Example sentences of "[vb infin] them to " in BNC.
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| 1 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 2 | We shall attempt to apply and adapt them to a much shorter viewing distance , under controlled laboratory conditions . |
| 3 | How can we adapt them to the problem that will , the situation we 're in . |
| 4 | Deficiencies are there but you can counteract them to your personal advantage . |
| 5 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 6 | Why did n't I just post them to her ? |
| 7 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 8 | During the initial development of root definitions these factors should be considered in systems terms only , otherwise the analyst may just relate them to the subject organisation , overlooking other individuals or groups who contribute to the system as defined . |
| 9 | People say : ‘ Students are by definition idealistic and impatient — would Mugabe really want them to be any different ? |
| 10 | She knew that her grown-ups were frightened and she did not want them to be frightened , but she also knew that Fenna was a mightier protection than all their loving care could ever be . |
| 11 | ‘ Would n't want them to be teaching us . |
| 12 | It 's an encouraging if surprising fact that children and young people are much less likely to smoke when parents tell them that they do n't want them to . |
| 13 | I am really glad of it ; I do n't think I would want them to be there , just in case I lost . |
| 14 | But when she heard about Lore Selo and her two sisters , whose mother did not want them to be parted , Miss Harder promptly offered to take all three and the committee were shocked into acceptance . |
| 15 | We do not want them to be upset , so we keep them away from funerals , or from saying goodbye , face to face , to their relatives and friends . |
| 16 | ‘ Because when we do join up on the Monday , I do n't want them to be going into the game cold . |
| 17 | If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to . |
| 18 | President-elect Clinton , in the second day of his barnstorming session on the economy in Little Rock , Arkansas said of the IBM cut-backs ‘ That kind of investment is the exact thing we do n't want them to be cutting . ’ |
| 19 | How long do you want them to be on H R T for ? |
| 20 | We do n't want them to be with us . |
| 21 | We did n't tell them about the Germans because we did n't want them to be more worried than they were already . |
| 22 | Do you want them to ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But every now and then , his eyes slid over to look at me , almost as if he did n't want them to , but could n't help it . |
| 24 | In a climate of teacher expertise , teachers frequently pre-empt pupils ' decisions because they do not want them to ‘ get into a mess ’ . |
| 25 | He said that , despite the fact that representatives of the Russian Parliament did not want them to be built and decisions had been taken for them not to be built , they were still being built because of the nature of the command economy that is being phased out . |
| 26 | It may however be relevant where the vendor is a partnership in which case each partner will be asked to provide the warranties and , in such circumstance , the purchaser will want them to be given on a joint and several basis . |
| 27 | Do we want them to be involved ? |
| 28 | Since I 've recently had my car radio stolen I 'm quite in favour of them not being sold at the car boot sales perhaps somebody would like to returns it to me but erm , the , you know , I 'm er you know they do need some restr , some legislation but I would n't want them to be legislated out of existence . |
| 29 | Admittedly they did not taste like a British dumpling , but Fabia did not want them to . |
| 30 | ‘ We ca n't see Charlton Athletic , Chester City or Maidstone United being refused entry , nor would we want them to be , ’ he says . |