Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After all , good results will qualify you for a better job , and give you the added satisfaction of proving to your boss that you are good at what you do .
2 a cast iron logical argument you could you could then even phase it over a longer period
3 But I could do them in the smaller size . ’
4 For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority .
5 JEWKES : O , you are very good , sir , very forgiving indeed , but come , I hope you will be so good as to take her to your bosom and that my tomorrow morning you 'll bring her to a better sense of her duty .
6 I always find it a difficult binocular object ; I can just see it with × 20 , but I am not confident that I can identify it with a lower magnification .
7 Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses .
8 Cumberland , an eye-witness recorded , ‘ jumped around the room with joy ’ on learning he could resume his pursuit of the rebels , ‘ and declared that he would follow them to the further part of Scotland . ’
9 ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be .
10 But if every man here used his vote as he should and put a Labour government not only in the State of New South Wales but throughout the dominion , not only throughout the dominion but the Commonwealth , not only in the Commonwealth but throughout the world — ’ Bobby was enjoying himself now and so were most of his audience , standing under the afternoon sun. ’ — then the working man will have his true voice and he will make it heard in the corridors of power , for we will be the new power then — and we will use it for the greater good of all .
11 I was afraid that if Bekenstein found out about it , he would use it as a further argument to support his ideas about the entropy of black holes , which I still did not like .
12 A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s .
13 However , if the scheme is viewed as one that does not tax interest on savings , then more consumption in the future can be financed from a given volume of savings and those seeking a target future consumption can meet it with a lower level of current savings .
14 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that he has listened to hon. Members and representatives of people with disabilities who are worried that the additional room or larger property that they need to accommodate their disabilities might take them into a higher band and that he has decided that any such people should fall within one band lower than would otherwise be the case ?
15 Byron would not have me in the larger house , claiming that the dogs would never tolerate my presence without howling all night .
16 Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world .
17 I 'll take you for a closer look . ’
18 Unix Labs will take it to a higher court if the judge does n't overturn the ruling he made himself .
19 USL will take it to a higher court if the judge does n't overturn himself .
20 MANY will take it as a further surrender to Common Market bureaucracy that an inspectorate will soon be established to regulate the smell of farm manure .
21 To save time , he decided to take the bicycle with him across the fields so that he could ride it on the smoother sections .
22 The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo .
23 In these circumstances any analysis of the Nigerian news media can quickly become outdated ; however , this does not mean , that an account of trends to date will not guide us towards a better understanding of present practices .
24 She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market .
25 ( 4 ) You may use the premises for the sole purpose of … ( 5 ) You will keep the premises clean and tidy and will leave them in no worse condition than that in which they are at the date of this letter and free from rubbish .
26 That would leave them in a worse position than they began , because all the T'ang can offer them is money .
27 Following his split with the SWP James and his small band of adherents joined with another small group , the Workers ' Party , and with the aid his close collaborators , Grace Lee and Raya Dunayevskaya , he set about the task of examining the Hegelian dialectic and Marxist doctrine , which he believed would lead him to a fuller understanding of the Soviet Union , and in particular , Stalinism .
28 We 'll leave it to a softer Pen :
29 Educational facilities and the quality of teaching staff must also improve — either colleges of nursing must only employ qualified teaching staff or they should leave it to the higher education establishments , who will also be able to facilitate adequate library facilities .
30 Then you can make it into an easier idea of what I mean .
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