Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [pron] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minister told a questioner later : ‘ To somehow suggest that this incident of 1,000MBq released into the atmosphere is somehow responsible for massive contamination of the food chain … it clearly is nonsense to suggest that or to compare it in any way with Chernobyl . ’ |
| 2 | I must ask you to stop this quarrelling instantly , or to continue it in another place . " |
| 3 | ‘ I have no doubt , ’ comments Stewart , ‘ that one or two of those medical symptoms are genuine ; but the main problem for these youngsters collapsing and feeling very ill is just plain exhaustion , or to put it in simple mountaineering jargon — physically knackered . ’ |
| 4 | Or to put it in another way , for Gandhi the stone partakes of the nature of that which it represents . |
| 5 | Or to put it in another way Truth is God . |
| 6 | She did n't want to think about Timothy Gedge , to dwell on him or to consider him in any way whatsoever . |
| 7 | He wanted to grasp the newness , or to measure it in some way , hardly daring to hope that it was good . |
| 8 | And to do it in this style , with Pierre . ’ |
| 9 | It can be argued that it is a citizen 's right to be free to collect information about whatever and whoever he likes and to do it in any way which is not intrusive or injurious . |
| 10 | A TEI electronic bulletin board is also maintained at the University of Illinois at Chicago : this is used to announce availability of TEI drafts and other publications , and to distribute them in electronic form , as well as providing an open forum for comment and discussion of the TEI recommendations . |
| 11 | It included the need to separate officers from other ranks , and to place them in separate confinement ( the intention of this was to prevent the officers from leading their followers in opposition to the repatriations ) . |
| 12 | ‘ We do agree in Vestry held at the Bull Inn in Potton the 13th day of October 1812 that Roger Johnson , breeches maker of Potton , Beds. aforesaid shall farm the workhouse after the rate of 4s.6d per head old and young , to have their earnings and to employ them in any way to his advantage , to provide a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and to have their meals hot three days in the week ( commonly called pott days ) … ’ |
| 13 | It may be argued that sexuality has a certain uniqueness which is absent from much property : sexuality is an intrinsic part of one 's personality , it is a mode of expressing that personality in relation to others , and it is therefore fundamental that one should be able to choose whether to express oneself in this way — and , if so , towards and with whom . |
| 14 | I remember , for instance , a conversation about whether to use she in academic writing . |
| 15 | To everyone 's amazement , she rushed to the defence of the driver who , in ferrying her to and from the course at Cely , had been so late on the second day as to put her in real fear of missing her starting time . |