Example sentences of "to see whether [art] " in BNC.

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1 I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions .
2 Since breeding success declines through the season , females simply can not afford to waste time checking to see whether a particular male is paired or not .
3 If it is , I can only hope it will work with all concerned to see whether a solution can be found to the problem of access .
4 What so what be p doing then , would be looking , assessing and anticipating that this might happen , and then easing off and an and holding back to see whether A , is he going to come out ? or B , is he going to steady ?
5 You may have a new group for whom you have to work out a syllabus , or you may want to check to see whether a revision session is necessary or not .
6 Critics claimed , however , that the delay , ostensibly on these grounds , in practice allowed scope for Gandhi and a deeply divided Congress ( I ) party to see whether a government could be patched together .
7 The different dimensions of bureaucracy need to be specified if the object of the exercise is to see whether a state with corporatist features has developed distinctive administrative qualities .
8 Approximately that now I 've it 's very y'know woolly , most people do n't bother but you should really do the scatter plot to see whether a relationship is linear as opposed to something like that which would be curvier linear .
9 The polytechnic has employed research student Jo Denn to see whether a link can be established between childhood asthma and atmospheric pollution .
10 Nor did she nod to them or smile or turn to see whether the dark man was there and whether he was painting .
11 This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide .
12 Because of this wide range of hotel types , potential UK buyers are waiting to see whether the German government agency handling the sale — Treuhandstalt — will allow the break-up of the group .
13 We must check to see whether the lady 's slipper survived the winter — only six species of orchids have been seen this year .
14 THE OTHER morning I put my head out to see whether the gardening close season was over and my plot was ready to receive me .
15 Senior Disney executives , each accompanied by posses of security men on a presidential scale , and the 14,000 staff waited anxiously to see whether the expected crowds of between 40,000 and 60,000 would materialise .
16 He did n't bother to look back to see whether the shots were coming from the patrol boat or from the tender .
17 Nobody trusted the geologists ' claims that this was simply a series of experiments to see whether the underground structure was suitable in principle : everybody believed that the waste dump would be excavated under their patch .
18 The doctor will often feel it necessary to examine the pelvic organs manually to assess whether there is evidence of pelvic inflammatory disease , fibroids in the uterus , or to see whether the uterus is enlarged when pregnancy is suspected .
19 My father preferred and still prefers to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue is about to be potted .
20 Then , not daring to glance round to see whether the cows were coming after her , she put one foot on the pedal , pushed off with the other , and began to ride away .
21 However it may still be useful to compare some of the main relevant characteristics of the samples , omitting those who went straight into institutional care , in order to see whether the development officers had more dependent or problematic clients to deal with than were in the control samples .
22 Finally , we examined receipt of community services , to see whether the project was able to attract more support from outside the scheme than the control samples were able to command .
23 There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours .
24 Evaluation by achievement Performance measurement was carried out after each series of courses , by means of examination of each student 's list of references , in order to see whether the students were able to carry out a practical literature search .
25 He is keen that Britain should get involved too , and would like to see whether the council could help .
26 Perhaps Sir Fred Hoyle , as an authority on epidemiology , might be invited to see whether the origin of the epidemic may not lie close to the laboratories of the National Institutes of Health .
27 When a rat became a competent maze-runner , Lashley removed part of its cerebral cortex and checked to see whether the animal could still find its way through the maze .
28 Once you have obtained the correct parts check to see whether the mounting screw holes line up with the old holes .
29 Fortunately I was n't close enough to see whether the prediction was correct , or if the beaker was in fact too small .
30 The first move , therefore , is to see whether the level of the available lighting can be improved without making any radical changes .
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