Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around a quarter of the managers were unemployed , he said , and the parents of the boys would have to try and make up the increase . |
| 2 | Can you imagine , we have to try and make out a picture of that ! |
| 3 | For archaeologists like David Miles the challenge is to try and piece together the sort of person he was . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | to try and set up a scout group |
| 6 | He was a chemist himself , or a physicist , working on similar sorts of problems , and I wrote to him and said was he interested in looking at one of my molecules , and he wrote back and said he was very interested because it was , in fact , as I 'd thought , a rather intriguing next step in our understanding and we got together with the Canadian group in Ottowa to try and set up a programme for observing these particular types of molecule in interstellar space . |
| 7 | to try and switch on the cassette player in the bedroom . |
| 8 | The SWWA had opened the hydrants at night to try and clear out the system before the town woke up . |
| 9 | It might be , I think in actual fact during your er , I think it might be a waste of time , but I think it 's probably advisable to try and find out a bit more about this |
| 10 | It is also sensible to try and find out the likelihood of offers being accepted . |
| 11 | I seem to recall I did once look in a dictionary to try and find out the definition of settlement , all it said was something like a place where people settle . |
| 12 | This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ‘ Hot Spot ’ to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I personally see this is as one of my major objectives over the next year or so , and in a sense it makes me trebly grateful to be here today , because I hope some of the contacts I might make today will enable me to work alongside you in what might be called even local Berkshire band , and to try and get more a multiplicity of views from different organisations channelled through our own value objectives . |
| 15 | I want to try and get out a bit earlier today . |
| 16 | Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies . |
| 17 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 18 | I 'd hate to try and work out a leaflet in a committee this size . |
| 19 | At times like that do you despair , turn to drink to try and coax back the muse ? |
| 20 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 21 | Very kindly , Carole and Ben Meadows invited them to come and stay over the weekend . |
| 22 | We have a 24-hour claims helpline ; breakdown assistance — if you have an accident , a tow-truck to come and pick up the car ; and much better documentation . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | At dusk an eagle began to swoop and soar over the village . |
| 25 | On his way to his tent , he fell in with a captain who told him gloomily that three men had individually been sent in to find and blow up the magazine , and all had presumably died . |
| 26 | Example 2:6 Right of way : unlimited times and vehicles The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass ( but not to park or except in emergency to stop ) with or without vehicles at all times and for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan Example 2:7 Right of way : limited times and vehicles ; right to load , etc The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass on foot and with vehicles not exceeding … feet in length or … tonnes ( unladen weight ) at any time between 6 am on Monday and 8 pm on Friday in each week ( except public holidays ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan and to park any such vehicle for such period as may be reasonable for the purpose only of loading or unloading it Example 2:8 Right of way : right to load etc in loading bay The right at all times with or without vehicles to pass and repass over the road leading from to the demised property ( but not to halt or park any vehicle thereon except in case of emergency ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property and the right for the same purposes to use the loading bay coloured on the attached plan for loading and unloading any such vehicle ( b ) Stairs and passages In a lease of property on an upper floor of a building there will be implied an easement of necessity to use a staircase that is its sole means of access ( Altmann v Boatman ( 1963 ) 186 EG 109 ) . |
| 27 | Although automatic edit controllers can be included in the set-up to simplify and speed up the process , the basic essentials are the same whether the job is done automatically or manually . |
| 28 | It was not effectively designed as a movement to abolish , still less to limit , mass alcoholism , but to define and set apart the class of those individuals who had demonstrated by their personal force of character that they were distinct from the unrespectable poor . |
| 29 | ‘ But we realised more work was needed on teaching people how to design and implement effectively the training necessary to fill gaps . ’ |
| 30 | They gave Jacqueline a bright parish flag to flap and trail along the ground . |