Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) |
| 2 | ‘ did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) ’ This phrase means : |
| 3 | ‘ did neglect ( or refuse ) to stop the vehicle ( or to make the vehicle proceed in a particular line of traffic or to make the vehicle keep to a particular line of traffic or to proceed to a particular point ) ’ The proving of this phrase will depend on the circumstances of each case . |
| 4 | As a result , you may have little practical alternative but to agree to increased working hours or to work in a different area , despite the fact that the contract does not provide for such things , if they are commercially necessary from the point of view of the business . |
| 5 | Different readers have purchased this book for different reasons , whether it be to pass a professional examination , to commence undergraduate studies in marketing , or to train for a new job in the company 's sales or marketing department . |
| 6 | From our point of view we 're not in the position and it would be totally wrong of us actually to try in public to deal with those or to come to a specific conclusion about any particular proposal . |
| 7 | Here a solicitor would work in a department with several others and can choose whether to remain a generalist handling a range of legal problems , or to specialise in a specific area of law such as employment law or intellectual property . |
| 8 | In that moment , the student is freed to make decisions , to make judgements about the balance of the evidence , or to opt for a particular course of action . |
| 9 | In the absence of any sustained historical research into football in this period , it is not possible to say how frequent or how violent these occasions were , or to arrive at a balanced comparison between football disorders in the 1920s and 1930s as against those in more recent years . |
| 10 | Some have reluctantly had to give up an earlier nursing career because of ill health , or to care for a dependent partner , close relative or friend . |
| 11 | Creating curves in paths is n't too difficult if you use bricks , paviors or cobbles , as they are small enough to cut easily , or to lay in a tight curve . |
| 12 | " Foreign " or " rat " labour , as it was called in the trade , consisted of unemployed compositors from other towns , who might be tempted to work for lower rates , or to move into a strike-bound area because they were " on the tramp " and desperate for jobs . |
| 13 | This booklet is designed to help those who want to buy a low-cost home or to rent in a new area in England and Wales . |
| 14 | When the developer is actively seeking land , it may be possible to conclude the negotiations by private treaty , to obtain an option or to enter into a conditional contract . |
| 15 | The plain colours in pastel shades are designed to blend in with patterned wallpapers , or to co-ordinate with a personal choice of colour schemes . |
| 16 | In those days , she might have been no more mad than to fall for a handsome stranger and carry his child . |
| 17 | It is a better strategy to create resources for industrialization to go for a rich peasant economy than to go for a middle peasant economy . |
| 18 | Would not it be far better to seek an effective non-proliferation treaty than to go for a new generation of nuclear weapons ? |
| 19 | It is easier , for example , to say ‘ Jezebel ’ than to go into a particular description of a certain sort of woman . |
| 20 | Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related . |
| 21 | It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention . |
| 22 | In this latter group of patients it may be more efficient to proceed directly to a trial of amiodarone or ICD placement rather than to proceed with a lengthy course of serial drug testing . |
| 23 | Mr Berge asked what could be more appropriate than to open with a French composer ? |
| 24 | The myth is the idea that to talk of a mental process of remembering is to explain the use we make of the word remember . |
| 25 | Section 92(1) states that to amount to a statutory nuisance the odour must be EITHER prejudicial to health OR a nuisance . |
| 26 | To be alone , to have nothing to think about except oneself … to have nothing more to do than to die without a supreme approbation ! |
| 27 | And there 's no better way to keep warm than to tuck into a tasty treat or two . |
| 28 | Well , yes , it can be that easy if you are only moving fairly slowly , but bear in mind that to stop in a reasonable distance you have to hold on the control long enough to raise the nose and apply a braking force . |
| 29 | The whole question of the salaries and allowances of the holders of the highest mevleviyets in the early days of the empire is a vexed one , but it seems likely that to speak of a 500-akce kadilik in the time of Mehmed II is anachronistic . |
| 30 | He was taken under the paternal wing of MGM who launched him in 1942 in tiny roles in prestige films like Mrs Miniver and Random Harvest , finally allowing him his first major role in 1945 in Son of Lassie , and to blossom as a leading man opposite leading ladies such as Judy Garland ( Easter Parade ) , June Allyson ( Two Sisters from Boston ) , and Elizabeth Taylor ( Little Women ) . |