Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After all , I do n't want to miss your opening in this wonderful part you told me about . ’
2 My main reason for not introducing elliptic integrals here ( you can though attempt Examples 3.9–3.11 if you wish to have some experience in handling them ) is that I do not want to burden your memory with new formulae , and besides , for cases of most practical interest ( the field far away from the ring and in the vicinity of the axis ) eqn ( 3.56 ) may be integrated out , as will be presently seen .
3 If you do n't want to strip your garden of all colour during the summer , it is a good idea to reserve a particular area or flower bed for the plants you are intending to press .
4 In addition , husbands tend to see their participation in domestic work very much as helping their wife rather than the assumption of definite and perhaps permanent responsibility for some domestic duties .
5 Tom caught my eye behind her back and winked to acknowledge my presence on alien territory .
6 We have raised many questions about the particular package of policies , recommendations , messages and specifications through which the Authority sought to implement its vision of primary education .
7 As stated above , the samples of dementia sufferers were to be generated over a period of one year ( 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 ) ; and the development officers were to continue to provide their service for one further year ( until 31 March 1986 ) though no further sample members ( project clients in the case of the action sample ) were to be generated during the second year .
8 Canada was valued because it would bring peace and security to the American colonies and would allow them to continue to increase their imports of British goods in a much more tranquil continent .
9 On one memorable occasion , she thinks to communicate her feelings about Catholic beliefs to some of her older pupils .
10 Kuwait , with a capacity of 2,000,000 bpd before the Iraqi occupation and subsequent fire damage , was thought to be producing only about 500,000 bpd , but planned to increase its output to 900,000 bpd by June 1992 and to 1,500,000 bpd by the end of the year as most of its fire-damaged wells came back on stream .
11 The procession moved through the prison at a leisurely pace , Nicholson answering the visitors ' questions with the minimum of elaboration , constantly struggling to hide his contempt for some of the more idiotic queries they presented him with .
12 The main exchanges are already competing to establish their stake in pan-European futures and options contracts such as the ECU bond and the euro-index contracts .
13 It is a great disservice to the dedicated Scottish work force at Dounreay to try to tarnish their reputation by spreading alarmist claims with misinformation .
14 At the same time the manufacturer is expected to support his product with adequate promotional expenditure .
15 It is n't your usual dry , computerized encyclopedia ; this program is designed to stimulate your curiosity by encouraging you to move beyond the subject you 've chosen .
16 The process is two-way ; some users who have used 1981 data want to continue their research with 1991 ; other users start with 1991 and decide they would like to see how the situation has changed in the last ten years .
17 He also promised to continue his programme of political and economic restructuring , which included the streamlining of the public service and the sale of government assets and of a selected number of state-owned companies .
18 Five or six in one part of the hall would create a din , and when Blackshirt stewards approached to eject them scores of Red colleagues would arise to join in the battle .
19 If you want to enrich your teaching with that vital motivating dimension …
20 Maybe she wants to work her way through all the McHoan brothers in order of age — ’
21 LIFESPAN is designed to provide its users with helpful and efficient interactive access on a VDU .
22 Located within walking distance of the heart of Pattaya and facing the Gulf of Siam , the Siam Bayview has been designed to provide its guests with all the facilities for an enjoyable holiday .
23 There 's a car , and we want to know its acceleration between two points .
24 B. Insofar as surplus income is retained in the company the retiring partner will seek to extract his share of surplus income by asking an enhanced price for his shares in the company on retirement .
25 Cynical almost to a man , they expected the worst , and had come to write their stories of poor abused children , evil parents , and the things that ‘ incomers ’ get up to in remote islands .
26 As agreed at our initial meeting , we would need to inform your auditors of this appointment .
27 You were expected to pull your weight in this direction and there was no question of anyone getting paid . ’
28 SCOTVEC is taking an active role in discussions with a variety of funding bodies to try to secure their commitment to general SVQs and Skillstart .
29 I tried to concentrate my attention on one face .
30 European producers , denied sales across the Atlantic , may then be forced to try to sell their products to other countries within the EC , forcing prices down and driving companies already operating on tiny margins of profit into yet more serious trouble .
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