Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [subord] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course we must be concerned for justice , and for where justice is violated . |
| 2 | What party and which politician will win the prize of Ministry of Culture and Education depends therefore on Mitterrand 's choice of Prime Minister ; on the negotiations among the coalition partners within the new majority , in particular on how the major ministries are shared out ; on the relative strength of the various groups within the UDF , and on whether Education is hived off . |
| 3 | The length of the period of cultivation in this bush/fallow cycle depended on the quality of the soils , the requirement of the crops for nutrients , and on whether fertility was supplemented by cattle manure from the farmers ' own livestock . |
| 4 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 5 | As to whether change is necessary or not one can not help pay some regard of that phenomenon of the post war world , Japan : If time travel was a fact and it was possible to transport someone from the middle of the social scale of Victorian Britain to the present time , he would think a revolution had taken place ; but the basic ground rules of social life and commerce would shortly become comprehensible to him . |
| 6 | It remains unclear as to whether caring is so easily divided or whether , like morbidity , it is in fact a continuum . |
| 7 | Even though the statutory offence that replaces it reduces the public order characteristics of the offence and raises doubts as to whether affray is properly characterised as a public order offence at all , the likelihood is that it will continue to be employed in the prosecution of spontaneous brawls that result in no great injury in circumstances where the evidence of specific offences against the person is deficient . |
| 8 | Simpson had denied arson with intent to endanger life and arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered . |
| 9 | He then turned to the difficult question as to whether land is capable of passing by donatio mortis causa . |
| 10 | The question as to whether behaviour was optimal can very quickly be dismissed , particularly on the first repetition . |
| 11 | While the media will report the pros and cons , it needs to be persuaded that one view is the correct one , since through the media 's attitude , people will be influenced as to whether abolition is a good or bad policy . |
| 12 | There is dispute as to whether cutting is more likely at the time of menstruation ( Simpson 1976 ) . |
| 13 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 14 | The nub of the question as to whether feminism is compatible with Christianity is that of whether a Christology can be found of which it may be said that at least it is not incompatible with feminism . |
| 15 | Although prosecutions are rare , editors require some guidance as to whether action is likely to follow a particular disclosure . |
| 16 | In these circumstances staff then employ working norms which serve as rules-of-thumb to impose order on the judgment as to whether action is necessary . |
| 17 | Also some ratios are fairly crude eg Index of Labour Turnover , which shows the position in gross terms and gives no indication as to whether turnover is spread throughout the organization or is heavily concentrated in one department or in one occupation . |
| 18 | Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought . |
| 19 | A French radioactive waste bill has cleared the way for research into the underground storage of nuclear waste , but has postponed the decision as to whether burial is to be considered a permanent option for another 15 years [ see ED 47 ] . |
| 20 | When bringing a module back online , LIFESPAN makes no distinction as to whether recovery is carried out from primary or secondary media items . |