Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [det] of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where calcareous soils are widely found , as in north China , airborne particles of calcium carbonate ( CaCO 3 ) , which produce high Ca 2+ cation concentrations , can neutralize or buffer some of the acidity . |
| 2 | Though about 95% of orders are placed without human intervention , people can , of course , monitor and override any of the system 's decisions — eg , to ensure that it is not ordering $2m missiles because of a statistical fluke . |
| 3 | By arranging them in dense rows with a settlement area below them , its possible to remove and collect much of the mulm that would otherwise build-up and clog the main media . |
| 4 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 5 | Can I come and do some of the work there . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be staying with a number of Japanese families so will have to learn how to communicate and become less of a gaijin ( foreigner ) , ’ he says . |
| 7 | The idea of progress was crucially important in an age when the west 's growing technological power was allowing it to conquer and colonize most of the world . |
| 8 | The decided cases do not yet give a clear answer to this problem but presumably the retention of title clause would entitle the seller to take and re-sell such of the timber he had supplied under this contract as remained unsold and unmixed in the buyer 's possession . |
| 9 | We 'll try and move some of the band 's equipment into the linen-room closet so it does n't blow over or get wet . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Jordan has organised two public hustings to try and meet more of the electorate on Sunday at 1.30pm and Monday , 7.30pm , at the St Mary 's Centre , Corporation Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | The convoy originally had planned to split and take some of the aid to Gorazde , another government enclave , but after being blocked by a crater in a mined road to Gorazde , all trucks headed down the twisting , snow-covered route that UN officials feared was also mined and finally arrived in Zepa to a tumultuous welcome . |
| 12 | In France and Spain , and to a lesser extent in Britain , it was widely believed that the most important function of a fleet was not to seek out and destroy that of the enemy but to protect the colonies and seaborne trade of the State to which it belonged and capture or harass those of its opponents . |
| 13 | Training exercises had to be postponed after the fire , which destroyed a hangar used to pack and repair all of the country 's military parachutes . |
| 14 | There are also ideas and schemes to purchase and renovate many of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century quintas around the island and to re-open them as small hotels . |
| 15 | Bob Smith 's research in Wiltshire , developing some of the implications of the above , has begun to locate and define some of the valley settlements . |