Example sentences of "[adv] and [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am under pressure from a wide range of general practitioners to bring the list size criterion down and to extend the range of care that can be purchased by GP fund holders . |
| 32 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
| 33 | Kitchen curtains which need to be washed fairly frequently can often be hard for an elderly person to reach to take down and to re-hang ; so one of the easily wiped vinyl-coated roller blinds is an excellent idea . |
| 34 | Just wait till they bring and get down and to get on down |
| 35 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 36 | Eggs were stolen , the nest blew from its tree in a gale , attempts were made by vandals to cut down and to burn the nesting tree at Loch Garten . |
| 37 | It 's not like that it 's just that I think it 'll help you to write it down and to think about it and to talk , talk to Kelly about it . |
| 38 | I believe that GPs , whether fund holders or not , recognise , like everyone else in the NHS , that Labour 's plans to turn all the reforms upside down and to throw away all the gains that have been made in the past three years are the last thing that the service needs . |
| 39 | drawn down and to stay . |
| 40 | It is important to write these plans down and to keep them under review . |
| 41 | mm , just I just rub it down and to keep it moving another salt for a week or two in it , the icy roads , bound to put salt down are n't they ? |
| 42 | It must be for Parliament to lay down and to construe its Standing Orders and further to decide whether they have been obeyed : it must be for Parliament to decide whether in any particular case to dispense with compliance with such orders . |
| 43 | After which she goes off to join the other hens , leaving the male to incubate the eggs alone and to lead the chicks away from the scrape to a safe and secret hideaway . |
| 44 | After travelling around the continent to a constellation of cities linked by who her father knew , it was a relief to cross the Channel alone and to arrive at a place where it was not generally such a struggle to make herself understood . |
| 45 | The ( Moslem ) Democratic Action Party ( SDA ) , led by Izetbegovic , on March 25 called on all citizens to reject the division of the republic along ethnic lines alone and to accept the concept of a unitary state . |
| 46 | Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness . |
| 47 | Although Edinburgh has the largest law faculty in Scotland and is unrivalled in the range of undergraduate courses it provides , it is still small enough for students to get to know members of staff personally and to mix easily with other students . |
| 48 | Such a plan allows schools to manage themselves more democratically and to keep the curriculum as the major focus . |
| 49 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 50 | It is as well at this point to confirm that it is so and to add that there are further complications , bibliographical and biographical . |
| 51 | 4 In consideration of the above payments the Publisher will be entitled to distribute the Video worldwide and for an unlimited period of time for non-broadcast use only and to use any still photographs in any books published to accompany the Video or in any publicity or promotion material for the Video and accompanying books . |
| 52 | 4 In consideration of the above payments the Publisher will be entitled to distribute the Video worldwide and for an unlimited period of time for non-broadcast use only and to use any still photographs in any books published to accompany the Video or in any publicity or promotion material for the Video and accompanying books . |
| 53 | The framers of the American Constitution also had these objects in mind , but on top of that they had to provide for the desire of the thirteen colonies to be united for some purposes only and to remain independent for others . |
| 54 | We tend to view ourselves as physical beings only and to deny that we have anything in the way of a soul or spirit . |
| 55 | But at the same time you will make it very beneficial for him to be more obedient , to ask nicely and to control his temper . |
| 56 | These empowered local authorities to clear and reconstruct unhealthy areas , with powers to purchase compulsorily and to limit compensation . |
| 57 | It seems reasonable to draw these strands together and to presume that considerably more than a thousand teachers are now working in off-site units . |
| 58 | Indonesia 's traditional performing arts , such as music and shadow-puppet shows , play a major part in the life of the ‘ media village ’ , attracting people of all ages and social and religious backgrounds to perform together and to talk and share ideas and concerns . |
| 59 | Before Haussmann attempts had been made by various small companies to provide street lighting by gas , but once again it required the drive and determination of the new regime to bring all these together and to create one large company charged with the responsibility of lighting the whole of the city . |
| 60 | Provide help for families to stay together and to continue to care for their children at home . |