Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 2 | ‘ Or does she object to the coloured races in general ? ’ |
| 3 | What I desired was a grand conception , one which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature . |
| 4 | It is in islands like the one I have been talking of that one can best speak to the emergent nations about their problems in a relaxed , a hospitable and an egalitarian atmosphere , and against the background of a shared experience . |
| 5 | If it is difficult now to concur with the Bioscope reviewer 's judgement that the film ‘ surpasses in technical achievement anything of its kind ever made in Britain , and at times soars to heights of directorial brilliance ’ , it 's still possible to understand how an audience that had been accustomed only to silent films might warm to the various acts on display . |
| 6 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 7 | They do not refer to the 130 parishes in the diocese , each of which operates its own finances . |
| 8 | Education about the Third World which does not refer to the socio-economic problems of rural Europe can promote a belief that European development has worked and that failure lives elsewhere in the world , or that there is no relationship between the problems of European DRAs and those of the predominantly rural Third World countries . |
| 9 | By way of introduction to section 38 I should refer to the familiar provisions in section 37 concerning relation back of a trustee 's title . |
| 10 | ( In this context , we will sometimes refer to the original actions as pure strategies . ) |
| 11 | The Minister may also refer to the discretionary grants from local education authorities . |
| 12 | Did he refer to the high standards of social protection in this country ? |
| 13 | When it is said in Psalms that the enemies will be smitten in the ‘ hinder parts ’ it has been thought by many people to refer to haemorrhoids , but the description could equally refer to the anal manifestations of secondary syphilis , condylomata lata . |
| 14 | Unrealistic prices not related to the long-term supply price of any energy source lead inevitably to excessive and inefficient consumption while rational pricing policies are one of the most important elements in making users accommodate to the harsh realities of the high energy cost environment in which all of us must live . |
| 15 | Increased basal acid secretion has been implicated in duodenal ulcerogenesis and correction of this abnormality may contribute to the prolonged remissions of this disease seen after eradication of H pylori . |
| 16 | Moreover , Don Juan 's sympathies lay with the Allies , which contributed to making his followers in Spain believe that they could look to the Western democracies in general , and to Great Britain in particular , for support . |
| 17 | The Clans meet Maghery in Sunday 's decider at the Athletic Grounds ( 3.30 ) and their potent mixture of youth and experience will test the Lough shore side who will again look to the mesmeric skills of the Robinson brothers , Jim and Dixie . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll see to the small ones at the back here . |
| 19 | If they wish they can stick to the bare bones of the task , as an intellectual exercise , but if they feel secure they may inject ‘ feeling ’ ideas . |
| 20 | Yes , but C and G are actually very good er very sound er on their er ratios , they 're pretty good , but erm some of them are n't so good , and you know , be careful when you 're coming to invest in building societies I 'd stick to the major players at the moment , even though you may get a premium by going to a smaller society . |
| 21 | Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents . |
| 22 | We shall also report to the financial advisers in accordance with the terms of the engagement as set out below . |
| 23 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 24 | The different methods do not react to the same types of buried feature , and are thus to some extent complementary . |
| 25 | In due course , we will move to the narrow bands of the ERM . |
| 26 | Instead of an anecdotal narrative it must aspire to the rigorous standards of a science . |
| 27 | Let us return to the measured tones of Cliff Cunningham . |
| 28 | He went into retreat and , says Walton , ‘ had many conflicts with himself , whether he should return to the painted pleasures of a court-life or betake himself to a study of divinity and enter into Sacred Orders , to which his dear mother had often persuaded him ’ . |
| 29 | Let us return to the two quotations with which we began , which may initially appear diametrically opposed . |
| 30 | The solicitors in whose favour the contract has been released , are then free to undertake a telephone exchange of contracts in accordance with Law Society Formula " A " or " B " , as appropriate , and can then return to the original solicitors at the end of the chain in order to complete the exchange of the released contract in the same way as they would if dealing with Law Society Formula " A " or " B " . |