Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need to focus on whether a report is addressed to funders , potential funders or someone else . |
| 2 | A government committee is to report on whether a cash value should be placed on environmental features threatened by road building schemes . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , as was suggested in the last chapter , it is often difficult to decide on whether a word should be treated as complex or simple . |
| 4 | There are a few pairs of words ( minimal pairs ) in which a difference in meaning appears to depend on whether a particular is syllabic or not , for example : But we find no case of syllabic where it would not be possible to substitute either non-syllabic ( type a ) or ( type b ) ; in the examples above , ‘ Hungary ’ could equally well be pronounced and ‘ adulterous ’ as . |
| 5 | In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior . |