Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not intended to oust or restrict any of the common law rules ( section 62(2) ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The picture improver attempted to restore or remove some of these points , with the possibility of an improved correlation between true area and A-measure . |
| 4 | We must relax or remove some of the rules on private sector leasing . |
| 5 | We do n't recommend or condemn any of the therapies mentioned . |
| 6 | The sexual struggle is of two kinds ; in the one it is between individuals of the same sex , generally the male sex , in order to drive away or kill their rivals , the females remain passive ; whilst in the other the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex , in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex , generally the females , which no longer remain passive , but select more agreeable partners . |
| 7 | Although they have an individual stamp , they are really only accessories — and we can change or discard some of them . |
| 8 | The Management reserve the right , without notice , to cancel or amend any of the attractions and special events detailed and determine the prices according to the circumstances . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wait patiently and long enough at the start and the end of the day at different villus and you will see or hear most of Sri Lanka 's wildlife . |
| 11 | The outboard switches lend you the power to engage or disengage all of the combos ' externally switchable options ( eg. channel selection , graphic on/off and reverb on/off ) direct from the TriAxis . |
| 12 | The government and leading banks reached agreement on Dec. 12 , 1989 , with the agro-industrial collectives ( kibbutzim ) to write off or reschedule most of their IS6,700 million debts in an attempt to save the collectives from collapse . |
| 13 | This chapter on Funchal is written in the form of an itinerary in order to include most of the buildings , streets and places of interest in the city in a logical order as Funchal does not signpost or highlight many of its attractions . |
| 14 | The councillor should not visit or inspect any of the buildings or works of the local authority without first obtaining the approval of the council or the appropriate committee . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing , ’ said Comfort , who had been unable either to forget or justify some of the things she had said to Julia during the war . |
| 16 | So is the constant need to maintain them , and to re-energize or replace some of them . |
| 17 | The policy of the solicitors ' governing body is encapsulated in Rule 1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 ( and of earlier editions ) : A solicitor shall not directly or indirectly obtain or attempt to obtain instructions for professional work or permit another person to do so on his behalf , or do anything in the course of practising as a solicitor , in any manner which compromises or impairs or is likely to compromise or impair any of the following : ( a ) the solicitor 's independence or integrity ; ( b ) a person 's freedom to instruct a solicitor of his choice ; ( c ) the solicitor 's duty to act in the best interests of the client ; ( d ) the good repute of the solicitor or of the solicitor 's profession ; ( e ) the solicitor 's proper standard of work ; ( f ) the solicitor 's duty to the Court . |
| 18 | However , it may be in your best interests to make full use of all the options rather than miss some of them out . |
| 19 | As it was , however , the US was slowly , and not too slowly , getting itself into a position where its responsibilities tended to supplant rather than complement those of the French : and this was something which at least had to be offset against all the delays that would ensue in European rearmament . |
| 20 | Well I thought if I get one this size , that will do for a few weeks rather than take some of them home and mess about better than there 's a big packet like a big one at home I 've just opened this morning so it 's |
| 21 | Rather than waste all of the oak in the old days here have , have faced it |
| 22 | While most magistrates are keen to prevent people from serving custodial sentences for minor offences , inevitably some such offenders do end up in prison and the probation service , which has a responsibility to assist and supervise many of these individuals after their discharge from prison , is usually unable to do its job properly because of a lack of appropriate accommodation , and an inability to provide close personal supervision . |
| 23 | Will she try and make more of this than it was ? |
| 24 | So , if any of you would like to come and see us at the salon we will both be there and very happy to see and answer any of your questions . |
| 25 | The article is set out to try and answer some of your questions and help you map out how best to set about producing and marketing without becoming involved in a contract should one be made available . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Taking on a new persona is in any case impossible but it is possible to adopt and adapt some of the methods of effective presentation which others employ . |
| 28 | They could catch and eat more of their staple diet — worms and insects — surviving in accordance with the laws of natural selection . |
| 29 | I mean I think at the end of the day because we 're w going to have to basically in a sense your job I think even though at the moment you 're saying you know fine I 'm not gon na exclude anything , I think it 's actually going to be sort of , to try and eliminate most of this . |
| 30 | We will examine and discuss each of these patterns in this chapter , and in doing so will aim to look behind the picture of crime and criminals provided by criminal statistics . |