Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 The appropriate minister retains complete discretion whether or not to refer a merger to the Commission , and whether or not to accept any recommendation .
2 ( 6 ) Any person entitled under this section to appeal to the sheriff against the grant or refusal of a licence may appeal to the sheriff against a decision of a licensing board to attach or not to attach a condition to a licence , being a condition mentioned in section 38(3) or 101(2) of this Act .
3 The inspector makes a report and recommends whether or not to add the building to the statutory list .
4 As part of its contribution to " Helping the Earth Week " ( 17-23 October ) , the UK Department of the Environment has launched a campaign to encourage householders to improve energy efficiency in the home and thereby to make a contribution to reducing global warming .
5 The final report — almost eight times as long as the interim — was able to cover the same ground in more detail and also to extend the coverage to a wide range of ethnic minority groups .
6 At a meeting of the Company on 5th November 1491 , called at the request of Thomas Rich in the name of Julian Shaa and the other executors , the Goldsmiths asked if they might have £40 clear : this would allow them to fulfil all their obligations , to have some money spare for repairs and suchlike , and also to appropriate the balance to their own use .
7 So far , groups of crew have had an induction course and what is called ‘ a long sail ’ , when they spend several days acquainting themselves with the boat and gear , absorbing everything from how the cooker is switched on and how to flush the head to hoisting the mainsail and steering .
8 The drawbacks would be mainly administrative : how to ensure that products really did contain as much recycled material as was claimed — and how to apply the scheme to imports .
9 Rather , ‘ the Museum does not intend to sponsor a particular aspect of modern art , but rather to make a report to the public by offering material for study and comparison ’ .
10 Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it .
11 Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it .
12 If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course .
13 Research is therefore required , believes Simonsen , not only into the impact of the working environment on brain chemistry , but also to assess the extent to which internal brain processes can modify these effects .
14 ‘ My aim is not only to raise money but also to introduce the trust to non-members .
15 Our central task is not just to understand the past but also to relate the past to the present .
16 The police were needed not only to combat crime , but also to provide an alternative to the army in suppressing serious public disorder .
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