Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms may not wish to prosecute an employee who has been fiddling them but may prefer to deal with the matter informally , to avoid bad publicity or appearing inefficient and the Possible loss of the confidence of their clients . |
| 2 | This means , then , that the sort of target group description the agency may want to develop for the advertising will be something like this ( for a brand of ice cream ) : |
| 3 | Whatever criticisms one may want to make of the quality of the evidence and analysis of the debate , it is hard to deny its effectiveness in changing the climate with regard to the control of the curriculum . |
| 4 | However , we wish to discuss and agree any amendments that you may seek to make to the contract in advance of you submitting your final binding offer . |
| 5 | It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media . |
| 6 | You may need to stand behind the patient at first , to encourage him to move correctly and not in a ‘ dot and carry , pattern . |
| 7 | If it 's flush and you 're flush mounting the new one , unscrew it and prise it out of the wall ( you may need to cut through the plaster first with an old knife to help free it ) . |
| 8 | However , you may need to cut around the stalk and then twist , to hull some strawberries that are less ripe . |
| 9 | The answer to the first part of the question is that communication problems can be caused both by the sender and the receiver , but if you are frequently misinterpreted you may need to think about the message and the manner in which it is being transmitted . |
| 10 | Of course we hope that Dounreay will diversify and look for work outside nuclear tasks , especially in the area of alternative and renewable energies ; but we all know that the fast reactor programme will cease in 1994 and I do not think it right that , as a matter of policy , the hon. Lady should seek to shut off the work going on there to reprocess nuclear fuel . |
| 11 | They conform to the same technical rules as ports de bras and must appear to pass through the centre line of the arm from shoulder to finger-tips and move within the two circles drawn by the elbows and hands . |
| 12 | Briefly , I should like to respond to the Secretary of State and to express my thanks to my hon. Friends who have contributed positively to improving the Bill . |
| 13 | I have often thought that I should like to push through the House a simple single-clause Bill which would reduce death and injury at a stroke : it would be to insist that road traffic operated with signals in the same way as trains . |
| 14 | Before we proceed to consider the question as to whether there can be a Christology which is not incompatible with feminism , I should like to point to the significance of this question for Christians . |
| 15 | I should like to express to the House on behalf of the people whom I represent and my party our deep feeling of revulsion at what has taken place and our deepest sympathy for those who have suffered . |
| 16 | He makes some valid points that I should like to bring to the House 's attention . |
| 17 | THE TYPICAL programmer sees a modern computer in terms of one or more high-level languages , together with a command language which he must use to communicate with the operating system . |
| 18 | But this growth rate should begin to decline around the turn of the century . |
| 19 | The electrical equipment overheats and then fuse as yo we all know should blow to cut off the supply of electrical equipment to that piece of apparatus . |
| 20 | Kathy I should hate to live in the house my grandfather lived in a hundred years ago ! |
| 21 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 22 | You should try to look at the situation objectively and philosophically , and , if you can , keep a sense of humour . |
| 23 | I must try to live under the cross daily . |
| 24 | The functions of the organisation should therefore be kept in mind in data analysis , even though in principle data analysis should attempt to look at the organisation independent of any processes . |
| 25 | Speaking from NatWest 's experience of the DTI report on its role in Blue Arrow 's rights issue , Lord Alexander said : ‘ I find it a simply awful process that people of 40 years ’ experience should have to resign on the basis of judgments in the report without having the opportunity of going through the regulatory process that you in Parliament provided . ’ |
| 26 | She must have to rely on the woman to let her in and out . |
| 27 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
| 28 | If you should wish to look inside the packet , before sending it , feel free to do so . |
| 29 | On this occasion the Astropath must seem to succumb to the pressure of his work . |
| 30 | The cottage itself must seem to belong to the owner of the mansion and the castle , but without imitating the character of either , exciting notions rather of ‘ la Simplicité soignée ’ . |