Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] and [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently it was decided to approve the proposals outlined in Section 2 above and to authorise the Director of Finance to initiate the appointment process . |
| 2 | It is the object of the present study to find this out and to apply the findings in teaching beginning and slow readers . |
| 3 | ‘ Once they have decided that they are committed to one man , they seem to want to acknowledge this publicly and to receive public approval in return . |
| 4 | Before Haussmann attempts had been made by various small companies to provide street lighting by gas , but once again it required the drive and determination of the new regime to bring all these together and to create one large company charged with the responsibility of lighting the whole of the city . |
| 5 | We have been asked to give that up and to go over to the European Community system , with the European Court and majority voting — the shoe is pinching all the time . |
| 6 | So I ‘ open it an inch ’ and thus I delay further , giving them time to take it all in and to adjust to the exposure to what they must ultimately cope with : the witch addressing them directly . |
| 7 | I said you know what 's all about and to start with it 's bloody nonsense . |
| 8 | Yes , cos they usually all water underneath there and that used to be pumped out , every so often the engine room would pump all that out and to heat any water up the cabins there used to be a , a small pump what used to pump the fresh water into the boiler and I used to have a a piece of er copper off that and just turn the steam on a little bit put it into a bucket of cold water and then instead of driving the pump that 'd go into the , the er bucket and heat the water and boil it . |
| 9 | A bell was worn by the leader to encourage those behind and to give warning to others approaching . |
| 10 | Patients were also instructd to eat at 1 pm and 8 pm and to remain upright during the day and to be supine from 10 pm to 8 am . |
| 11 | It is an indication that your weight is too far forward and to avoid it the feet should be positioned further back and more weight should be placed on the back foot . |
| 12 | Dealers at Harvard Securities found it amusing to ring up a client at 8.20 am. and to interrupt his shaving , breakfasting , or love-making in order to press him into buying stock . |
| 13 | These programmes are aimed at managers who are operating at Board level , allowing those with the greatest responsibility for strategy and policy the opportunity to refresh their skills , to bring themselves fully up-to-date professionally and to focus on the implications of changes in the commercial and public sector environment for the benefit of their own organisation |
| 14 | The preview offers a unique opportunity for guests to view the show without crowds from 7 pm to 9 pm and to enjoy complimentary champagne and canapés . |
| 15 | put that forward and to get it out of the way . |
| 16 | In practice , the easiest conceptually and to apply , is the risk-adjusted discount rate and consequently may be preferred to the certainty equivalent method with its intermediate stage of producing the equivalent certain cash flow . |