Example sentences of "[vb infin] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children who find it hard to write with paper and pencil can compose in alternative ways : difficulty in writing need be no barrier to poetry . |
| 2 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 3 | It then comes to the practical point , Citing German experience to show that ‘ there was a tendency for employee and shareholder representatives to vote and act in distinct groups ’ , they add that the presence of co-opted directors on the board would mean that either group would at the very least need to gain the support of the majority of the directors before they could carry or veto a proposal . |
| 4 | In particular , it attempts to assess how rational decision-makers will act in certain situations : ‘ It takes the tools of economics and applies them to the material of politics . |
| 5 | It is possible for a man 's commitment to his fundamental principles to remain firm even though he may act in certain circumstances in a way contrary to those principles . |
| 6 | The standard must be fixed by reference to the hypothetical reasonable parent and how he or she would act in certain circumstances but must also be related to the needs of the child in question . |
| 7 | I used to try and act in straight plays but I was so bad they made me act with my back to the audience . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A Chairman shall be appointed for each meeting , at the close of which he shall name the Chairman for the one following , and the Member so named shall act in that capacity , unless the Meeting by a majority agree to some other . |
| 10 | It could act in that regard only and in none other — no alteration of VAT , no alteration in corporation tax , only alterations in personal income tax . |
| 11 | ‘ I am dead in law ’ — but of the girl he denied that he had ‘ attempted to vitiate her at Nine years old ’ ; for ‘ upon the word of a dying man , both her Eyes did see , and her Hands did act in all that was done ’ . |
| 12 | I might remember not to treat people as if they could only act in one way . |
| 13 | Both Conservatives and Labour refused to commit themselves as to how they would act in such an eventuality . |
| 14 | If monks could act in such a way , tormenting relics , it was hardly surprising that ordinary people resorted to spells and superstitious practices . |
| 15 | A month ago the committee Labour members rejected this Scheme and I still have an enormous sense of amazement and anger that the local , and I express local , because it 's not a national policy , that the local Labour group could act in such a callous and spiteful way , putting political dogma , party political dogma , before the needs of the unemployed in the district . |
| 16 | This does not mean that adultery is the one legal basis for divorce among Christians , because Jesus never encouraged his followers to think or act in legalistic terms . |
| 17 | your employer should act in good faith . |
| 18 | Such a State should act in good faith so as not to frustrate the objects of the treaty . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 21 | I mean that the community has its own principles it can itself honour or dishonour , that it can act in good or bad faith , with integrity or hypocritically , just as people can . |
| 22 | If such a possibility is likely to arise , then the analysis of the actual forms must be confined to one person who will act in complete confidence , destroying the forms as soon as his analysis is complete and there has been adequate discussion of the data ; or preferably , an outside person should be invited to undertake the task . |
| 23 | The Firm will normally act in agreed bids ie where the target 's board and Financial advisers are willing to recommend the terms of the offer . |
| 24 | If any employee is threatened with violence in order that the assailant(s) may obtain money they are carrying in the course of duty , they must not act in any way likely to place themselves or others in danger . |
| 25 | Note that the Official Solicitor will not act in any capacity in the magistrates ' court . |
| 26 | In fact some ( e.g. Lord and Foti , 1986 ) like to push this analysis further and find value in analysing these schemas ( i.e. the knowledge systems ) into various categories to reflect our perception of other individuals , of ourselves , of situations and of how specific people will act in given situations . |
| 27 | The State must act in relieving distress , for private charity and a change of heart among the rich are not enough . |
| 28 | The dominant and bureaucratic-technical classes benefit from the system , but how do they act in this privileged position ? |
| 29 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 30 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |