Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , some lawyers say the law of deception must be adjusted to include deception of machines rather than just people . |
| 2 | Pilots had little faith in the system and kept their heads and height down , preferring to risk prosecution by the CAA for low-flying rather than run the risk of killing themselves and another crew . |
| 3 | By making the income and capital gains from investing in such trusts free of tax , up to a maximum amount of 6,000 a year ( 1992 ) , it is hoped that such savings will be encouraged , thereby helping to channel investment into UK industry . |
| 4 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 5 | Inevitably , unforeseen difficulties will arise to inhibit progress towards some targets . |
| 6 | For example , the highly Beccarian French Code of 1791 was soon revised to reintroduce recognition of mitigating circumstances , judicial discretion in sentencing and the prerogative of mercy . |
| 7 | Hardly anyone in France apart from the Lafons , and now Ostertag , dares to risk refermentation in bottle and the subsequent deposit of anything other than a few tartrate crystals in a dry white wine . |
| 8 | Pottery , for example , may be treated as art , science or technology , and within a discipline oriented scheme the opportunity will probably exist to classify pottery in at least any one of these three disciplines . |
| 9 | This view has also received support from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and from the environmental directorate of the European Commission , although in the UK government itself the Department of the Environment failed to acknowledge receipt of the FoE reports . |
| 10 | Partly for financial reasons , students now tend to attend university in their home town rather than travel to a city with a better department . |
| 11 | ‘ You tend to treat life as if it were a game of cricket , for one thing . ’ |
| 12 | They tend to treat language as an unproblematic expression of women 's experience , and they are too directed by the need for feminist change to do justice to the unconscious . |
| 13 | Although moral philosophers tend to treat aesthetics as a poor relation of their own discipline , it is in aesthetics that we arrive at the central problem of evaluating the activities which we pursue without thought of serving a purpose , in particular the one traditionally regarded as not merely good in itself but in some mysterious way improving to the agent , the contemplation of beauty . |
| 14 | This is felt to be an inadequate preparation for the work of life , because it tends to produce a super-abundant supply of an indifferent clerkly class and to create and foster a distaste for agriculture and the handicrafts , which are more indispensable to the country and are better calculated to promote independence of character . |
| 15 | Would he be content to leave her in charge of Thomas and merely check on his progress from time to time , or might he endeavour to wield control in her — his — their son 's life ? |
| 16 | Veritas has arranged to support Destiny with a cut-down version of its file system dubbed the Journaling File System and aimed at the desktop : the full product will come along later as a server upgrade . |
| 17 | The golden eagle , at one time persecuted to near extinction by game keepers , is now a strictly protected bird . |
| 18 | In addition to his work promoting the Contagious Diseases Acts , in the 1860s he also served on the Parliamentary Bills Committee of the British Medical Association , helping to draft legislation on habitual drunkenness , infant mortality and the examination and registration of midwives . |
| 19 | However , it is important for him and the Opposition Front-Bench team to understand that when we replaced the old supplementary benefit scheme we sought to target help on the people who needed it most . |
| 20 | 1 What will be the specification of the hand held device or devices you will want to include OALD in ? |
| 21 | This work , which sought to strip Christianity of its supernatural trappings and present Jesus as ‘ an incomparable man ’ , was perhaps the single most talked-about book of its age . |
| 22 | There was no way he could risk incurring the wrath of a superior but he did n't want to lose manhood in front of his uniformed thugs . |
| 23 | The Asians will not want to lose ground in the mixed doubles in the build-up to Atlanta and the Belfast match will provide them with an opportunity to test the best in Europe . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to lose control of my business . ’ |
| 25 | Opposition Members may wish to make party political points , but do they want to lose control of public spending ? |
| 26 | Thus the other follows because she does not want to lose face with her white friend . |
| 27 | You do n't want to lose track of your child 's comings and goings , particularly at night . |
| 28 | They both do a considerable amount of travelling , since Marie likes to check the Brasserie 's takings and George does n't want to lose touch with L'Auberge 's customers , and this adds to their fatigue . |
| 29 | And I did n't want to go work for the Bank . |
| 30 | I did n't ever want to see Phantom of the Opera , no of course I have n't have n't |