Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one adds to that the immense variation in the capacities and abilities of the old people concerned , the possibility of making valid generalisations seems remote . |
| 2 | When one adds to that the £40 million or so from the trust , my hon. Friends at least will recognise that the Government can lay claim to spending more money on sport than any party has done for many years . |
| 3 | I repeat that if one adds to that the £40 million from the foundation , the £20 million a year for football and the £1 million that I found for the champion coaching scheme , it is clear that our commitment to sport is greater than anyone 's . |
| 4 | Considerably more sacrilegious , albeit in a flippant way , is Du Con qui fu fait a la besche , " Of the cunt , which was made with a spade " , in which God is presented as having forgotten to give Eve genitals and then allowing the Devil to remedy this , on the condition that he neither adds to nor takes anything away from God 's creature . |
| 5 | But she has to cos she 's a diabetic . |
| 6 | As indeed it has to if the action potential is to occur . |
| 7 | oh the timetable which I as well will , will erm , would be about two months , the first step has to be taken by the defendant because we do n't know yet whether they are prepared to oppose the structure , and if so , what sort of structure they would be prepared to oppose , erm , if and when , er a formal offer of structure came through , I would have little doubt that we could instruct accountants and get a response within a matter of weeks , sometimes one has to if they 're doing an commercial structure within a week or so because the offer is only open for ten days |
| 8 | She has to if the money ai n't arrived . |
| 9 | The countryman takes a great interest in the weather : he has to because his living is bound up with it ; and he observes it as closely as a scientist watching a long and intricate experiment . |
| 10 | It is a pity some of those guys do not get up and learn to do commerce in the way that the rest of the world has to and put to advantage their expensive educations which are paid for out of general taxes . ’ |
| 11 | Well he has to and the judge has |
| 12 | Then ( 23.34 ) approximates to Since N , K , and J are all real , ω'; is complex : |
| 13 | The choice usually ( but by no means always ) corresponds to whether the theorist concerned was a physiological psychologist , non-physiological psychologist or sociologist , respectively — which in turn tends to be associated with the causes being located in the biology , psyche or values of the individual . |
| 14 | In this notation positive feedback corresponds to or so that the gain is increased . |
| 15 | He probably wants to but ca n't bring himself to . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He should carry on if he wants to and I for one will go on using him — he 's the best ! ’ |
| 17 | Very obviously when this town was designed and laid out and nobody foresaw the growth of the private motor car , er today private motor car is accepted , but in a town which was built perhaps the idea that one in twenty would own a motor car and we 're now faced with the probably one in three have a motor car , we 're now faced with a problem which can only detract from life in the town , also the fact that huge lorries are passing through what were envisaged as quiet residential neighbourhoods with a consequent breaking of curbs and of paving stones where the lorries are compelled to mount the pavings in order to get round parked cars and things of that nature it detracts from the life in Harlow I do , I think a considerable extent , erm , the other factor is that there 's become a lack of pride in the town by the people who live in it , this is seen from the amount of rubbish , and refuse that is dropped from the minor vandalism that goes on the graffiti , er particularly in underpasses where people are walking to the town centre and that , those are the things where the town has lost its way , when we first came here you never saw bits of paper and packages from sweets and cigarettes and things , perhaps maybe because the package industry has developed over the years and that er whereas whenever we had responsibility for taking a small child out , if it had sweets it was encouraged to put the wrappings in its pocket until it got home , now of course it 's encouraged to drop it just where it wants to and er this not only applies to children , some of the worst culprits are the adults who leave the , leave the public houses with a can of beer to drink on the way home and drop it just when they 've finished the last drop of beer or the fish and chip paper 's just dropped . |
| 18 | He wants to because he does n't want to go anyway . |
| 19 | Force O'Neill to CONCEDE MORE THAN HE WANTS TO OR THAN HE THINKS HE CAN DARE GIVE without risking overthrow by the more reactionary elements among the Unionists . |
| 20 | As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ‘ If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ’ |
| 21 | I do n't ever want Geoff to drive home at night feeling he 's got to be with me whether he wants to or not . ’ |
| 22 | Gradually his attitude changes , partly for the almost absurdly simple reason that the weather changes from uncomfortable cold to pleasant warmth and partly because he is too intelligent to be totally unaware that he is learning , whether he wants to or not . |
| 23 | mm , is there any body here who 's had cosmetic plastic surgery , who , who 'd wants to or has any views on it , up there , yes . |
| 24 | ‘ Whether he wants to or no . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Whether he wants to or not . ’ |
| 26 | Couples practises when he needs to and takes a complete break , normally three weeks , when he considers he has done sufficient to earn one . |
| 27 | It may be very very relevant to what happens to but with regard to your client , this statement is not evidence against him because his confession is admissible only against the maker . |
| 28 | ‘ He would n't drink when he was travelling at all , but now I have found that he 'll drink if you put the bucket on the floor , but he utterly refuses to if you hold the bucket up to him … ’ . |
| 29 | I heard Ryan coming on a good wee bit behind him , but this , up that path like , I says to if that wee fella fell off that bike he 's killed . |
| 30 | The Fourth Fairy is a songbird bringing the gift of Language and flutters to and fro as she sings . |