Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GPs who volunteer to hold practice budgets will act in a similar way for those services for which they are responsible . |
| 2 | They will act in a facilitating role to help in focusing on more general social and economic need . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed . |
| 4 | However , there is now evidence that the mechanism responsible for this can act in a similar fashion in some normal individuals ; as one would expect these are people high in schizotypal traits . |
| 5 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 6 | And the agreement may insist that the duchess should never act in a way that brings the royal family into disrepute . |
| 7 | Psychology usually assumes that psychologists can act in a neutral way . |
| 8 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 9 | A legitimate expectation may arise when a government agency , by its words or conduct , leads a citizen reasonably to expect that it will act in a particular way . |
| 10 | There are certain other circumstances in which this problem of unduly encouraging an authority to reach a particular decision does not arise and in which a scheme of compensation might be feasible and desirable : where there is no question of a decision being re-made , notably where the time-limit for challenging an allegedly illegal decision has run out ( through no fault of the applicant ) ; or where a citizen has suffered loss by relying on a representation by a public body that it will act in a particular way , in circumstances where the law will not require the body to make good its representation because it has undertaken to act illegally ; or where a court exercises its discretion not to quash an illegal decision In such cases the problem of causation does not exist because the decision in question will not be reconsidered . |
| 11 | Returning to the argument in The Future of an Illusion an imaginary antagonist argues that civilization depends upon people continuing to believe in God , otherwise they will not act in a moral way . |
| 12 | A representative person is one who will act in a given situation in much the same way as those he represents would act in that same situation . |
| 13 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 14 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
| 15 | On the other hand , such an authority must act in good faith , use the powers for the purpose for which they were given , take into account relevant matters and disregard the irrelevant , and must not act in a way so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have so acted . |
| 16 | Hunt suggests that conflict of this kind may act in a group of individuals to : |
| 17 | Love makes you act in a certain way even — and this is the crunch — when you are not feeling very loving . |
| 18 | Some people will act in a submissive and respectful manner , automatically accepting that the salesperson is honest and trustworthy . |
| 19 | Thus the government may spend money on compulsory education or compulsory vaccination because is recognizes that , left to their own decisions , individuals will act in a way they will subsequently regret . |
| 20 | It was clear , however , that an unwise or ill-advised Monarch might conceivably act in a manner which could be construed as partial , in that it appeared to reflect a royal preference for one particular group within the party . |
| 21 | Needs have to be met to enable active citizenship as without education , welfare , health care , self-respect , and law we can not act in a way we would like to . |
| 22 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 23 | It is part of our collective political morality that such compromises are wrong , that the community as a whole and not just individual officials one by one must act in a principled way . |
| 24 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 25 | It should be decided whether PR should act in a ‘ technician ’ or ‘ policy-making ’ role , the implication being that a technician simply carries out top management orders whereas the policy-maker inputs into corporate strategic plans . |
| 26 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |
| 27 | Nor does the thesis claim that authorities should always act in the interests of their subjects . |
| 28 | Only a parent has such a right , and even then the parent may only act in the best interests of the patient . |
| 29 | A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area . |
| 30 | He is required by statute , before he can act in the office of councillor , to make the declaration of acceptance of office . |