Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was rarely possible to unambiguously identify incorrect memories , where descriptions were produced which did not clearly correspond to any junction on the video there was usually no way to decide what event the description represented an incorrect memory for . |
| 2 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 3 | In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions . |
| 4 | However , as in Burma , the demobilised soldiers did not just return to civilian life : they formed a quasi-military organisation similar to the PVO , though on an ever larger scale , the People 's Security Organisation , Badan Keamanan Raykat ( BKR ) . |
| 5 | This factor of material prosperity , which was already cited by Sombart ( 1906 ) at the beginning of this century as a partial explanation of the absence of any large-scale socialist movement in the US , acquired particularly great importance in the period following the Second World War , when economic growth took place more rapidly than ever before , and the question could be posed as to whether the US did not simply show to capitalist Europe the image of its own future — a future that would be characterized by a decline of the socialist movement , and indeed of all ideological revolutionary parties and movements . |
| 6 | But the exigencies of operatic life did not really appeal to one of his perfectionist standards . |
| 7 | Existing members New members Governing coalition Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) 185 63 Christian Social Union ( CSU ) 49 German Social Union ( DSU ) — 8 Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) 48 9 Opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) 193 33 Greens/Alliance 90 42 7 Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) — 24 Other* 2 0 * Former Green members who did not now belong to any group . |
| 8 | According to Economic Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Dorrell , inside information would be widely defined to include anything which affects a company 's share price , even if the information did not specifically relate to that company . |
| 9 | Partially defective wrap , however , did not inevitably lead to abnormal reflux in our patients . |
| 10 | It is characteristic of the Government that although the Minister spoke for one quarter of an hour , he did not once refer to new clause 2 or defend the Government 's record . |
| 11 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 12 | Each contributed much , but they did not often speak to each other , and indeed almost literally could not speak to each other . |
| 13 | Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s . |
| 14 | The lower entrance qualifications held by mature students ( on average 2 points lower ) did not always lead to poorer degree results . |
| 15 | A public relations executive , Subba Row was a skilful diplomat accustomed to getting his own way and his methods did not always appeal to some of the county clubs or to the elder statesmen of MCC . |
| 16 | However , the origin of scribal habits is not in itself valid proof that variable use of the conventions in written English do not also relate to variable usages in spoken English . |
| 17 | He had maintained that ‘ some of these bases do not even answer to strategic necessities in connection with the possibility of a world war , but simply serve for the imperialist domination of the peoples concerned , the subjection of nations and the combating of movements of national liberation ’ . |
| 18 | Voters do not instinctively turn to Labour in time of trouble . |
| 19 | I do not ordinarily go to Egyptian plays . |
| 20 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 21 | The techniques used with normal subjects give estimates that do not closely correspond to those derived from the clinical literature . |
| 22 | More and more tents are coming onto the market which do not necessarily conform to these definitions but they will rely predominantly on one system for their stability . |
| 23 | Such abstract typologies help us to understand the behaviour of councillors as a group but they do not necessarily apply to individual councillors who may exhibit characteristics drawn from several of the main types . |
| 24 | Er what the gov the British government would like to see is a resolution of these matters er our precise position er and attitude and er erm the assistance we can give in reaching conclusions is much more a matter er for ministers of the foreign office rather than myself so the honourable gentleman er invites me to tread in areas that do n't belong to me and do not actually belong to these orders that are before us , no they 're not , they 're not really relevant to whether we approve or not the orders that are before us , er I 'll give way in a moment but the honourable gentleman er for I believe wanted to intervene . |
| 25 | As a result , they do not merely react to external stimuli , they do not simply behave , they act . |
| 26 | However , as Patrick Parrinder has pointed out , most of these approaches — in their concern with methodology rather than with the aims and purposes of English studies — have led to changes in manners of interpretation rather than in the choice of texts : they do not usually lead to any significant reconsideration of the worth of pursuing the interpretation of texts as such . " |
| 27 | Platelets do not usually adhere to normal endothelium but the reasons why normal endothelium is inert with respect to stimulating platelet adhesion and aggregation is not fully understood ( Shattil & Bennett , 1981 ) . |
| 28 | The structures of related polyamides do not always lead to this neat arrangement of intermolecular bond formation ; for example the geometry of an extended nylon-7,7 chain allows the formation of only every second possible hydrogen bond when the chains are aligned and fully extended . |
| 29 | Many decisions about how to display the data have to be standardized within a package , and they do not always lead to sensible or pretty results . |
| 30 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |