Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not realise that three years would elapse before Black 's injuries would be sufficiently stabilised to enable them to be measured by his doctors or that there are factors in the functioning of the United Kingdom judicial system which would thwart him from securing justice in the courts . |
| 2 | If after the contract is formed one party refuses to perform unless the contract is amended to include his terms , it is unlikely that the terms will apply even if the other agrees : even if there is consideration for the other 's promise , the threat to break the contract amounts to economic duress ( see Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco ( Importers and Distributors ) Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 641 ) . |
| 3 | The princess was taught to curb her natural impetuous temper and to own her mistakes to all she had wronged , regardless of rank . |
| 4 | The Homicide Act requires evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control : this is wide enough to include things said or done by persons other than the deceased , and acts done against persons other than D ( e.g. where D is provoked to kill someone who has just committed a sexual offence upon D 's son , daughter , wife , etc . ) . |
| 5 | The legislation is not intended to legalise what already happens in the industry . |
| 6 | The collection contains wonderful healing and soothing Essential Oils and has been developed to treat your scalp . |
| 7 | On board training is given to enable us to promote staff who show ability and aptitude . |
| 8 | In a country of 17 million people , around one million actually travelled to see them as they journeyed from city to city . |
| 9 | The senior magistrate was a large and imposing man with a round face and a bald head ; the man and woman on either side of him seemed dried-out and lifeless by comparison , as if most of their energy had been diverted to sustain their companion . |
| 10 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 11 | However , when the upturn comes , the company , with its strong balance sheet and unique spread of service activities , is well placed to continue its long record of growth . ’ |
| 12 | Lionel Sackville , the Union Jack 's chairman , said the deal would transform it ‘ into a better balanced company , well placed to continue its active exploration programme in a tax-efficient manner ’ . |
| 13 | He had not seen her all day and badly wanted to say goodbye , but there was no sign of her in the crowd that had gathered to see them off . |
| 14 | These aspects have been touched upon throughout this chapter , but are now highlighted to emphasise their importance . |
| 15 | ‘ It is important that they do not allow the depressing things they have heard to affect them ; that they do not take them home with them . ’ |
| 16 | Even if the government backs legislation ( and even more so when it does not and the Houses find themselves confronted by a Private Member 's Bill ) no Bill will ever be passed which offends against the deeply held beliefs of Members , unless amended to accommodate them . |
| 17 | The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by . |
| 18 | It was this , his wife had said , which he had intended to gas her with , using the fumes from the car 's exhaust . |
| 19 | This payroll management service has been developed to enable us to convert salaries , wages and pensions from gross to net pay in accordance with statutory requirements . |
| 20 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 21 | On the contrary , much of it — the taxation proposals in particular — is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge . |
| 22 | Having thought about Drew Benedict rather too much in the last fortnight , Daisy was fascinated to see what Sukey was like . |
| 23 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 24 | Much of the machinery is in working order and I was so fascinated to see it actually in operation that I was late getting back to the bus ; driver sitting with engine running , and the eyes of every accusing fellow passenger upon me . |
| 25 | My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video . |
| 26 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the level of investment since 1979 into wave energy research ; and what initiatives he has undertaken to promote its use . |
| 28 | Humphreys 's behaviour , concedes Calvert-Smith , ‘ obviously presented a most unpleasant spectacle ’ and no one has suggested that McLean had intended to kill him . |
| 29 | At the inquest they said he probably had n't intended to kill himself because he had a return ticket in his pocket . |
| 30 | The Supreme Court in Toronto backed his claim that he had not intended to kill her . |