Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various experiments were performed to verify that the imaging technique would give consistent results and to understand better the various parameter values ( illumination , exposure , the structure of the subjects to be measured ) affecting the measurement . |
| 2 | In these dismal surroundings the Prince president was supposed to uphold the dignity of his position and to represent worthily the French nation . |
| 3 | In the long run it may be possible to go further than this , to appropriate in the form of tax revenue a large part of the income which workers would otherwise have put into long-term savings schemes , and to expand commensurately the socialised provision for retired workers ( state pensions plus appropriate social amenities ) . |
| 4 | The best approach would have been to do the more straightforward bits first and to spend only the allocated time — 36 minutes — and no longer . |
| 5 | But to consider only the final selection examination , is to see only half the picture . |