Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not intended in this article to prove any specific origin for UFO phenomena , or to appeal to the scientific community for greater respect . |
| 2 | Nowadays there are still tourist boats taking visitors to see Cabo Girâo or Machico or to swim in the sheltered coves , but Madeira now has a fine road network stretching to every small hamlet , whether it be on the top of a mountain or in the bottom of a valley . |
| 3 | This means it is time to loose the last two arrows and decide whether to aim for the middle of the target to boost your score , or to aim for the outside edge of the target and the chance of winning the Horn Spoon . |
| 4 | When considering the development potential of land incorporating bridleways or footpaths and the cost associated with overcoming the problems , there are two alternative options : either to incorporate the footpath within the layout of the development , or to apply to the local authority for the footpath to be diverted . |
| 5 | If a school intends to operate a form of option system allowing pupils to drop history at Key Stage 4 or to opt for the short course or continue with the full course , pupils and parents will presumably wish to base their decision on performance to date . |
| 6 | Would it seek merely to codify the existing case law or to reform on the existing case law ? |
| 7 | From the outside it is difficult to know whether to curse Bramante 's decision to demolish the original church — apart from the internal apse structure and the ( later ) campanile , — or to marvel at the soaring lines . |
| 8 | Not to play with the twins , not for solace or scraps or to complain about the social security man , but simply to be a nuisance since being a nuisance was his way : to say again that he was the child of Miss Lavant . |
| 9 | A brief calculation showed that if the client is entitled to severe disability premium he would be entitled to income support but could not sign a green form to give this initial advice or to act on the other matter . |
| 10 | Those pupils wishing to continue their education have either to transfer to a school which does have a sixth form or to a sixth form college , or to move outside the secondary school system into a tertiary or further education college ( see below ) . |
| 11 | Now there are organized trips to Antarctica for the experience and the wildlife ; to the remotest of Pacific islands sailing in a tall ship ; to cross Africa by flying-boat or hot-air balloon , or to travel through the Arabian Desert by camel in the steps of Lawrence of Arabia . |
| 12 | His encounters with the eagles he met convinced him that he was not yet experienced or powerful enough to seek territory of his own , or to head for the far north-west where golden eagles are notoriously fierce and strong . |
| 13 | Members of the Royal Family have long been aware that to remain in the public conscience requires coming to terms with , and feeding , the needs of the media . |
| 14 | It has been much easier to give an overdraft than to go through the whole process of studying a plan for the business and coming up with longer term loan financing . |
| 15 | I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree . |
| 16 | Or , if they did , they knew better than to remonstrate with the grim-faced man behind her . |
| 17 | ‘ Now the good Lord knows better than to rain on the new Sandiford baby 's head . ’ |
| 18 | As I have a real a real concern that as soon as that happens er , er the sch stuff is , is if often just dumped on the side of the road and I suspect that 's more to do with commercial operators than , than to do with the private householders and it and it and it and it , it , it 's it does seem er to me that er , er that , that issue needs er needs to be addressed as well . |
| 19 | In both cases the parents ' resignation to the inevitability of the assessment outcome arose from their having no opportunity to determine or seriously influence the objectives of the assessment nor to contribute to the conceptual framework within which their children 's needs were being assessed . |
| 20 | Nineteenth-century feminists did not demand measures to improve the status and conditions of wives and mothers other than to campaign for the equal right of married women to control their own property . |
| 21 | We may not go on to assume that informed opinion then had already recognised the nature of the prospective problem , nor to attribute to the reforming Whigs a reactionary motive which depends on that assumption . |
| 22 | Welch implies that to account for the apparent increases in zooplankton biomass over the past 30 years in the North Pacific without a marked concomitant increase in phytoplankton biomass ( as reflected by chlorophyll ) , phytoplankton productivity must have increased . |
| 23 | The taxpayer argued that to rely on the substantial omissions from Mr Slade 's tax return as grounds for investigating Mr Kempton 's tax affairs was to imply guilt by association . |
| 24 | Much worse to begin too soon and reach the end too quickly , typed Goldberg , squinting at the manuscript before him , than to begin at the right time and reach the end too quickly . |
| 25 | Much worse to begin too soon and feel one has begun too soon than to begin at the right time and discover one has nothing to begin . |
| 26 | Already in my own LEA there are plans for visual arts teachers to explore and establish assessment guidelines , and to capitalize on the considerable amount of curriculum development work that has occurred over recent years . |
| 27 | He had two political advisers : Harold Macmillan , the British Resident Minister in the Mediterranean ( holding Cabinet rank ) , whose role was to act as British political adviser and to liaise with the British Government . |
| 28 | There 's enough food and to spare for the coming year . |
| 29 | Short-term or emergency policies to try to reduce the pollution levels during a smog and to cope with the adverse health effects and economic disruption of a smog are complex . |
| 30 | Nuclear Electric , a third generating company , was to be established to take control of the nuclear power stations and to remain in the public sector . |