Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By forming an exclusive club , the rich have ensured that their tax contributions do not have to go to supporting the poor in their neighbourhood . |
| 2 | But I would not have objected to having the extra music . |
| 3 | That is the undeniable conclusion that all observers will have come to following the overwhelming defeat of Wales . |
| 4 | Frank Gray flopped all too quickly when his predecessor might have succeeded in taking the same squad to safety . |
| 5 | The Mons road offered the shortest route to Brussels , and if Brussels fell the Emperor would have succeeded in driving the British back to the North Sea and the Prussians back across the Rhine . |
| 6 | Although this adaptation may have succeeded in improving the general light level , you can do more by adding to the illumination of individual areas , so take a look at what other light sources are available . |
| 7 | One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information . |
| 8 | The major problems you will have encountered in preparing the consolidated profit and loss account are likely to have been the calculation of the unrealised profit provisions and the minority interest . |
| 9 | ‘ Results were as good as we could have hoped for given the difficult economic background throughout the year , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The Government 's own Department of Development Aid has apparently been so devious that the judge investigating the billions of Rand evidently missing or misappropriated , which should have gone towards assisting the poorer ( black ) communities , has thrown in the towel when faced by the department 's shambolic accounting . |
| 11 | What I actually said was that the price that we would have to charge for burying the dead had to go up in order to ensure that in of the circumstances our standards could remain impeccable . |
| 12 | I still do n't understand how anyone could get turned on watching the X-rated frolicking of a very large pregnant woman and her pimply-butted lover . |