Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
| 2 | Most of us have tendencies to pass information outwards rather than to allow it inwards . |
| 3 | After their success in the World Cup , Australian administrators and officials are keen to use the game 's newly acquired high profile to promote rugby back home and to make up lost ground on the other two codes — rugby league and Australian Rules . |
| 4 | Now is surely the time to revitalise a broad , multidisciplinary , high quality programme of basic and applied research in tuberculosis , including clinical trials , all necessary for the development of new regimens to simplify treatment even further and to combat drug resistance . |
| 5 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 6 | I would tell any future House of Commons to study legislation more carefully and to legislate less . |
| 7 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
| 8 | In 1976 Brewer and Hills stated that ‘ It is time for librarians to take evaluation more seriously and to think more professionally about their teaching commitment ’ . |
| 9 | The results of the study should enable prison managers , policy-makers and Parliament to monitor prisons more efficiently and to plan for prison reform more effectively . |