Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you do not want to add a ceiling covering , simply paint the surface with white , or very pale emulsion to reflect as much light as possible . |
| 2 | As a customer , reading the label will help you decide whether to buy a product — that is , whether it suits your needs ( for example , someone on a diet might not want to buy a product containing a lot of sugar ) . |
| 3 | You do not need to see a lawyer to complete the form , but advice on any aspect of your LIVING WILL can be obtained from The Terrence Higgins Trust Advice Centre and Legal Line or the Immunity Legal Centre . |
| 4 | The purchase of this equipment also ensured that we did not need to convert a room to provide a separate Archive Library in future building development . |
| 5 | In passing through Inverness , do not grudge to halt a night to visit the islands : if the night is moonlit , revisit the scene , and see it under the mellow beams . |
| 6 | Most City analysts do not expect to see a dividend paid before 1992 and the less optimistic believe Lowndes will have to refinance itself again next year . |
| 7 | The thundering in her heart had grown so enormous that she would not have heard a thing had there been an earthquake . |
| 8 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 9 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 10 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 11 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
| 12 | Even the Japanese do not try to make a profit selling Rolls-Royce equivalents at 15,000 . |
| 13 | He could easily have got a foot stuck and he would have drowned . |
| 14 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 15 | In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’ |
| 16 | A woman of Daisy 's age would hardly expect to have a man invited for her , Sophia decided . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 18 | Then , likely as not , he would hardly have had a chance to open his mouth before the Collector would be off again . |
| 19 | If Aschmann becomes unable to perform — as a result of your deliberately destructive influence — I would at once have to issue a statement making it plain that from now on I disassociate myself entirely from the Hochhauser Season . ’ |
| 20 | What evidence there is on sett size suggest that it does n't necessarily increase with group size , and certainly the four individuals in the Brighton group would hardly seem to need a complex consisting of more than a kilometre of tunnels . |
| 21 | To make commercial sense of this arrangement , the contract would also need to contain a provision placing a duty on the seller to account to the buyer for any amount by which the proceeds of sub-sales of unmixed goods exceed the amount of the buyer 's indebtedness to the seller . |
| 22 | The purchaser may also wish to suggest a willingness to re-open discussions at a future date , subject to the candidate 's approval at that time . |
| 23 | You will probably have had a chance to practise with the hand-held mask at antenatal class . |
| 24 | The programme should also have included a Bill to deal with the crisis in our prisons , by implementing at least part of Lord Justice Woolf 's report . |
| 25 | If it already runs a back to nursing course then it will also have established a policy geared towards attracting you back to work . |
| 26 | There he ‘ distinguished himself for Hebrew & Mathematics ’ , and might eventually have obtained a fellowship had he still been single . |
| 27 | The door is not of standard size ( it is 82x40x1⅜in ) and I would now like to have a replacement made . |
| 28 | In such cases , if what is being transferred is a part only of the business , the employee may well prefer to assert a claim to continue employment with the transferor in the retained parts of the business this was the stance of the employees in Katsikas . |
| 29 | Left : You do n't need to spend a fortune to get fresh ! |
| 30 | There she might find someone who did n't mind employing a traveller to clean out a stable or a pig-sty , or perhaps a kindly old woman might give her a crust . |