Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [art] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is happening because the Government will not make local councils representative of and accountable to their electorates . |
| 2 | Thus instead of writing If the Seller shall have given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , and the Buyer shall fail to collect them within seven days from service of such notice , the Seller shall be entitled to make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage the drafter could write If after the Seller has given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , the Buyer fails to collect the goods within seven days , the Seller may make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage . |
| 3 | A system of flags is also stored here to indicate whether the word must begin with a capital to form a valid word , if the word is a common mis-spelling and a flag detailing whether the word can begin a compound stored in the compound tree . |
| 4 | Abraham was accepted by God in virtue of what Christ would do upon the cross by bearing the curse of the broken law upon his representative shoulders : men living after the cross could be accepted by God as they put their trust in what God had done for them through Jesus . |
| 5 | ( d ) Risk factor management : As mentioned above , the importance of stopping smoking after an infarct can not be over emphasised . |
| 6 | Scientists then take these unfinished , inexact hypotheses and present them to other scientists for the express purpose of seeing if the hypothesis will not in fact be shot full of holes , hoping almost that it will be so shot , because Knowledge and Truth are thereby served , if only negatively , in having one more tenuous , groping hypothesis about the nature of the world shown to be false . |
| 7 | So one of the purposes of research is to find things out by seeing if the world can be investigated using a particular set of assumptions , a particular perspective or a particular approach , trying to see if they yield promising and interesting findings , answer problems that preoccupy researchers , and so on . |
| 8 | The following questions need answering when deciding if the patient can become independent with their injections . |
| 9 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |
| 10 | And I 'd sit here , deep underground at Surrey Docks station , buried alive beneath fifty million dead , doing my crosswords , listening to public service announcements on the radio , wondering if a train will ever come . |
| 11 | Huy said nothing , resisting the urge to ask Merymose why he had told Kenamun of his meeting with Surere , and wondering if the Medjay would give an explanation . |
| 12 | The Freight Transport Association is now wondering if the government will increase the car speed limit in line with Europe , as motoring organisations have been suggesting . |
| 13 | Now Oslear is wondering if the truth will ever come out — especially as ICC supremo Sir Colin Cowdrey has failed to comment on match referee Deryck Murray 's report and on the umpires ' official findings . |
| 14 | HE WAS WONDERING IF THE MEETING WOULD BE CHANGED ( Liaise with Stewart ) |
| 15 | Some of the other men were worrying , expressing doubts about the weather , wondering if the hunt should be postponed . |
| 16 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 17 | Despite the gravity of the situation I can see Grant wondering if the blood will stain the seat 's white plastic . |
| 18 | Trollope reaches the point of wondering whether a plumber could go to heaven , before sweet reason intervenes : ‘ we do not see why he should be debarred if cabinet ministers be allowed to enter . ’ |
| 19 | The black cloud was right above them now and some of the congregation had begun to stir uneasily in expectation of the downpour , wondering whether the Padre would manage to get through the service before it fell . |
| 20 | From the hall outside the court , Doyle peered back into the drab room , wondering whether the girl would re-appear , and give him a chance to make his opening . |
| 21 | This is neither comfortable nor attractive and leaves you wondering whether the radiographer will ever eat another Bourbon biscuit , let alone dunk one . |
| 22 | The case is being examined by government scientists who are investigating whether the disease can pass between generations and , if so , what is the statistical likelihood of this happening . |
| 23 | The trial period was organised and funded by the Association of Community Enterprise in the Highlands and Islands with Ross and Cromarty Enterprise but the Library is now investigating whether the arrangement can be made permanent . |
| 24 | It is likely to have wider aims , such as deciding whether the employee is performing well or badly , analysing whether the employee should be paid more , or perhaps promoted , or selecting personal targets or identifying training needs . |
| 25 | First , there is the notorious difficulty of deciding whether a case should be categorised as judicial , administrative , executive , etc . |
| 26 | A turning-point came in the case of Ridge v. Baldwin in which it was held that the distinction between administrative and judicial functions was of no relevance to deciding whether a decision-maker ought to comply with the rules of natural justice or to the availability of judicial review remedies . |
| 27 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 28 | The court will obviously need to refer to the checklist in s1(3) when deciding whether an order will be better for the child than no order . |
| 29 | This subtle strategy would depend on other judges following the new rule when murderers appeared before them claiming inheritances , rather than themselves deciding whether the murderer would spend the money more usefully than the residuary legatees . |
| 30 | Investigations into the extent of the problem raised by differences in national laws are being undertaken prior to the Governing Council deciding whether the project should proceed . |