Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Most bereaved people soon begin to discover that grief does not settle in their life like a gravestone , permanent and immovable : it lives , moves and changes , like all great emotions , and they finally emerge from it not crippled , but stronger in many ways than they were before , in spite of their loss . |
| 2 | Foster parents are paid a weekly allowance that covers the basic costs of maintaining a child , but care is taken to see that fostering does not become a materially profitable exercise . |
| 3 | It is important to emphasise that comparability does not establish precise equivalences between qualifications across Europe , instead it provides indicative information which , in the form of a table , matches qualifications to job descriptions . |
| 4 | It is important to remember that illness does not strike ‘ out of the blue ’ even though it may seem that way at times . |
| 5 | The judges ' function is also to do justice in accordance with certain settled principles of law in a free society ; and they are entitled to assume that Parliament does not intend to subvert these principles , unless there is a clear statement that it does . |
| 6 | In Britain at least , and to a greater or lesser extent in other financial centres also , this deregulatory trend has been accompanied by a wave of new regulatory developments to ensure that deregulation does not go too far . |
| 7 | The necessity therefore to ensure that size does not become an aim in itself is overriding . |
| 8 | In practical terms , the information contained in the tombstone should always be general rather than specific and should be cleared with the parties named therein in advance and we should aim to ensure that publication does not breach the heads of agreement , confidentiality terms , sale and purchase contract or other agreements . |
| 9 | Labour 's consumer affairs spokesman , Nigel Griffiths , called on the Department of Trade and Industry to issue guidelines to firms disposing of damaged goods to ensure that packaging did not fall into the wrong hands . |
| 10 | The difficulty is to ensure that adjustment does not result in either world recession or financial collapse associated with a precipi-tate fall in the foreign exchange value of the dollar . |
| 11 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 12 | The path simply sheds water to either side ; but where a path which follows the contours goes down into a dip , you 'll have to ensure that ponding does n't occur , and it may be necessary to form a small land drain to lead the water away to a less waterlogged area . |
| 13 | Care needs to be taken to ensure that regulation does not impair the efficiency of the financial system . |
| 14 | My job is to ensure that dioxin does not enter the food chain and we have a full programme of surveys to ensure that that does not happen . |
| 15 | The actual design and construction of the outfall will also necessitate approval by the water authority in order to ensure that erosion does not occur . |
| 16 | Indeed , I have every reason to believe that Father did not regard me as decorative at all . |
| 17 | The five-point agreement provides for : i ) standards for good forest management ; ii ) independent monitoring to verify that these standards are met ; iii ) a tracing mechanism to check that timber does indeed originate from the source specified by the agents ; iv ) certification by an independent organization ; and v ) labelling for the consumer . |
| 18 | That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House . |
| 19 | " Do you in point of fact want us to say that Dreadnought does n't leak ? " asked Richard patiently . |
| 20 | Of course that 's not to say that tradition does n't have a place . |
| 21 | One of these blows ( mentioned in the section on ‘ Reform ’ above ) was cruelly self-inflicted : positivistic criminological research , far from demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment measures , seemed instead to show that treatment did not work . |
| 22 | Drawing upon detailed field studies by W. F. R. Weldon ( 1860–1906 ) , the biometrical school was able to show that selection did indeed have a measurable effect even on the short term . |
| 23 | It is sufficient here to note that culture does not appear to affect the way people rank goals , with the proviso that these are Western concepts , anyway , and translating them for comparison into certain cultures is fraught with difficulties ; often there is no local word available . |