Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have an idea and we want to know if it will work . |
| 2 | If there is a change of harmonic outlook in a piece , I prefer to feel , rather than to know whether it might arrive as a surprise , whether it should be prepared and how , and whether it ought to be pointed out at all ! |
| 3 | I wanted to know whether it would affect the pH of my soil . |
| 4 | Lawyer D's client ( the organisation ) wanted to know whether it could release the tenancy on the land without the consent of the surviving partner ( the son ) . |
| 5 | Commencing with only three Divisions with their own examination structure , the number of Divisions in the RICS increased to seven and periodically the wheel is re-examined to establish whether it should turn full circle to produce a smaller number of specialist groups once again . |
| 6 | The second is that , in fact , direct democracy could be a great deal more widely practised than it actually is , and that some modern technological developments have made it easier to implement than it might have been a century ago . |
| 7 | The fourteen-year-old stuck the gun up my nostril to see if it would fit . |
| 8 | I mean you 're not really , you put it through it 's paces to see if it would do what we wanted it to do but that 's not actually . |
| 9 | So they just sort of put it on the market to see if it would sell ? |
| 10 | While it is unwise to have a national plan based on a single feature , we could easily test the system scientifically to see if it would work on a small scale , and widen it if successful . |
| 11 | spent a lot of money on reflexology to see if it would help her sleep . |
| 12 | I returned to the Arg Nit LM3 to see if it would deal with this new symptom picture but there was no change in the anal discomfort with the Arg Nit LM3 or 4 and after 6 weeks she was again getting headaches and expressing fear of cancer . |
| 13 | The NRPB now intends to begin an epidemiological investigation across Britain to see if it can spot any increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer in areas under the night path of the radiation cloud that spread south-east from Windscale 25 years ago . |
| 14 | If they do not match your specific interests , take a look at a good shareware catalogue to see if it can offer something closer to your heart . |
| 15 | The team at Oxford 's cancer fund are now planning longer term research with other organisations world-wide to assess the effects of tamoxifen over a longer period of time to see if it can continue saving lives . |
| 16 | Police say they are anxious to interview the bird if it is recovered to see if it can help trap the thieves . |
| 17 | Teacher : Shall we try and find a brick to see if it will float ? |
| 18 | Teacher : Jane , would you like to put it in the water to see if it will float ? |
| 19 | The X Business Group , the force trying to energize this new-fangled trade organisation , the X Industry Association ( UX No 410 ) , has extended the December deadline it set to see if it could get industry backing until January because the solicitation letters just went out . |
| 20 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 21 | Whatever he backed or took over — insecure but deserving commercial ventures , a struggling publishing firm , an inefficient factory which he refused to modernize because it would make some workers redundant-always miraculously turned the corner and became financially successful . |
| 22 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 23 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 24 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 25 | Mossad is always willing to cooperate provided it will benefit . |
| 26 | Given the DNA-dependent phosphorylation of Jun-Core in crude nuclear extracts , we were interested to determine whether it could serve as a substrate for the DNA-PK . |
| 27 | The Consortium would have to decide if it could afford not to fight McAlpine , having already made a major investment ( politically and financially ) in the case . |
| 28 | This may be clever and amusing , but you will have to decide whether it would make them too obscure for your students . |
| 29 | It is for the tenant to decide whether it would wish such a provision to be included , possibly after discussion with its guarantor , and if so , the landlord 's consent would also be required . |
| 30 | The House is really concerned to decide whether it should have a Bill of this type on this matter . |