Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , how incomplete is our political system today ; does it satisfy or repress its citizens ? |
| 2 | We should not suppress or repress our anger feelings . |
| 3 | When we ask the horse to work or reproduce itself we know that their requirements for nutrients ( ie Energy , Protein , Vitamins and Minerals ) increase . |
| 4 | ‘ Actually , ’ Vanessa began , not bothering to lean closer or lower her voice , ‘ the chicken these wings came from must have died of old age . ’ |
| 5 | An environment must be created in which partners can feel free to raise or lower their involvement as is appropriate . |
| 6 | It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice . |
| 7 | Thus it is highly unlikely either that a course will be designed that is universally acclaimed as the definitive model for all courses or that any one teacher will find the perfect course that suits the needs of his students , his own personality and his own approach to language teaching , but he can change or adapt it as he sees fit . |
| 8 | ( You are not allowed to give or lend anything at all : technically you 're not even allowed to read each other 's books ! ) |
| 9 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 10 | I ask but one single thing : to let me love and care for my poor , weak , ill-used wife as poverty permits , without their trying to separate , worry , or hurt us . ’ |
| 11 | One of the basic problems for any government is that the higher the level of taxation , the greater the financial incentive to avoid or evade it . |
| 12 | As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it . |
| 13 | In the end you have to become part of the establishment , Gareth , but never let them remove or circumscribe your right of free speech ; you use it too well and the rest of us can not do without it . |
| 14 | The other requirements for keeping leather corals , apart from current and light , are much the same as for other coelenterates ; well-filtered water with phosphate and nitrate at levels as low as possible and no fish that would eat or damage them . |
| 15 | I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King . |
| 16 | They coat the hair with colour and , because they do n't contain peroxide , wo n't dry or damage it . |
| 17 | Community regulations and certain provisions of the founding treaties ( such as Article 30 of the EEC Treaty on free movement of goods and Article 85 of the same treaty on competition ) have direct effect , which means that they may be relied on directly by any citizen without the need for any intervening national measures to ‘ receive ’ them and indeed without any possibility for national measures to exclude or modify them . |
| 18 | Reappraisal of Planning Permission — all existing permissions should be reassessed according to the same criteria as above , and authorities would have the power to rescind or modify them . |
| 19 | Yet far from leading him to abandon or modify his policies , opposition incited him to more drastic methods . |
| 20 | Their findings would go to reinforce or modify it . |
| 21 | Before we seek authorisation for the production phase , it will be necessary for each nation to restate or modify it 's planned off take and that will be done very firmly on the basis of the studies which er Group Captain Granville White has already d described which will factor in er against our military tasks , which is , y you know we define now fairly clearly , er exactly what aircraft are needed to undertake those tasks in what scenarios and in the future er as you say , there may well be scope for er adding additional aircraft types to that . |
| 22 | Should you wish to withdraw or modify your earlier comments in any way , or request a copy of the appeal decision letter , you should write direct to the Department of the Environment , Room 13/16 , Tollgate House , Houlton Street , Bristol , BS2 9DJ , within 28 days of the appeal starting date ( above ) quoting the appeal reference number . |
| 23 | The honours system symbolises social superiority while also acting as a social discipline on upper-class members who wish to retain or enhance their standing ( as with public employees seeking lesser honours ) . |
| 24 | ( 3 ) Loss of an opportunity to make or enhance one 's reputation . |
| 25 | A curriculum , any curriculum , makes available human and physical resources which the student can use to facilitate or enhance his or her natural capacity to learn . |
| 26 | DeFries was never one to tell people what to do or badger anyone . |
| 27 | Then you can paint or cover them to match the colour of the flowers you 're going to put in them . |
| 28 | Version 4.0 operates as a command language for application developers wishing to integrate or migrate their own sub-routines into the environment , but there is a point and click module available for non-technical users . |
| 29 | ‘ The aim is to encourage public awareness about the value of the buildings around them and to get owners who no longer want the properties , to sell or lease them to new people . ’ |
| 30 | But the salination of 100,000 hectares of land has affected the fertility of adjoining holdings which were used for paddy farming , forcing thousands of poor farmers to sell or lease their ancestral land to shrimp industries . |