Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A no vote by the Danes in their referendum , due in May or April , would condemn Britain to remain in the slow lane of a two-speed Europe . |
| 2 | Shaw 's book , however , did encourage Eliot to think of the modern in terms of the ancient , of ‘ creative evolution ’ , of ‘ Darwin' , ‘ biology ’ , and the ‘ ultimate questions ’ raised by ‘ the attempt to expose a panorama of human history ‘ as far as thought can reach ’ . |
| 3 | The talks had been undertaken by the English-speaking provinces with a view to agreeing a package of reforms which would induce Quebec to remain within the Canadian confederation . |
| 4 | Anyway , I 'll get Jannie to look in the local agents and keep her ears open . ’ |
| 5 | He did n't want Eileen to lie in the Catholic cemetery in Naas , since the place reserved for the Arbuthnots was forbidden to her . |
| 6 | Well I think if I could ask James to help on the geographic spread of the profits overall and then I could perhaps supplement that afterwards on the oil services . |