Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a military coup seems unlikely in these democratic times , Mr Kim does not want to risk rattling the top brass or provoking earnest young turks unless , or until , a glaring new scandal emerges — and one may be brewing over fighter-aircraft procurements . |
| 2 | Conversely , if we are concerned about ex post outcomes , we would not be happy about treating the person as receiving the average , or actuarial , benefit from government spending ( e.g. , on health ) , and would want to try to measure the actual provision in relation to need . |
| 3 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 4 | However , exports to non-E.E.C. countries in their currencies will still be subject to fluctuating exchange rates and Northern Ireland exporters will need to continue using the various mechanisms available to them to minimise exchange risks . |
| 5 | Then that thirdly , it it would need to help fulfil the economic objectives or the employment needs of the receiving authority which which I guess in in many respects boils down to nominating a particular authority or authorities if if you like . |
| 6 | Whilst standard published lists of terms provide useful models and certainly aid the searcher of a large publicly available database , any information worker needing to establish an in-house database , catalogue or index will need to consider devising a local list of indexing terms . |
| 7 | What should we do to help re-build the frail economy , prevent old scores from being settled in ways which will lead to even further insecurity . |
| 8 | This could be ( and has been ) achieved not only by investigative journalism and television documentaries , which do appear to have influenced the general level of awareness amongst American citizens to such an extent that Spiro Agnew referred to it as the ‘ post-Watergate ’ morality . |
| 9 | They do not cover the Mediterranean , where England does not appear to have played a substantial part in trade until at least after the accession of the Tudors . |
| 10 | Firstly , the proportion of British investment resources devoted to electricity was , if anything , low by international standards , so that , other things being equal , Britain at least would appear to have suffered no greater investment ‘ distortion ’ than elsewhere . |
| 11 | We do not appear to have received the signed documents back from you yet . |
| 12 | Dante would appear to have seen a striking clock at least fifteen years before the Visconti clock of 1335 was installed ; he may have seen the iron clock placed in the campanile of the church of Sant' Eustorgio in Milan in 1309 — the first Italian public clock of which we have knowledge . |
| 13 | True , Mr Taylor does now appear to have safeguarded the contractual rights of players who soon will be working in the new League for their old employers . |
| 14 | Sixteenth-century towns do not appear to have had a solid group of stable families in the same way as so many contemporary rural parishes . |
| 15 | ‘ The Budget does not appear to have had a positive effect on the attitudes of the consumer towards the market and investment . ’ |
| 16 | Pragmatic instrumentalist thought would appear to have had a significant influence on the general intellectual milieu in which Jennings and Robson worked . |
| 17 | I do not expect to have to remind a senior staff nurse that she should have more consideration for my dining-room staff ! ’ |
| 18 | And presumably you 'd like to see push a little bit further upfield ? |
| 19 | What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper . |
| 20 | Perhaps you 'd like to phone to arrange a suitable date . |
| 21 | We will pursue it vigorously , and we will campaign to get changed the basic rules which ensure that a country which is rich in coal resources ensures that it makes the most of the use of these coal resources , and changes the rules automatically excluding coal from being used from sensible base burning for electricity laws . |
| 22 | If this occurs , the buyer can no longer claim to have suffered a total failure of consideration . |
| 23 | Unpredictably it is Cambridge that may claim to have played a major part in his developments . |
| 24 | Yet I perceive there is still some way to go before voluntary and statutory bodies can claim to have made a serious break-through in mobilising action . |
| 25 | The Committee concluded that the broadcasters could legitimately claim to have made a praiseworthy attempt to deliver the sort of programmes they had promised . |
| 26 | By 1915 it had become one of the obsessions by which Curtis was possessed serially in the course of his long and active career , and , of all his many projects , the political evolution of India was the one where he could most truly claim to have made a direct contribution to events . |
| 27 | Although Darlington , and her partner of Middlesbrough , can not claim to have started the Indian connection , by 1860 her foundries were indelibly etched into the Railways for the Raj title especially locomotives , rolling stock , rails , bridges , station steelwork and coal . |
| 28 | I had known this lady for many years and could claim to have had a friendly relationship with her . |
| 29 | I must say , I was rather disappointed , for I would like to have discussed the bantering question with him . |
| 30 | Well I 'd like to say stay a long time but actually I thought |