Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 2 | No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber . |
| 3 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 4 | On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’ |
| 5 | We would like to ask everyone in the Secondary Schools of Edinburgh to join in by encouraging as many students and teachers as possible to travel to school by bicycle that day . |
| 6 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 7 | Gloria did n't pause to say anything to the cheery porter at the gates , nor did he call out to them . |
| 8 | Of course , this group at Ephesus must have heard something about the Holy Spirit if they listened at all attentively to John the Baptist , but they did not realise that the promised Spirit was available for them ; that he could make a difference to their lives . |
| 9 | Its formation may have owed something to the traditional structure of the peasant commune ; its unity and authority were enhanced by the absence of firmly entrenched separate trade unions ; and its electoral procedure was drawn directly from the experience of the Shidlovsky Commission . |
| 10 | At a World Cup : ‘ The manager must have said something in the Dutch dressing gown at half-time . ’ |
| 11 | Drouot salerooms may have seen none of the spectacular sales which are so good for promotion . |
| 12 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 13 | You and I might have done the same if we had been there , though we would have had none of the technical skill and detailed knowledge of Fleming . |
| 14 | On the simple computer described above we would have to do something like the following : |
| 15 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 16 | He will also have to learn something about the administrative structure of his chosen place and how it has changed over time . |
| 17 | But sometimes the expenditure will result in the plaintiff acquiring an asset of a type that he would have required even if he had not been disabled , although he would not have required one with the special attributes of the asset in question . |
| 18 | You can knit row one at the usual cast-on tension , but I prefer to increase the tension to three on one of the carriages . |
| 19 | I must not forget to say something to the whole school about her . ’ |
| 20 | One other matter before I ask the General Secretary I think our colleague might want to say something after the General Secretary . |
| 21 | Did you want to say anything on the main motion now er thank you . |
| 22 | The notions of men and women as economic beings , or political beings , are discarded by global capitalism , quite logically , as the system does not even pretend to satisfy everyone in the economic or the political spheres . |