Example sentences of "them [coord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought she would never care enough about anyone to give birth to them or to kill them . |
| 2 | Nowadays all serious conditions were diagnosed before the child was born and steps taken either to correct them or to abort the foetus . |
| 3 | An aggressive mob of youngsters had been closely dogging us for some time and , emboldened by our apparent failure to notice them or to quicken our pace , had begun throwing stones . |
| 4 | Moreover , there is no room here to explore the comments further , to probe the reasoning behind them or to see to what extent they represent a wider consensus . |
| 5 | If in the opinion of the court a summons for recovery of land can not be served in accordance with Ord 7 , rr 4 – 10 , an order may be made on request in N 220 for service on the husband or wife of the defendant , a person living with but not married to the defendant , or upon anyone who is or appears to be authorised by the defendant to reside or carry on business in the premises , to manage them or to safeguard or deal with the premises or contents thereof ( Ord 7 , r 15(1) — ( 3 ) ) . |
| 6 | When all the possible beneficiaries are of full age and under no disability ( such as that of an infant or lunatic ) , they may put an end to the trust by requiring the trustee to transfer the property to them or to dispose of it according to their directions ; and this is so in spite of any direction to the contrary in the settlement , such as a direction that payment is not to be made to a beneficiary till he reaches the age of 25 . |
| 7 | You do not try to catch them out , to trap them or to expose them as inadequate in any way . |
| 8 | The petitioning period expires , in the case of a November order on 22nd January and in the case of a March order on 23rd May , and the agent would normally then report to the client on petitions received , examine the petitions and advise on the action taken to settle them or to meet them in the inquiry . |
| 9 | Politically , therefore , the inducements to continue what the Plowden Committee call ‘ excessive social services ’ are much stronger than the inducements to discontinue them or to supplement any which may happen to be ‘ inadequate ’ . |
| 10 | So the simplest method of disconnecting the pipes is to saw through them or to cut through them with a pipe cutter . |
| 11 | Should such a test be used in the course of teaching , low scores would not enable the teacher to decide what tasks can reasonably be given to the pupils who obtain them nor to decide what experiences may be suitable to forward their development . |
| 12 | Subject to these limitations , any partner will have implied authority to sell the goods of the firm , receive payments of the firm 's debts and give receipts for them and to engage employees for the firm 's business . |
| 13 | A corollary of this is that such industries are far from simple to understand and hence they demand experts both to run them and to explain them to the general public , e.g. microelectronics , nuclear stations , oil refineries , etc . |
| 14 | But she was trying to wean herself off them and to give in now would be to acknowledge the potency of the nightmare . |
| 15 | The government agreed not to expand them and to give the country 's human rights prosecutor the power to recommend legal action if they committed crimes . |
| 16 | Mr Shuker wants students of all ages and backgrounds to have access to courses at times which suit them and to see a move away from the traditional September to June academic year . |
| 17 | She had put them on without thinking , because they were what she had always worn for travelling outside London , but she began to wonder what David 's mother would think of them and to wish that she had put on her good black coat and skirt instead with one of her London hats . |
| 18 | They were perhaps stemmed from innocence , but they were very searching and very real questions , and he was obviously very excited to ask them and to listen to some of the answers . |
| 19 | They were perhaps stemmed from innocence , but they were very searching and very real questions , and he was obviously very excited to ask them and to listen to some of the answers . |
| 20 | And so we had discussions with them and I can tell you , you know , it was at least six months before the consultants ever made any specific move to introduce the system as such er because of our overtures to them , because of the fact that we asked regularly to meet them and to consult on various points . |
| 21 | Accordingly , in the present case it would have been , I think , impossible for the solicitors , however careful they had been , to make an assessment which accurately reflected the remuneration which would have been paid to them and to counsel after the matter had been considered under the arrangements provided by the legal aid board . |
| 22 | Well we 've brought the two leagues together and amalgamated them and to do this , obviously the old British League was much stronger than the old National League , and we 've had to do some evening out . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope to launch a public appeal to help them and to open a Post Office account . |
| 24 | I believe in tough regulations , not knee-jerk reactions to public opinion — but the industry should be allowed to gear up to them and to plan five or 10 years ahead . |
| 25 | When , in 1972 , a proposal was made to demolish them and to sell the site for redevelopment , strong local opposition arose , as a result of which the almshouses were entirely renovated and the interiors brought up to modern standards . |
| 26 | The informal interview can not generally be used to test hypotheses very accurately , but it can be used most fruitfully to clarify them and to elaborate them . |
| 27 | If the terms of redemption merely provided for their redemption at par , their holders would be highly vulnerable ; for if interest rates fell since the date of issue it would clearly pay the company to redeem them and to borrow money at a lower rate of interest than the fixed dividend . |
| 28 | In this case the plaintiffs , a firm of estate agents , were employed by the defendants to find for them and to negotiate a lease of office and shop accommodation . |
| 29 | It existed to ‘ speak for artists and art organisations , to offer them advice , to argue for them and to champion their interests in the media and to government whenever and wherever the need may arise ’ . |
| 30 | Such " regular casuals " can remain " regular casuals " only if they are prepared to accept the schedules set for them and to take their free days when there are no events and their holidays during the off-season . |