Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DRO can follow up a placement to discuss any problems that may arise between the disabled worker and his employer . |
| 2 | With four minutes left I was worried — worried whether I would be able to go out and eat for the next week or so . |
| 3 | Importing authorities , on the other hand , have complained that the cross-boundary flow adjustment does not fully compensate for the actual workload since , by using average costs , it does not fully cover the costs of treating high-cost cases . |
| 4 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 5 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 6 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
| 7 | So what do you think about the overall situation as it stands at the present time ? |
| 8 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 9 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 10 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 11 | Whoever had been there before me did n't know about the spare key because the glass in the top half of the door was shattered and the door was open . |
| 12 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 13 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 14 | Some people , upon seeing a title like that , would automatically opt for the pre-shaping method since maths is quite often a dirty word . |
| 15 | He said a woman should aske for the senior registrar and make a full statement . |
| 16 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 17 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 18 | If it was above £85,000 the owners would qualify for the next band and pay £551 . |
| 19 | For example , as a plagioclase-rich layer sediments , fast-settling olivine formed in the overlying layer can fall through the interfacial zone and the excess density flux can overturn the layer . |
| 20 | He was never a favourite character of mine , as I do not approve of the British partition and subsequent desertion of India , mismanaged by Mountbatten against a horrific background of massacres . |
| 21 | Moreover , it was his heart 's desire that the cause of the Gospel would flourish throughout the whole country and even beyond . |
| 22 | Some scientists argue that nastier outcomes are more likely ; and that wise countries will insure against the incalculable risk that the consequences of climate change might be catastrophic . |
| 23 | In a pointed reference to criticism of his refusal to rule out voting with the Government in the future , he said : ‘ Jim of all people should know that there are occasions when Labour as well as the Tories can act against the Scottish interest and therefore must be opposed . ’ |
| 24 | One of the most distressing factors is the ‘ jollying up ’ attitude of staff and their expectations that the patients and their families will collude with the ritual pretence that everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds . |
| 25 | One intended to go to Gateshead college full time for a year to do five GCSEs , but was unable to get a grant or income support because she did not qualify under the 22-hour rule and so reluctantly decided to attend part time instead . |
| 26 | Its forsaken partner may fall into the black hole as well . |
| 27 | Society reaps a benefit because the invention will eventually fall into the public domain and because , in the meantime , commercial enterprise is stimulated . |
| 28 | Does it , does it act that question , does it act in the modern way and if it does how much does it act in the modern way . |
| 29 | A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area . |
| 30 | But the steroids in the Pill are of a different sort — they are the female sex hormones ( or closely related chemicals ) and they do not act in the same way as corticosteroids . |