Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far Temple 's aspirations coincided with reality may be judged by these observations committed to paper in 1962 by a man who had been his native clerk : ‘ To speak the gospel truth ’ , this man recalled , ‘ Mr Temple was very harsh towards the native chiefs … really , he did not spare the rod as far as efficient administration was concerned ; … he was bad-tempered … |
| 2 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 3 | But the Easy Wire plug from PowerBreaker should make the job both easier and safer . |
| 4 | He must be careful that the new rules he lays down fit well enough with rules established by others or likely to be established in the future that the total set of rules will work together and make the situation better rather than pulling in opposite directions and making it worse . |
| 5 | And therefore my no listen to my point , therefore my birthday comes later than anyone else 's therefore I 'm gon na be one of the last people to learn how to drive , therefore I 'm gon na want the car as soon as possible . |
| 6 | I do think the discussion so far and the contribution from Mr and Mr is unfairly er at this stage erm prejudicing a proper assessment of er er er a for a new settlement all the way round Greater York including the Southwest and I return to a comment I made before the break , that dualling for example of the outer bypass of the York ring road which is programmed and is , will dramatically change may well dramatically change the perception erm erm of people to the to the west of the Greater York area in respect of the area to the north east . |
| 7 | And these 'll be for the banquet and I 'll explain the banquet later on as we go on . |
| 8 | You 'll enjoy the holiday much more if you 've been to France and faced your ghosts . ’ |
| 9 | ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities . |
| 10 | In fact , in our view , it would only aggravate the situation even further if such a byelaw was to be adopted , as most people within the district do not know which land is owned by the Council and which is not . |
| 11 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |
| 12 | But a great man , a potens , in Charles 's kingdom could quit the scene as completely as he had momentarily seemed to dominate it : if he died leaving only young sons , or no sons at all , or if he moved to another Carolingian kingdom , Charles might redistribute his honores as he put it , voluntarie — " in accordance with my will " . |
| 13 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 14 | Dance is a physical manifestation and dancers only become expressive when they can feel the movements both physically and emotionally , and when they are inspired by the choreographer 's interpretation and enthusiasm . |
| 15 | You may feel the doorknob more strongly than some big personal event , and the doorknob will open into something that you can use as your own . |
| 16 | You will feel the cold even more when you ca n't get about as you do now , and you will be even more bored and lonely . |
| 17 | Now , in this article you 'll find information to help prevent the disease as far as possible . |
| 18 | Right , we 'll do the register now please and if you could just erm tell me the |
| 19 | If we said , like , if we , every second month say or every third month , then we , we knew we were going to have a speaker , we could the time before we could then do the business more thoroughly and carefully so that the month of the speaker we could just go through it very quickly . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do . |
| 21 | Making love , walking the dog or knocking a squash ball about will do the job as effectively as a stiff drink , and they are less likely to hasten your demise . |
| 22 | Matthews feels that X-rays could do the job more cheaply and safely — the shells would not even need to be opened up . |
| 23 | In 1991 it offered handsome tax incentives to encourage the creation of big trading companies that would do the job more efficiently than lots of little sellers . |
| 24 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |
| 25 | EDWINA CURRIE turned down the offer of a job in Mr Major 's Government yesterday , saying that someone else could do the job far better than she could . |
| 26 | However , I felt that someone else could do the job far better than I , so I have declined . ’ |
| 27 | The head need n't take the role of guide , a child can often do the job far better than an adult . |
| 28 | Instead , she said , ‘ I 'm sure someone else would do the job far better than I. ’ |
| 29 | The essential thing is that you should do the homework as thoroughly as you can . ’ |
| 30 | Teacher : You can do the puzzle very quickly and it is quite a hard one . |