Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might explain Shell 's reluctance to commercialise or even patent the reaction . |
| 2 | Admittedly , the background was exceptional ; the true beneficiaries of the waiver were the allies , who did not want Germany 's economic resources to be diminished through claims from States previously allied to the Third Reich . |
| 3 | got ta emphasize Jim 's |
| 4 | The re-shuffle wo n't affect Lucas 's other local plant — at Stonehouse near Stroud . |
| 5 | The Society said this was 25pc below the average now allowed by district judges and in many cases would not even cover solicitors ' overheads . |
| 6 | They will also eat birds ' eggs , hen and duck eggs , slugs , millipedes , earwigs , small mammals and birds , and have even been known to attack adult hens and pheasants . |
| 7 | John Shakespeare was pleased that his oldest son was married , but I do n't think Will 's mother wanted him to marry so young . |
| 8 | If today 's brinkmanship backfires on Mr Yeltsin , he will almost certainly put to the popular vote the future of his reforms and a proposal for a constitution that would weaken parliament 's powers . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think Colin 's remarks were justified . |
| 10 | I mean , I do n't think Colin 's unhappy where he wants to do , then an offers an offer , like either they go in and make share , but if they work all day . |
| 11 | But nothing , and certainly not articulating his words ‘ cheerfully and artlessly ’ , can muffle Tikhon 's diagnosis which is that Stavrogin suffers from ‘ indifference ’ . |
| 12 | " Do you think Ma 's mind is weakening ? " |
| 13 | I would regard Fanon 's humanism otherwise . |
| 14 | Mary said : ‘ My ultimate concern is not to say anything that will damage Stewart 's career . |
| 15 | PP : Well , it was certainly at the back of our minds when we went to hear Koussevitzky conduct Ben 's Sinfonia da Requiem in Boston in January 1942 . |
| 16 | The last thing that a representational theorist really wants to have to explain is the global nature of thinking ; and I suppose we can regard Fodor 's pessimism as an implicit kind of owning up to this . |
| 17 | If this supposition is correct it would explain Minton 's gratitude to her , for she was among the list of close friends to whom he left a small financial benefit . |
| 18 | On shopping the statement 's aim is to ‘ enhance Middlesbrough 's position as the area 's premier shopping experience where the widest choice , highest quality and a friendly welcome combine in the exciting atmosphere only a thriving town centre can offer . ’ |
| 19 | The deal was worth an estimated US$6,000 million , and the purchase would substantially upgrade Taiwan 's ageing air force , which consisted mainly of 30-year-old F-5Es and 40-year-old F-5 fighters . |
| 20 | Indeed Patinkin ( 1965 ) has suggested that one should regard Keynes 's full employment aggregate supply function as one of an infinite set of vertical supply functions , each function corresponding to different values for the real wage rate as in Figure 7.4 . |
| 21 | Hungary and the Soviet Union signed a trade protocol on April 18 providing that the Soviet Union would remain Hungary 's main trading partner ; however , Soviet exports to Hungary would decrease by 8.5 per cent and imports by 12 per cent . |
| 22 | BIG cash prizes with £300 for the winner will make Saturday 's Super Match the most valuable shore fishing event on the River Mersey . |
| 23 | After 150 years of Tartar domination Russia was recovering and , since the fall of Constantinople , architects and craftsmen came to Moscow to advise and build Ivan 's now permanent city . |
| 24 | Perhaps he can explain Falconer 's macabre joke about graves ? ’ |
| 25 | The Downing Street line on the Home Office incident was that it had been a junior official who had gone through the files to help answer journalists ' inquiries about Clinton , not to help the Bush Administration . |
| 26 | I hope that , during this Question Time , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) will make Labour 's policy clear . |
| 27 | He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it , but it did not affect Surere 's mood . |
| 28 | Kit 's success would make Rebecca 's father rich , much richer than the family had ever been since the squandering of the fortune made in the service of the Earl of Warwick during the Hundred Years War . |
| 29 | But as we 've seen , not being linguistic does n't make Pooh 's bees any less useful as a sign . |
| 30 | And this will make Pooh 's inference from Eeyore 's sigh to what Eeyore believes safer than his inference from Rabbit 's words to what Rabbit believes : because that inference does depend on Rabbit 's wanting to tell Pooh the truth , whereas , as we 've remarked , he may in fact be lying . |