Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | We will need to provide an evolutionary approach to migrating from one technology to another so we 're not forcing our customers down the fantasy land alternative . |
2 | Meanwhile , Smith continued to pull away and on present form will not even need to sail a match-race final to be selected for Barcelona . |
3 | In fact , you will probably need to overcome a certain reluctance to be recorded , whatever your location . |
4 | If you do decide to move , you should consider transferring an existing mortgage to your new property or getting a new one up to £30,000 , even if you could afford to buy the property outright . |
5 | This might include offering a verbal report to a staff meeting or circulating a short written report , asking pupils to identify any pieces of information they would like brought back from the secondment , or giving a talk to a tutor group . |
6 | And it may be entirely appropriate to use any one of those for one style of enquiry depending on the preferences of the individual , that 's what we mean by flexibility and freedom of choice , we do n't want to constrain a particular individual to working in a certain way . |
7 | The return to Warrington where a gasometer was destroyed three weeks ago may appear to set a curious pattern to the IRA 's logistics , but it may be that recent arrests and seizures of weapons and explosives in London in early March has inflicted a major blow to their intentions in the capital . |
8 | Therefore XY Ltd would appear to have a good title to the goods one way or another . |
9 | In this particular case , the commanding officer who , to the Pentagon 's distress , would appear to have a human side to his nature , has elected to take twenty-four hours off . |
10 | Former Prime Minister Maitrika Prasad Koirala announced on Feb. 19 the formation of a new political party , Rashtriya Janata Parishad , under his chairmanship , which would work to provide a democratic alternative to the Nepali Congress Party . |
11 | Nor does the drugs menace pose a sufficient threat to US security to justify the US action , says Professor Wilkinson . |
12 | I would like to extend a warm welcome to the two South Africans who are attending tod today 's meeting of Council . |
13 | I 'd like to extend a particular welcome to those people not from the Eastern Centre , we 'd like to meet new faces , new people all the time , we certainly extend a good welcome to them . |
14 | If you would like to read a general introduction to the Poll Tax , you can get a copy of ‘ The Poll Tax and You ’ by phoning Oxford 741669 . |
15 | " I 'd really like to mail a follow-up letter to all the people who sent bought more than £50 worth within 3 weeks of sending out the last brochure . " |
16 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
17 | Q. I would like to add a Moorish Idol to my tank , which is 48″ × 12″ × 18″ and contains a Bicolour Angel and a Cowfish . |
18 | Later , when we 're nearer completion , you might like to offer a free trip to the agents he recommends — get them to pass on the news to their customers . |
19 | The first three sections will look take a broad approach to the subject : |
20 | Central South would like to say a big thankyou to the thousands of people across the region who helped raise money . |
21 | The Secretary of State may receive representations in the light of which he may decide to require a particular application to be referred to him for decision . |
22 | Of its own motion the court may decide to bring a private prosecution to the attention of the Crown Prosecution Service ; indeed a justices ' clerk is obliged to do so if a private prosecutor withdraws or fails to proceed in circumstances in which the reason given appears unsatisfactory . |
23 | The restrictions of office life might have formed a permanent barrier to any expression of their feelings for each other , but their relationship had grown appreciably closer when they had both stayed for part of one summer at the home of a friend , Margaret Behrens , in Mentone — although even here Valerie Fletcher still called him " Mr Eliot " . |
24 | If earlier national and local links still existed it would have given a helpful criterion to governors to know whether their school was being managed well . |
25 | Her absence ( if it was regular and fairly lengthy ) would presumably have given a similar opportunity to her husband . |
26 | I entertained the hope that while one or two lazy habits may have crept in , the passage of years will have added a certain maturity to my conduct behind the wheel . |
27 | Certainly they were decorative and they must have added a barbaric vibrancy to the temple 's complex roof-line , but they also indicate a general dedication of the building to Poteidan . |
28 | So , with all the emotional implications of colour , should we even try to encourage a specific response to our work ? |
29 | We must have looked an odd bunch to any passing motorist catching us in his headlights . |
30 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |