Example sentences of "[noun] to enquire into the " in BNC.

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1 It was beyond the scope of this study to enquire into the way by which urethane inhibits mucosal repair processes .
2 A court-martial was assembled on board HMS Gladiator in Portsmouth harbour to enquire into the loss of HMS Impregnable and to try Captain Jonathon Faulknor , his officers and ship 's company for their conduct on that occasion .
3 The other event was the appointment of a government committee to enquire into the organisation and staffing of the Survey .
4 Although it had come as a shock , for he had never made it his business to enquire into the ramifications of his family , he had found a morbid humour in the situation .
5 It seemed the moment to enquire into the planned whereabouts of the hymeneal rough-and-tumble .
6 But it is no disrespect to enquire into the possibility that some teachers may , through no fault of their own , have reached this position prematurely , and that other , more positive options still remain open .
7 It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area .
8 Lord Widgery ( who had succeeded Lord Parker as Lord Chief Justice ) had been appointed as a one-man tribunal of enquiry to enquire into the events of ‘ Bloody Sunday ’ which led to thirteen civilian deaths in Londonderry .
9 Before the new master arrived , the Board found it necessary to appoint a sub-committee to enquire into the truth of a report which had been submitted to them ‘ which , if founded in truth , would affect the character of Mr. William Clark ’ .
10 The Court was still , in theory , under a duty to enquire into the facts alleged .
11 The matter of paying rent , rates , bills of any sort , or taking a child to dentist or doctor , or when need be , to the school in order to enquire into the progress ( or otherwise ) of his offspring were not part of his world .
12 But there was concern that , since ‘ it is by no means uncommon for the parties to a fragile marriage to separate and come together again in quick succession on a number of occasions , this would force the courts to enquire into the precise situation at the time of the rape . ’
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