Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Samuel was furious , ‘ What do you want to go to that place for ? |
| 2 | With the South Koreans proving to be serious challengers , the Japanese obviously do not want to contend with another team for Asian supremacy . |
| 3 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 4 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 5 | However , the two parties failed to come to any agreement over plans for the construction of autoroute A16 , linking Boulogne with Amiens . |
| 6 | Haydon failed to come to any agreement with his creditors . |
| 7 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 8 | In this new world , all architecture , furnishing , clothing and behaviour are intended to relate to each other in a visibly coherent fashion . |
| 9 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 10 | Those who are interested in doubt only from a practical standpoint may want to pass from this definition of doubt as doublemindedness directly to an examination of the categories of doubt in part two . |
| 11 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 12 | Those of my constituents who are members of the police force — both uniformed and civilian — and those in the constituencies of my hon. Friends are absolute saints to continue to work in such circumstances with bravery , courage , commitment and cheerfulness . |
| 13 | This combination of lower costs and increased market share makes the business well placed to benefit from any improvement in trading conditions . |
| 14 | We want to go through that line by line so |
| 15 | But must but I do n't know how much further I want to go along that sort of line . |
| 16 | The Attorney-General has to consent to any prosecution under the Act and such cases have been fairly infrequent . |
| 17 | ( It has to go through all stages in both Houses and receive the Royal Assent . ) |
| 18 | Your outline ( see above , Chapter 1 , pp. 22 – 4 and Chapter 3 , pp. 59 – 61 ) will indicate what needs to go into each part of your essay , and enables you to write the different parts in any order you wish . |
| 19 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 20 | Ms Rhind said : ‘ I find it quite incredible that any authority or any member of an authority has to sink to such depths in order to try to make a case . ’ |
| 21 | People who are mentally handicapped can not be expected to cope with many aspects of this AL independently . |
| 22 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |
| 23 | We have all we want to know about that sort of thing and anyway it is not my job . |
| 24 | ** However , Age Concern Groups should not need to worry about these provisions at all . |
| 25 | The rotor has to pass through these regions after times which are a multiple of the rotor oscillation period ( 1 hn ) and therefore : Resonant stepping rates A motor with a natural frequency , from Eqn . |
| 26 | First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe . |
| 27 | I shall discuss some of the results of this work , and their possible implications , at the end of this chapter , but I shall look first at some of the general problems for the sociologist who wants to engage in this type of investigation . |
| 28 | Since the same policy is now given statutory expression in section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , which will come into force on 1 October 1992 , he will presumably not seek to depart from this policy in the meantime . |
| 29 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 30 | It is no accident that in all the great religions , people who want to engage in this kind of contemplative activity have organised a monastic life to cater to their needs . |