Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
| 2 | The other problem is that tasks honoured with a separate colour on-screen may not appear emphasized on a black and white printout . |
| 3 | Yet it is precisely that kind of issue that the coalition would like addressed in a coherent and collaborative fashion . |
| 4 | for instance , seeing how firearms had decimated their neighbours , they might decide to bow to the inevitable and offer tribute before it was demanded with menaces . |
| 5 | The consequence of what Nicholls may have intended as a politic and eirenical statement was suspension , degradation , and imprisonment . |
| 6 | LOCAL AUTHORITIES drawing up plans for the community care reforms will have to consult with the private and voluntary sector , the new Department of Health guidelines say . |
| 7 | To examine the effect that railway building might have had on a self-contained and isolated rural community . |
| 8 | Currently there is concern that accelerated rates of scrappings of industrial assets , which may have occurred in the economic and financial conditions of recent years , could have distorted the valuation of Britain 's capital stock . |
| 9 | ‘ We Americans are spoilt , ’ he said , ‘ I doubt whether we would have played in the cold and soaking conditions we had here today . ’ |
| 10 | If it had been carved to life all the detail would have disappeared in a dense and unreadable thicket of vegetation . |
| 11 | Captain Montgomery was a tall , burly character with a jutting black beard , white teeth , a slightly hooked nose and humorous eyes and , in spite of the immaculately cut uniform and four golden rings on either cuff , could easily have passed for a well-to-do and genial eighteenth-century Caribbean pirate . |
| 12 | The universe would have started in a smooth and ordered state , and would become lumpy and disordered as time went on . |
| 13 | Because of a shortage of time most selectors will have to rely upon a quick and subjective sampling technique . |
| 14 | Although it is true that more people would have contracted serious illnesses of a type which have now been eradicated — especially tuberculosis , which struck large numbers of people ( women more frequently than men ) throughout the nineteenth century — very few people would have survived into a long and infirm old age ( Johansson , 1977 ) . |
| 15 | Some such vision , provoked by religious ecstasy and zeal , stimulated by opium , may have lain behind the elaborate and dizzying designs of the Minoan temples . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not intend to indulge in the disreputable and tawdry deceit of the Labour party , ’ he added . |
| 17 | Furthermore because these societies change and evolve it was natural that morals and laws should also change according to the social and economic system . |
| 18 | The contingency approach states that while a particular structure may create optimum efficiency in an organisation , this ideal structure will vary according to the internal and external conditions of each organisation . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the launching of the first Trident submarine yesterday , and the fact that three more are under construction , is the minimum insurance policy that the country can afford to accept in a dangerous and uncertain world ? |
| 20 | ‘ It would simply get wedged between the upper and lower banisters , ’ said Ludens , ‘ ca n't you see ? ’ |
| 21 | Will he make a statement to the House about the matter and will he get rid of the unwanted and unnecessary cuts in the number of coastguards ? |
| 22 | They would do a tour and their singles would still be in the warehouse because Red Rhino could n't afford to pay for the pressing and things like that , ’ says Debbie Kaye . |
| 23 | Across America , as in New York , the Times will continue to appeal to the rich and influential . |
| 24 | We will continue to work for the profitable and sustainable future of our fishing fleet . |
| 25 | The following appointments have been made to the Judicial Studies Board : Mr Justice Johnson , in succession to Lord Justice Butler-Sloss , ( and will also serve as co-Chairman of the Civil and Family Committee ) ; Judge Oddie , in succession to Judge White , ( and will continue to serve as a member of the Civil and Family Committee ) ; Mr Registrar Angel , a Family Division Registrar , ( who will also continue to serve on the Civil and Family Committee ) . |