Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been on trial at nine branches and no decision has been made about whether to extend the service . |
| 2 | No decision has been made on whether to renegotiate with EASE , sign up with one of the several other electronic systems now operating , or , like County Auctions , develop its own system . |
| 3 | The argument between reformers and conservatives since Mao 's death has been focused on whether to open the window to the outside world or insert an ‘ iron mesh ’ to prevent the intrusion of ‘ dirty flies ’ . |
| 4 | If users have little experience of using videocassette recorders or tape-slide equipment , a decision may have to be made on whether to ignore sources such as videocassettes or tape-slide sets which may be relevant to the database or to include such materials but ensure that help and guidance are available when the equipment is needed . |
| 5 | Data collection and interpretation will be completed in about 2 years after which a decision will be made on whether to drill . |
| 6 | The local Nalgo branch has called a general meeting for tomorrow when members will be balloted on whether to withdraw their labour . |
| 7 | Agreement will be reached on whether to accept the change , or defer a decision on the change until a later date . |
| 8 | If the applicant requests a particular method of service ( which in practice is seldom done ) 77 that request will be complied with unless to do so would be incompatible with the law of the country of destination . |
| 9 | Rival systems , meanwhile , are split on whether to follow suit with a similar system called VHS-Hi Fi . |
| 10 | Today , nearly a thousand bus drivers , engineers , and clerical workers were balloted on whether to accept or reject the proposal , which also includes a cut in bank holiday pay . |
| 11 | However , the workers were split on whether to take industrial action over the crisis , with production employees at Leyland in Lancashire rejecting a strike by 4-1 but shopfloor workers in Glasgow backing the move by more than 2-1 . |
| 12 | In another factory , this time a machine shop , managers were divided on whether to allow shop-floor workers some aspects of control over setting computerised tools . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the town council is divided on whether to make the cathedral less accessible to desperate men by placing a fence around it and thus lose a centuries-old tradition . |
| 14 | Modern Marxists are divided about whether to retain the labour theory of value or not . |
| 15 | Zeno 's head was lifted as if to search for scents on the air . |
| 16 | This particular interpretation of the word ‘ object ’ was invented as if to make it virtually some sort of fetish , serving as a basis for an entire movement ; and that is what is interesting : found objects , this object , that object . |