . |
| 5 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 6 | So the next morning he went to the train station and thought whether he should pay the fare or not to go to London . |
| 7 | In the House on 20 November , I said that there must be a provision giving the United Kingdom the right to decide for ourselves whether or not to move to stage 3 . |
| 8 | Even so the decision whether or not to invest in technology is an important one , and there are significant resource implications involved in planning , purchase , training and support . |
| 9 | ‘ I had the impression that unlike the principled left , Crossman did not ever quite make up his mind whether or not to crawl for office . ’ |
| 10 | While a supervision order is in force the supervisor has a duty to : ( i ) advise , assist and befriend the supervised child ; ( ii ) take such steps as are reasonably necessary to give effect to the order ; ( iii ) consider whether or not to apply for discharge or variation where the order is not wholly complied with or may no longer be necessary ( s35(1) ) . |
| 11 | No ; Woodrow Wilson , in 1917 , on whether or not to intervene in Russia . |
| 12 | But the major thrust is identifying factors which are associated with companies decisions to comply or not to comply with Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 16 ’ Current Cost Accounting ’ . |
| 13 | The Pakistani parents in Rochdale were very anxious to bring up their children in an Islamic culture and regarded this as the key issue in decisions as to whether or not to stay in Britain . |
| 14 | The way in which individual credit granters decide whether or not to lend to people who ask for loans or credit affects the general pattern of credit use . |
| 15 | The Court also stressed that , without professional guidance , agency staff were inclined to dispose of records recording their mistakes or not to think of information retention at all . |
| 16 | It is now an acceptable place to bivouac or just to break for lunch in bad weather . |
| 17 | Here in London I 'll be bound sooner or later to run into Madeleine . |
| 18 | It never occurred to her not to believe him , or even to ask for identification . |
| 19 | Or even to talk to Isobel specifically abo about that and h how to approach |
| 20 | Tapes could be made for specific campaigns , for use in education , or simply to cater for communities of interest too small to be considered by the broadcasters . |
| 21 | Before the maths master started on what to sacrifice when you could n't lay your hands on a goat , or how to cope with Ramadan in a modern technological society , Robert , muttering something about the need for discipline , marched off towards Mahmud . |
| 22 | The importance of the latter was conveyed in the opening chapters dealing with ‘ camping , camp life , tracking , woodcraft , or , knowledge of animals and nature , saving life , or how to deal with accidents ’ , which were followed by chapters with advice and exhortation : ‘ Endurance for Scouts , or how to be strong ’ , ‘ Chivalry of the Knights ’ and finally , ‘ Patriotism , or our Duties as Citizens ’ . |
| 23 | Erm I mean they they they did n't venture out the flats , they did n't know who or how to contact for help , and and some of them you know , were were pretty bad over the Winter periods . |
| 24 | It still being that hour when most of the city was just rising or about to go to bed there were few people in the Drum to watch Twoflower descend the stairs . |
| 25 | For example , subjects are often required to decide whether two stimuli are the same or different and then to respond on one key for " same " matches and on a second key for " different " matches ; or else to respond to instances of one kind of match and withhold responding to instances of the other kind ( a go/no.go discrimination ) . |
| 26 | So in the future we also have a lot to give to the rest of the world rather than just to look for help . |
| 27 | My dull eyes were better out , than thus to walk through life , a sort of inferior lynx , a moral mole , or bat . |
| 28 | Bret , more determined than ever to get to Earth to warn the authorities that Chen is a traitor ( he has Marc Cory 's tape ) , has to work with Steven on some rapid repairs to the space vessel when it is forced down onto the prison planet Desperus . |
| 29 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |
| 30 | Equally , faith grows and flourishes when it is well nourished and exercised , so the best way to resist doubt is to build up faith rather than simply to fight against doubt . |