Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland had by now withdrawn most of its trade through the city to its own port at Gdynia , and the Reich could hardly be expected to maintain or guarantee for an indefinite period the subsidy the city required.20 Lipski and Göring agreed that Germany and Poland should draw together in an understanding that they would jointly stabilise the city if the League should either collapse or decide to withdraw from Danzig . |
| 2 | A refusal to correct or apologise for an obvious mistake will enlarge the damages , as will the seriousness of the libel and the degree to which it is repeated . |
| 3 | At this stage either party can invoke a procedure introduced in 1980 , which can place pressure on the other side to withdraw or settle at an early stage . |
| 4 | The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis . |
| 5 | The one hope is that Sir Patrick Mayhew will finally deliver on his promise to give the talks process ‘ direction and focus ’ , rather than act as an interested observer . |
| 6 | South 's hand did not look right for a rebid in no-trumps so , rather than explore with an ambiguous bid in the opponent 's suit , he decided to stress the quality of his own suit with Three Hearts . |
| 7 | That a village should be created , rather than grow from an organic root , such as a river ford , or a crossing of forest paths , would surely have drawn a mot from him . |
| 8 | Better by far to invest while the going is good , to guarantee yourself an income , rather than rely on an uncertain future . |
| 9 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 10 | Further , rather than engage in an extended search for the maximising solution , they follow a truncated search process , accepting a solution which produces a merely satisfactory outcome . |
| 11 | A senior Ethiopian civil servant said he would stay in Dire Dawa , for a week if necessary , rather than fly on an overloaded plane , a sentiment we all shared . |
| 12 | In other words , interactivity is really just another word for the ways in which a user can search and browse through an electronic database , the process being more or less constrained by the control software . |
| 13 | In all three areas the impact upon the third party of the actions of other actors is beyond the control of the former ; indeed from its perspective it may be of little import whether the behaviour of other States inter se is consensual or coercive , until the degree of coercion becomes such that as a member of the international community it must recognise and respond to an illegal act . |
| 14 | Games may be of the type where at the conclusion there is a specific winner , but for very young children the games are generally more in the form of an activity to experience and complete on an individual basis . |
| 15 | While the prospect of reconciliation between the king and the archbishop grew , it did so because on the one hand the papal ruling on royal taxation of the clergy had been relaxed , while on the other the king 's relations with his leading magnates were now rapidly deteriorating as he sought to raise and pay for an expeditionary force to Flanders . |
| 16 | The partners will co-operate on development of products that enable users to monitor remotely and manage in an integrated fashion , both their local and British Telecom-provided wide area network services . |
| 17 | The partners will co-operate on development of products that enable users to monitor remotely and manage in an integrated fashion , both their local and British Telecom-provided wide area network services . |
| 18 | For some teachers not only was this difficult to plan and implement as an organizational strategy per se , but the increased demands imposed on them by the strategy meant that their opportunities for systematic and sustained monitoring of children 's progress were further reduced , while at the same time the increased levels of movement and disturbance in the classroom might adversely affect children 's concentration and time on task . |
| 19 | Three artists have come together to paint and teach in an idyllic setting in West Sussex . |
| 20 | Gedge considers it an arduous task to create and conform to an invented image . |