Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking on a franchise can make or break a redundant executive |
| 2 | Her annual garden party , for buyers of fleets of cars and trucks who dealt with her husband , was always a memorable occasion , reported upon in detail by the queen of the social columns of the Tollemarche Advent , a lady who could make or break a local hostess . |
| 3 | Soil fertility , seeds mixture , age of ley , rainfall , sunlight , wind , growth time , stage of growth when cut , harvesting methods , and storage : each can make or mar the final product . |
| 4 | ( Abelson et al. , 1980 ; P.M. Churchland , 1984 ; Flanagan , 1984 ) I have little doubt , however , that the objections will elicit or reinforce a fundamental conviction in readers , a conviction as good as universal . |
| 5 | They can double or treble the two-match suspension and £1,800 fine that Northants imposed immediately on skipper Lamb for exposing the ball-fiddle by speaking out without his county 's permission . |
| 6 | He moved gingerly about the kitchen , putting away crockery , as if he were afraid his touch might damage or contaminate the pristine glory of its equipment . |
| 7 | Anyone between five and 11 can enter , and the task is to draw , paint or model a green dragon . |
| 8 | It is thus proposed that the view representation need not be as complex as the analysis model , but only of sufficient detail to fully explain or show the requested solution . |
| 9 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 10 | All you are asked to do is to type in the baby 's surname and the computer will display or print a random list of baby 's names ( girls or boys ) with the chosen surname . |
| 11 | Separation may result from clinical depression and , therefore , it may aggravate or maintain a pre-existing depressive condition … |
| 12 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 13 | Anthony Scrivener referred to the Bill as unique in jurisprudence because a defendant can be guilty of the aggravated offence even though he does no other act than commit the basic offence , and the event which makes the crime aggravated is outside his or her control . |
| 14 | Toronto-based CAE Industries Ltd reports that its CAE-Link Corp unit has won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for a higher formation battle trainer for the British Army : terms were not disclosed , but CAE-Link will develop , install and maintain a command-and-control trainer to simulate a round-the-clock battle in real time for up to six weeks , creating the battlefield communications flow between the staff being trained , higher headquarters and subordinate unit headquarters ; it will consist of a central server networked to 170 controller and operator stations at two sites in the UK and Germany ; it has to be transportable for use at other training sites . |
| 15 | If you are unemployed or actively looking to change your job you will increase your chances immeasurably if you let other people know and make a positive effort to follow up any leads you receive . |
| 16 | For instance , we must know and understand the total cost structure in multi-product businesses from raw materials through to the customer . |
| 17 | Thus , to raise the potential value of the information being processed using activities beyond Taylor 's Stage 1 ( i.e. those in his Stage 2 ( analysing processes ) , or his Stage 3 ( judgemental processes ) , or his Stage 4 ( decision processes ) ) , the people involved must know and understand the detailed decision-making situation wherein the information will eventually be used . |
| 18 | Here you must know and use the real facts of police work . |
| 19 | By the time children go to school they will be used to choosing their own books and will know and enjoy a good range of picture books , stories , and poems . |
| 20 | Wearing his environmental manager 's hat , Mike 's responsibilities are to monitor , audit and minimise the environmental impact of the business . |
| 21 | She let the dress fall and took a shy step towards him . |
| 22 | I remind the House that the United Kingdom and other developed countries of Europe must assist and support the developing economies , especially in eastern Europe , to ensure that people will want to stay and strengthen those economies themselves . |
| 23 | All Leeds can do at the moment is keep winning the games we should win and clock the away victories , so that when the Uniteds of this world come along we wo n't be psyched out of beating them . |
| 24 | An experiment could be conducted by taking a largish group of electors , splitting them into two at random , telling half that the polls indicated one candidate would win and telling the other half that they showed a rival would win . |
| 25 | But they are also nervous that the calculations they make in the next two weeks may determine who will win and lose the political battles of the next two years . |
| 26 | Concurrent Computer Corp , Oceanport , New Jersey has launched a Series 7000 Investment Protection Programme under which its customers can buy and install a new Series 7000 system and then order the compatible upgrade to the next generation system , which will be introduced later this year . |
| 27 | Women wishing to return to work after maternity leave can telephone an agency which will vet , recruit and supervise a local childminder , and provide back-up cover if the main carer is ill . |
| 28 | Bert Holldobler has discussed how Leptothorax workers may recruit and lead a single ant when the food source is too big for one ant but only needs two to move it . |
| 29 | The feedback currently available indicates that the numbers of women reading engineering have increased to 15% ( from 7.8% in 1982–83 ) , but much more still remains to be done and industry 's most pressing problem in the 1990s will be to attract , recruit and retain the high calibre of technologically literate young people they will need . |
| 30 | If alien DNA enters a cell — by transformation or as a bacteriophage , for example — E. coli can recognise and destroy the unwanted DNA using restriction enzymes . |