Example sentences of "of [verb] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The program must have some way of establishing when a transput operation is complete , so that a further operation can be initiated or ( in the input case ) so that the input character can be processed . |
| 2 | First , there is the notorious difficulty of deciding whether a case should be categorised as judicial , administrative , executive , etc . |
| 3 | We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not . |
| 4 | The problems of deciding whether a pupil has mastered a concept or skill are discussed in relation to an experiment in giving pupils the same tests in different modes but similar in content and difficulty on two separate occasions . |
| 5 | Humans are not very sensitive to the acidity or alkalinity of liquids , but they are perfectly capable of deciding whether a piece of red paper has turned blue , or vice versa . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |
| 8 | What makes the issue of the legitimacy of our constitutional arrangements so problematic is the general open ended-ness of those arrangements ; that is , the difficulty of knowing whether a practice or non-practice is or is not constitutional . |
| 9 | Most of the respondents answered this question in a similar manner ; it is perhaps disturbing that most companies feel they would have no way of knowing if a headhunter had abused their trust . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 11 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |
| 12 | Another illustration of the importance for procedural rights of determining whether a dispute exists , and of identifying the parties to it , is Namibia . |
| 13 | It was concerned with the story that Archimedes had found a way of discovering if a crown made for King Hiero of Syracuse was in fact of pure gold , as it was supposed to be , or had been adulterated with a cheaper metal . |
| 14 | One way of telling whether a horse has completely eliminated the infection is to take follow-up nasal swabs . |
| 15 | The first is the difficulty of stipulating when a sound-change is completed ( this is amply demonstrated by the history of ( h ) , above ) , and hence the difficulty of saying precisely what is meant by ‘ sound-change ’ . |