Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to pay can result in our applying to the court for power to deduct arrears from your income or to arrange for the sale of your goods to recover the amount due . |
| 2 | The Review recommended that there be a fixed period within which the parties would be required to set down the case for trial or to report to the court . |
| 3 | Rather they preferred to farm them out at a fixed rent , at leases which , in the fourteenth century , became progressively longer , and to enjoy the freedom to take up offices or to serve in the army . |
| 4 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 5 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 6 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 7 | The Branch Clubs have continued to receive the support of the Committee of Registered Clubs Association and to benefit from the work of the All Party Parliamentary Committee for Non-Profit Making Members Clubs . |
| 8 | Judges initially were not amenable and denied sellers certain rights both to repossession and to sue for the deficiency . |
| 9 | One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City . |
| 10 | The purpose of this process of doubting is to strain off the dross of uncertainty and to leave behind a residue of knowledge — objective , certain , universal . |
| 11 | The Unit also endeavours to encourage collaborative research and to act as a source of advice for studies carried out by other organisations . |
| 12 | Schools choose teachers to carry out a specific duty , to teach specific subjects and to contribute to the school at large . |
| 13 | He could n't see that of course poor Jean-Louis liked me , of course he was sexually attracted , but there was this other thing , it was n't really shyness , it was a determination to try to be a priest and to live in the world . |
| 14 | The purpose of the current study is to inform the Adoption Law Review and to contribute to the development of agency policy and practice . |
| 15 | For this purpose auditors are entitled , under section 237(3) , to inspect the company 's books and to require from the company 's officers such information as they think necessary for the performance of their duties . |
| 16 | But DES Circular 11/87 exhorts schools to acknowledge that some parents have strong religious or cultural objections to the imparting of sex education by schools and to comply with a request to withdraw a child in such circumstances . |
| 17 | This is a good place to rest for lunch or to visit for an evening out , for there is often live music in the restaurants and bars — folk , fado and jazz are all provided for . |
| 18 | Pennycuick J. found that there was no implied request for any service or promise of service [ for example , to use his best endeavours to persuade the bank to sell at £100,000 or to act as a go-between — cf. the putting in touch with X in British Bank for Foreign Trade v. Novinex ( above , p. 94 ) ] . |
| 19 | If you have serious drain or waste blockage problems , you may need to use specialist equipment or to call in a specialist drain clearing firm . |
| 20 | With significant interests in both Sanga-Sanga and Runtu , LASMO is geographically well placed to benefit from the continued exploration of these two areas and to participate in the development of the LNG business in one of the most robust gas markets in the world . |
| 21 | The teaching methods in the full-time courses were centred upon projects which sought to provide a simulated work situation , to integrate what might otherwise appear to be disparate subject areas and to engender in the student independence and originality of thought . |
| 22 | Michael Middleton has argued that Minton 's search for stimuli in exotic places and his febrile manner of living reflects a longing to escape self-consciousness and to live in the moment : ‘ He was for ever dashing off , afraid he might be missing something round the corner — another party , an evening at the Jazz Club , a drink on the Soho circuit . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Bailes ' little place was situated about half way along Highburn village and to get into the farmyard you had to walk twenty yards or so between five-foot walls . |
| 24 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 25 | The state has actively sought to develop tourism , both to attract foreign visitors and to act as a counter-magnet to holidays abroad for Britons . |
| 26 | The G-3 also ( i ) supported the resolutions of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) on Haiti and its condemnation of the September military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522 ] ; ( ii ) urged a ceasefire in the civil war in El Salvador and agreed to encourage peace talks in Guatemala ; ( iii ) supported the early negotiation of a G-3 free trade agreement ; and ( iv ) resolved to improve transport and communications between G-3 countries and to co-operate in the development of satellite communication with the help of Andean Pact member countries . |
| 27 | Untanned skin takes time for the natural melanin pigment to be triggered off by sunrays and to rise to the surface to make you look brown . |
| 28 | In 1874 the Bishop of Beverley adopted it as a public institution and the Bishops of England passed a resolution to recognise St. John 's Institution as a Catholic Institution for England and to assist in the cost of its foundation . |
| 29 | Alluding to ceasefire violations , Qian also called on each faction to do its utmost to achieve reconciliation and to abide by the peace accord . |
| 30 | Normally , you will have an opportunity to look over the machine and to sit in the cockpit beforehand to think about all the knobs and levers . |