Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head teacher has the reputation of the school to protect , and might not want to lose an otherwise good teacher . |
| 2 | He told the meeting of MPs that he would prefer to see a more democratically-accountable bank but that he refused to support anything which jeopardised the treaty . |
| 3 | You will need to buy a reasonably large diary . |
| 4 | The purchaser will also need to file a duly stamped copy of the asset sale agreement with the Registrar of Companies within one month of the allotment of the shares ( CA 1985 , s88 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We were wondering if perhaps you 'd consider taking a more high-profile role in the company ? ’ |
| 6 | You may need to add a little more water if the sauce becomes too thick . |
| 7 | To be able to do this successfully , you do need to have a reasonably good understanding of how to draw two dimensional shapes that , when knitted , will fit together to create three dimensional garments . |
| 8 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 9 | On the other hand a garden associated with an inner city dwelling will usually need to have a more formal approach . |
| 10 | However , most churches in today 's world , with its high population density , complex relationship networks and mobility will need to take a more sophisticated approach to alert themselves to the significant trends . |
| 11 | Any such artefact may seek either to proclaim or to hide the material used and the constraints the material has imposed upon the technological process : a mask may be thought to incorporate the spiritual properties of the wood from which it is taken ; a group of people may refuse to purchase an item known to be of seal skin ; a plastic may seek to copy a more traditional material ; the gold from which an object is made may have far greater significance than the actual form into which it has been hammered . |
| 12 | A House of Commons , faced with a crisis , could easily seek to make a more extended use of its power than has been the case during the era of self-restraint . |
| 13 | In particular , foam-breathing could make smoking a less anti-social habit , and more economical to boot . |
| 14 | For example , we would expect to find a very high proportion of cognate words in British and American English but a much lower percentage if we compare English and German and still lower if we compare English and Russian . |
| 15 | Tip : If it does curdle add a little more flour and whisk again . |
| 16 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 17 | Clearer direction should also be given to local government , private business and the public showing what they must do to build an environmentally sustainable society . |
| 18 | One may choose to adopt a broadly aesthetic approach to texts , as is often done , perfectly appropriately , but one then encounters what seems to me a potentially disabling contradiction . |
| 19 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 20 | If the girls do not appear to have an even average awareness of culture — a friend said that a couple of years ago Zsuzsa had never heard of |
| 21 | Your new employer might appear to place a disconcertingly low valuation on your old company pension rights . |
| 22 | Married couples in the 1980s can expect to spend a much greater part of the later part of their lives together without their children . |
| 23 | People seem to think either that a burglary wo n't happen to them , or that there 's nothing they can do to stop a really determined thief . |
| 24 | When you 're going round the Fens , you must 've had a very early start in the morning , did you ? |
| 25 | I am sure that hon. Members would prefer to hear a more considered account tomorrow . |
| 26 | So that the , the dress reflects fashion , you can see we 've got a slightly puffed sleeve and it 's quite full here , but it is tight at the shoulder , and the shoulder itself , here we are , sort of slopes down , so you 've got the basic line of the full skirt , a bodice at the waist , and this is very pretty , this pleating here . |
| 27 | PS As I know you love to peep behind the scenes at GH , I thought you 'd like to see a rather different shot of the cosmetic bosses featured in Feels Good ! last month . |
| 28 | It 's that sort of change that I think is extremely significant , and I think it happens for women very much at that stage , when they have been through those sorts of experiences themselves , so one way in which I think that we can change things is — and help people to change things for themselves — is very much to support and develop those kinds of second change erm access , returning to education , returning to work , type projects as very much part of mainstream education and employment , and I would like to see a much greater range of those sorts of projects available for people and erm a lot more government resources into supporting that kind of provision . |
| 29 | I 'd like to see a much earlier final . |
| 30 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |