Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controls on illegal trade in animals and plants will effectively disappear with the introduction of the European single market at the start of 1993 . |
| 2 | So seriously analytical was Chapman 's mind that he would rarely comment on a match until several days later , after he had studied every move . |
| 3 | It must all sound rather tame to today 's children , but it was a happy time ; a time of predictable routine , which gave us a sense of security . |
| 4 | He 'd gladly wade into the attack . |
| 5 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 6 | The venture that did most damage to Jinky 's bank balance was the ‘ Double J Bar ’ in Hamilton , a pub designed to cash in on his name , but destined like so many footballer 's pubs to become a financial nightmare . |
| 7 | The CEGB could rely on the Treasury to oppose the expenditure to reduce pollution which did most damage in remote Welsh hills , Scottish lochs and other countries . |
| 8 | It will eventually dawn on them that they have killed their son and they will suffer for that reason . ’ |
| 9 | Unfortunately , most of the early studies on owl digestion have been carried out on species that do little damage to the bones of their prey . |
| 10 | The distal humerus and proximal tibia and femur are preferentially preserved in the predator assemblages where the greatest breakage overall occurs , while the species that do little damage to the bone cluster near the origin . |
| 11 | The Italians took the lead in the second half when Giandebiaggi crossed into the area for Florjancic to powerfully nod past Ludo Miklosko . |
| 12 | Also , his experience of the frequently inept English resistance doubtless caused him to guess that it would eventually weaken to the point where he would be accepted as king . |
| 13 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 14 | One can rarely dip into a Pollini recording as a series of edited highlights ( except perhaps as a demonstration of superlative digital execution ) , as he rarely ever plays ‘ for the moment ’ ; one is irresistibly drawn towards hearing the whole work , as only then does the integrity of his vision register with its fullest potency . |
| 15 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 16 | We do rather think of ourselves in this area as ‘ Medaus out in the sticks ’ , being a long way from the hub , so to speak . |
| 17 | The political historian , raised from the cradle to insist on the importance of chronology and context , would rather think in terms of intellectual biography . |
| 18 | I hate to say this but I do rather think from the bruising that someone did it to him . ’ |
| 19 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 20 | If you have a message which I may properly convey to her , I will do so . |
| 21 | On 6 March the Copyright Office conducted the second of two hearings to gather testimony for the recommendations it will eventually make to Congress on artists ' re-sale royalties . |
| 22 | For many years the station scientists did little research on these introduced species , probably because no one could foresee the possibility of eradicating them . |
| 23 | Although many parasites can probably attack a variety of related species in the initial development of the relationship , the parasite fine tunes its metabolism as the symbiosis progresses and may eventually adapt to a single species of the host . |
| 24 | Subsequently A finds the original certificate and , either because he has forgotten about the sale to B or because he is a rogue , then purports to sell the shares to C. The company will rightly refuse to register C whose only remedy will be against A ( who may by this time be a man-of-straw ) unless he can successfully invoke against the company the so-called doctrine of estoppel by share certificate . |
| 25 | The only other alternative was to start an original act but after years of ‘ dancing as one , ’ most Girls could rarely think as individuals . |
| 26 | No body , no individual may exercise authority which does not expressly emanate from the Nation . ’ |
| 27 | He is trying to produce a generation which will eventually stay outside all year round . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd rather stay under my own roof . |
| 29 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 30 | For those who would rather stay at home |