Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actions are proceedings where the object is to obtain relief against any person or to compel any person to do or abstain from doing any act ( Ord 3 , r 1 ) . |
| 2 | It depends on whether the duty solicitor scheme was set up to help the unrepresented defendant or to diversify criminal work . |
| 3 | They are capable of moving rapidly across the battlefield in a very short time , either to intercept enemy or to harass static war machines . |
| 4 | Known as ‘ the little onion ’ , this herb is best used raw in salad dressings , or added to dips and sauces , or to flavour savoury butter and egg dishes . |
| 5 | ‘ I am willing to use my skills as a paramedic to accompany someone requiring medical care or to instruct first aid to any organisation in exchange for the flight , ’ she said . |
| 6 | His remarks came as Labour employment spokesman , Mr Henry McLeish , denied reports that the party was considering replacing the automatic payment of welfare benefits with a policy which would require many unemployed either to find a job or to accept full-time training or higher education . |
| 7 | to provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in the inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training ; |
| 8 | To provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training . |
| 9 | Can he tell the House a little more about any plans that he and the Government may have to recruit or to find peaceful employment for some of the rocket scientists and nuclear experts of Russia and , perhaps , even of the Ukraine ? |
| 10 | There has been no need to supplement the Chair 's VDU with printers or copiers or to provide expensive video projection or multiple large-screen monitors to allow the whole Committee to view such data . |
| 11 | Decisions to award generous executive bonuses or to provide plush executive dining rooms and executive parking places tell the old story of entrepreneurial heroism . |
| 12 | A simple cure is to reduce the room temperature ( but not too much ! ) or to provide additional humidification . |
| 13 | ‘ Is our school a good school ? ’ is unlikely to draw many negative responses or to provide much insight into the sources of satisfaction or dissatisfaction . |
| 14 | Memos are often used to put forward a view or to provide new thinking on a subject . |
| 15 | Any attempt , in the period between the two World Wars , to raise the school-leaving age or to provide secondary education on a more generous scale was for these reasons bound to encounter sustained political opposition . |
| 16 | Borland has no plans to downgrade its Dbase and Paradox database efforts or to encourage these database users to migrate to InterBase . |
| 17 | Other bears will also use tools in captivity ; spectacled bears use leafy branches , provided for them to eat , to knock fruit off overhanging branches or to retrieve floating bread from water . |
| 18 | There are also many cases in which the break was mainly functional , within the general practice , to give emphasis to , or to redress academic neglect of , engravers , watercolourists and so on . |
| 19 | Then comes the expected , ‘ unless the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that his detention without being charged is necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to an offence for which he is under arrest or to obtain such evidence by questioning him ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 20 | If not , the suspect is to be let go , unless , once again , detention is ‘ necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to an offence or to obtain such evidence by questioning ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 21 | The presumption is that the suspect will be released with or without bail , but it can be rebutted if the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that detention without charge is necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to the offence for which the suspect has been arrested , or to obtain such evidence by questioning him ( s.37(2) ) . |
| 22 | One consequence of the breadth of this definition is that it has been held to cover psychological harm — where D causes V to become hysterical or to suffer substantial fear or fright , for example . |
| 23 | Users can also group two low-speed lines as a single logical connection , so that the second line can be used for back-up or to increase overall packet throughout . |
| 24 | The Opposition have made absolutely no commitment to provide free phones or to increase public expenditure on telecommunications infrastructure in any way . |
| 25 | In commercial organisations , the prime aim is usually to maximise the return on capital invested to benefit the owners of the business or to secure further capital necessary for growth . |
| 26 | When called as a witness Mrs Wilson said : ‘ I did n't do anything to retaliate or to provoke that attack . |
| 27 | Grants can be made to assist members in cases of illness or convalescence , to provide money for necessary holidays , to tide over temporary financial difficulties , or to meet other emergency situations . |
| 28 | Continuous change makes it impossible to remember what has gone before , or to relate one part to another . |
| 29 | He and Evgenia decided to move from the Lakes to Suffolk , where the East Coast rivers offered a paradise of variety for a coasting sailor and Ransome found that ‘ there were always web-footed children to help with the rigging , or to drink ginger pop ’ . |
| 30 | You may want to replace the cold water system either to convert a direct system into an indirect one or to replace old lead piping ( or a rusting galvanised cistern ) with more modern copper or plastic . |