Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something like seventy five percent or sixty six or seventy five percent of the , of the units which we actually let , of the houses that we actually let , go to homeless families you know , it is a complete fiction to suggest , or even try and suggest as this does that somehow or other houses are being allocated willy-nilly to people who have massive resources who could go out and buy or rent in the private sector . |
| 2 | Er , first of all on the comment from Dave in relation to British Gas and the minimum achieved performance level or M A P L er the initials that I 've come to er know and love over the past few months , never having heard of them before . |
| 3 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 4 | The proposals must be acceptable to the people and parliament of the United Kingdom as a whole and because of the land frontier with the Republic of Ireland any political arrangement must recognise and provide for the special relationship between both parts of the island . |
| 5 | Dreamily , the blood flowing slowly through her veins like a stream of thick honey , she gradually felt her breasts swell and harden against the rough hairs of his chest . |
| 6 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 7 | I encourage our members to love , respect and pray for the other churches and to seek their well-being and growth above our own . |
| 8 | However , when the risk-free asset is introduced to this situation investors will all either borrow or lend at the risk-free rate . |
| 9 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 10 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 11 | This right he must acknowledge and exercise to the utmost , and not be deterred by any power , religious or otherwise . |
| 12 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 13 | In this way every general practitioner could shape and contribute to the future research and development of primary care . |
| 14 | A Committee sponsored by the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government to " look at problems arising out of the apparent failure … of government and industry to work together effectively " argued that " industrialists have been justified in recent years in criticising the government for failing to provide a stable economic framework within which they can plan and invest in the long-term " . |
| 15 | My Group was anxious that all teachers should understand and think about the ideological assumptions implied by their approach to the teaching of English , for this is one way to overcome dogmatism . |
| 16 | Each steam point allows the player to move , manoeuvre or shoot with the steam-powered cannon and once steam points have been declared they must all be used during that move phase . |
| 17 | ‘ Then we should both stop and groom for the final showdown , giving Barry Hearn three months to promote and sell the fight , ’ said Eubank . |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't stop and chatter with the working class now , darling , ’ she continued . |
| 19 | If sterling were not in Europe 's exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) , the chancellor , Norman Lamont , might be tempted to cut interest rates , let the pound slide and worry about the inflationary consequences later . |
| 20 | He offered these details for the police to confirm but was still unable to remember seeing anyone enter or leave by the rear door of the Post building . |
| 21 | It prepared me better than anything I 'd read or seen for the crisp exterior and soft centre of the Big Apple . |
| 22 | But the brain and questions of its function , and the part ‘ memory ’ ( and I put it in quotes ) or rather , a consideration of memory , can play in furthering our understanding of this function , belongs of course to everyone as a human being , from the stupidest person who can not read or write to the top people in biochemical research . |
| 23 | This indicates that the politics of local government do not just respond or react to the local environment , but crucially that they also help to mould this environment , and thus to a certain extent help to shape the local political agenda . |
| 24 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
| 25 | Erm as well as all that erm I 'll just try and add in the extra bits that Erm what was oh sorry how did I come to Friends Provident then ? |
| 26 | I could then sit and relax and listen to the other violinists . |
| 27 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 28 | The hotel manager is at a very important meeting and the receptionist is asked if she could cope and deal with the difficult task of breaking the news to Mrs Jones . |
| 29 | In so doing they served notice that , although enthusiasm would ebb and flow through the following decades , a new and fundamental fact had entered the politics of the nation . |
| 30 | No one else did , and Salah was careful to stagger the entertainments so that the foreign teachers ( for whom he had a certain distaste ) should arrive and leave before the other guests . |