Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] and [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 2 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 3 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
| 4 | So , the object of that part of the project is to try and address that issue , to try and make sure that N V Ss build up their links with environmental groups . |
| 5 | The object of the game is to try and become this Priest of Paris , who begins the game choosing any number and saying , for example : ‘ The Priest of Paris has lost his ( her ) thinking cap . |
| 6 | Do you suppose there 's anything about a minister 's private life , particularly a minister in that Department , which is n't known to those people whose business it is to discover and document this kind of potential scandal ? |
| 7 | AEA believes , therefore , that there is much to be gained from the coherence of its business units and that an important part of its task is to maintain and develop such coherence in the future . |
| 8 | The aim is to investigate and explain this shift using the particular example of the English relation to Jamaica . |
| 9 | ( c ) Registration Section 8 of the 1983 Act thrusts upon various local authorities the duty to appoint a ‘ registration officer ’ whose task it is to prepare and publish each year a register of electors in his area ( ibid , s.9 ) . |