Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 2 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 3 | No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber . |
| 4 | Cooperators can not expect to protect themselves against the threatened attack of the opposing forces without carefully preparing a united plan of campaign , in the same way that the Labour Party has mobilised its battalions … |
| 5 | The speaker in the afternoon was Sue Beardon , of Voluntary Action-Leeds , and she helped delegates understand what they must do to prepare themselves for the new ways of working . |
| 6 | In the front hall — in case any burglar should choose to throw himself through the fireproof glass in the window or slice through the mortise lock with a flame gun — was a selection of things to trip over . |
| 7 | On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We really appreciate your responsibility and concern and would like to thank you for the clear and reasonable explanation given . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When you 're through , sir , the CO would like to see you in the Orderly Tent . ’ |
| 10 | President of the Europe Commission , Jacques Delors , would like to see it as the only EC currency , but John Majors wants it to circulate alongside other currencies . |
| 11 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 12 | I would like to notify you of the following amendments to the planning permission for the above development . |
| 13 | If the hon. Member for Leicester , South ( Mr. Marshall ) would like to accompany me in the new year , I should be only too happy to take him on a tour and show him just how much is happening outside Belfast as well as in it . |
| 14 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 15 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 16 | Well we hope that erm by coming here you 've demonstrated that you do n't live in fantasy land so I 'd like to welcome you to the real world and in the real world we know that open systems despite the progress they 've made still struggle to replace the mainframe . |
| 17 | Lastly , I would like to congratulate you on the new look ( suck suck ) , and I especially like the PD pages . |
| 18 | In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality . |
| 19 | I 'd also like to congratulate you on the exceptional photographs in the Stephen Hawking article which were both honest and deeply moving . |
| 20 | We would like to ask everyone in the Secondary Schools of Edinburgh to join in by encouraging as many students and teachers as possible to travel to school by bicycle that day . |
| 21 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 22 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 23 | However bad a landlord , there is a crucial rule that needs to be kept in mind if you do n't want to put yourself on the wrong side of the law . |
| 24 | Gloria did n't pause to say anything to the cheery porter at the gates , nor did he call out to them . |
| 25 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 26 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |
| 27 | ‘ Get into the main street , we can try to lose ourselves amongst the other cabs . ’ |
| 28 | But damn him — it was bad enough that he be high-handed and autocratic when they were alone together — did he really have to carry it into the public arena too ? |
| 29 | For a new act , I would have to pitch them at the right venue for their type of music . |
| 30 | On the simple computer described above we would have to do something like the following : |