Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would , therefore , like to invite you to the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council . |
| 2 | This is the BBC , and we 'd like to welcome you to a new series of Jackanory , which this year promises to bring you stories about subjects such as homosexuality and Aids . |
| 3 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 4 | Well we hope that erm by coming here you 've demonstrated that you do n't live in fantasy land so I 'd like to welcome you to the real world and in the real world we know that open systems despite the progress they 've made still struggle to replace the mainframe . |
| 5 | I 'd like to get it to a safe place . |
| 6 | But I do n't want to leave it to the last game of the season . |
| 7 | But perhaps he could not have attracted them to The Other Story . |
| 8 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 9 | As an example of what is meant by ‘ assignment ’ , we might say that a botanist who discovers an unusual plant will try to assign it to a known species ; if this is found impossible , it will be decided that a new species has been discovered , and that future examples of this plant will be assigned to this new species . |
| 10 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 11 | And in a way this answer , like the first , was astonishingly appropriate , brandishing a secret truth and a paradox before a man who would have appreciated it to the full , but could not be let into the secret . |
| 12 | The headmistressy tone should have reduced him to an ill-behaved schoolboy . |
| 13 | Now all of this may well have made no difference to the final result ; the courts reading of the facts may have led them to the same conclusion whatever the meanings given to reasonable and unreasonable . |
| 14 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 15 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 16 | Presumably I 'll have to transfer them to a separate tank first , but should it be planted or bare ? |
| 17 | To have any chance of raising the fry to a reasonable size , you will have to transfer them to a separate aquarium . |
| 18 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 19 | His agent , Giles Gordon of Sheil Land , had reacted to the sight of the manuscript with alarm , but was won around by reading it : ‘ He said that perhaps it should be cut a bit , but that we should aim to keep it to the same kind of scale . ’ |
| 20 | I have four sons and can not afford to take them to a first team game ( £10 each to get in ! ) |
| 21 | ‘ You should 've sent me to a decent school , ’ said Camille . |
| 22 | Physical activity and natural light Light exercise and brisk walks taken at your accustomed time by the new local time will help to adjust you to the new time zone and to make you feel ready for sleep at bedtime . |