Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Do you want to go to the Pete 's house ?
2 While I do not want to detract from the bilinguals ' versatility or the value of their multicultural experience , I will argue in this chapter that in fact monolinguals have broadly the same range of linguistic " powers " as bilinguals have , though sometimes these are manifested in other ways .
3 She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day .
4 ‘ Do n't you want to know about the children 's clothes ? ’ she asked , adding that they had looked rather sweet .
5 We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) .
6 And how did you know to go for the dolls ' bed ? ’
7 The clinical terms project was started last year to develop a set of terms comprehensive enough to cover anything that a clinician might need to write in a patient 's record .
8 Here 's what you 'll need to buy for the week 's low-fat diet .
9 ‘ If such plans develop , we will need to look at the company 's existing share structure and a 1-for-1 capitalisation issue would seem appropriate . ’
10 A duty is also placed on the provider in that ‘ when a hospital receives an extra-contractual referral , it will need to discuss with the patient 's DHA the financial arrangements and other terms … ’
11 The specialist teacher or adviser will need to discuss with the pupil 's own teacher the information obtained from screening procedures that has a bearing on adaptations to learning materials or to the environment .
12 " Some of those guys in America ca n't wait to get into the Senior 's Tour where the money is terrific " says giant 17 stone Barnes heading for the magic 50 himself .
13 ‘ I shall need to speak to the Ship 's Captain , the Rais , ’ said Mahmoud .
14 The politicians do n't want to listen to the nation 's voice because they believe they know best and are scared that the people will vote against .
15 Further , it identified three main ways in which coordinators could expect to contribute to the school 's teaching programme :
16 Four copies of application including full curriculum vitae and the names of three referees , together with details of how you would expect to contribute to the Institute 's continuing and successful development should be sent by 6th March , 1991 to the Personnel Office , University of York , Heslington , York YO DD .
17 What the corporate finance community would like to see in the USM 's place is the subject of Bill Millar 's article in Corporate Finance .
18 I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’
19 erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ?
20 Towards the end of 1950 the editor of The Manchester Guardian , as then was , asked Harry Griffin whether he would like to contribute to the paper 's ‘ Country Diary ’ about once a fortnight .
21 Erm anybody who 's who 's interested erm if you 'd like to ask for a leaflet aft at the end of the session because the main thing is that you do have to take advantage of this while you are still employed in reckonable service .
22 He makes some valid points that I should like to bring to the House 's attention .
23 There must be a point beyond which no set of built-in computer-like elements can suffice to account for an animal 's apparent grasp of its situation , particularly in the face of variable or unpredictable environmental contingencies .
24 More sweeping changes to deal with the threat of global warming will have to wait for the Government 's environment white paper under discussion in cabinet committee .
25 They will now have to wait until the car 's European launch in San Tropez in January .
26 If you 're not better by sort of Tuesday , Wednesday we 'll have to go to the doctor 's get you some antibiotics .
27 ‘ What on earth did you have to go to the chemist 's for ? ’
28 People especially did not wish to know about the administration 's private efforts to prop up the contras .
29 In 1811 they returned to Britain on leave and soon it became obvious that he would have to choose between the convict 's daughter and his military career .
30 They will have to answer for the team 's performances and can expect to be closely questioned on how often they saw those performances .
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