Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures do n't cause many casualties !
2 However , the court can also still remit or set aside an arbitration award , under s22 and s23 of the Arbitration Act 1950 , and this continues to be a relatively frequently exercised right .
3 In their work the TECs may either influence or take over the careers service ( Farley 1990 ) .
4 More importantly , the existing upper floor of this outshot proved to be too close to the lean-to roof to give a habitable room-height , so rather than raise up the roof level of the entire extension , it was decided to reduce the level of the upper floor to create adequate headroom .
5 The artist would reproduce that grid onto a studio canvas in a proportionately larger scale , using it as a sequence of reference points by which to plot and paint up the landscape configuration exactly to the Design drawing .
6 That may be too sudden a verdict , but if such tours are to continue and flourish then the background planning must be much more evenly balanced .
7 Police said 65-year-old James McQuaker left his house in Wellbeck Avenue at about 9pm to close and lock up the Haughton Road service station before returning home twenty minutes later with cash and credit vouchers .
8 I suggest we need to try and grasp both the innovations Layton describes and the structures they confronted in terms of their wider political and economic significance .
9 It is then necessary to go back and see where the flight path diverged from the original flight plan .
10 If you are a serious Windows user , you may prefer to wait and see how the Windows version of Dataease performs when it is released shortly .
11 Let's look in detail at what you have to do and see how the linker functions .
12 ‘ He has to go back and sort out the transfer situation , which is very messy . ’
13 ‘ This is the first step in sorting out Darlington town centre , we want to go on and sort out the bus chaos , the market square and look at pedestrianising other areas . ’
14 We want to go on and sort out the bus chaos , the market square and look at pedestrianising other areas ’ .
15 to try and set up a scout group
16 Could I ask you very quickly on that note , do you think the answer is to try and set up a voting mechanism amongst the deferred pensioners , or is the answer that one should actually appoint a professional independent trustee , specifically with the duties of looking after the deferred pensioners in the debates that you have identified often take place ?
17 ‘ I 'll call and set up a visit a.s.a.p .
18 Beaverbrooks also offer a special range of wedding rings , in a variety of shapes to complement and fit round an engagement ring .
19 they can try and guess how a story ends
20 All three were exhausted , and two , the older two , would crash out and try and sleep away the jet lag , and the Greek ethnic could shout all afternoon and all night into the telephone for his bags .
21 to try and switch on the cassette player in the bedroom .
22 The Labour government sought from the start to construct and hold together a support bloc around the theme of a ‘ social contract ’ , and I propose to organise my account of the development of political forces in this period around that same theme .
23 Sometimes when the rapids ahead looked particularly fearsome we 'd stop and walk along the river bank to see if they were navigable .
24 With a sigh , she said , ‘ I 'd better get back and fill out an accident report — I would imagine there will be quite an enquiry into this one . ’
25 Then on the 16th May , 1775 a Corporation committee and a team of labourers , having served notice on Mr. Guinness , arrived at the brewery and set out to cut off and fill in the water course from which the brewery drew its supplies .
26 To try and get round the problem Kummer introduced extra " ideal " numbers ( Section 3.9 ) to help him regain uniqueness of factorisation in many cases .
27 He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’
28 In order to publicise his efforts to redesign and brighten up the Champs Elysées , the Mayor of Paris , Jacques Chirac , has given the go-ahead to an open air exhibition devised jointly by his own City Hall and gallery owner Didier Imbert .
29 Of course she 'd had to ; Gran needed her ; Adam was no use , and Ruth , steady and sensible , was the obvious grandchild to come and help over the summer season .
30 Where the beds are vertical , horizontal or dipping inland , joint blocks can not readily break off and slip down the bedding planes : the result is a tendency for the cliffs to be more nearly vertical .
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