Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] and [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , do we need our ethical and legal rules to continue to respect and enforce this distinction ? |
| 2 | Business people — manufacturers , farmers and traders expect to produce and sell more goods in the south , so making enough profit to pay for the more expensive land . |
| 3 | The School Development Plan emphasises a rational approach to decision-making by encouraging schools to focus on a limited number of priorities and devise action plans to implement and evaluate these . |
| 4 | In the early to mid-'80s , The Wasp Factory 's prole art debut would not have seemed so brave , but in releasing an album bound to infuriate and confuse most who cross its path at this time they really are pressing their luck . |
| 5 | In the early to mid-'80s , The Wasp Factory 's prole art debut would not have seemed so brave , but in releasing an album bound to infuriate and confuse most who cross its path at this time they really are pressing their luck . |
| 6 | This research aims to interpret and evaluate some of the developments following dereglation using micro-econoic theories of imperfect competition . |
| 7 | ‘ Nigel has to falter and have some bad luck and I feel I have to go out and get maximum points every time . ’ |
| 8 | The Shell Better Britain Campaign exists to encourage and support such activity right across the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 10 | The judges serve to enforce and interpret such acts : they can not strike down an act . |
| 11 | Had the infantry been thrown in first , it might have succeeded , giving the cavalry time to regroup and adopt some outflanking tactics . |
| 12 | Predictably , much of the terminology used to describe and categorise these accounting systems can be confusing and misleading . |
| 13 | ‘ When I think how much energy the TARDIS uses to create and maintain that simulacrum of a police box , ’ he murmured . |
| 14 | Werewolf proceeded to try and blow all four stereo speakers and by the time he had the volume where he wanted it , and was playing along on his air guitar , we were through Sidcup and heading for the motorway . |
| 15 | The multiculturalists fail to intervene and support these women . |
| 16 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 17 | What I want to ascertain is how the Greeks came to know and evaluate these groups of non-Greeks in relation to their own civilization . |
| 18 | Tradition criticism tries to pin-point and explain such changes . |
| 19 | Most UK universities publicly aspire to such intensive provision — e.g. 1:1 ratio of workstations:academics , 1:4 for research students , and 1:10 and then 5 for undergraduates — but are finding the level of resources required to achieve and sustain such provision very difficult to engineer in an environment of devolved budgets and uneven ‘ soft money ’ distribution . |
| 20 | the different functional activities and efforts required to make and sell each product can be coordinated and integrated by the divisional/product manager . |
| 21 | It is an exhibition designed to attract and reflect all aspects of health and leisure activities . |
| 22 | The argument that Linguistics-based courses are impracticable , cited a number of difficulties that are real enough , arguing that there is not time in a course already fragmented , and asserting that there were not enough people equipped to design and teach such courses as we envisaged and advocated . |
| 23 | The Corporation demanded to see and approve all drawings . |
| 24 | Recognising that security really only comes from within , people need to recognise and appreciate those qualities that will help them to face an uncertain future . |
| 25 | On Oct. 18 Iran and Iraq agreed to pardon and release those prisoners of war convicted on legal charges by tribunals in both countries . |
| 26 | Sadly , the reporter despatched to attend and describe this promising event was quite unable to find it . |
| 27 | With music video , the industrial interdependence of previously separate businesses is enmeshed in a new multi-media agglomerate , as the film , music and television industries combine to develop and exploit this new form . |
| 28 | Very rich flora here includes fairyflax , viper 's bugloss , autumnal hawkbit , sand sedge , pyramidal orchid and the marsh orchids which create a truly magnificent display in June , when the wild flower enthusiasts and others flock to witness and photograph this rare pictorial scene . |
| 29 | This approach could involve studying the statistical distribution of child abuse , or comparing a group of known child abusers with a non-abusing control group , in order to try to identify and isolate some of the factors that make it more likely that some parents will abuse their children . |
| 30 | We know horses like to caress and scratch each other with their muzzles and teeth , and we can copy the same sort of contact on the horse 's back , neck , or chest , with our fingertips . |