Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the case of a Customer Agreement , there is an exemption dispensing with the need for a signed copy from a private customer ordinarily resident outside the UK where the firm believes on reasonable grounds that he does not wish to receive it or to consent in writing . |
| 2 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 3 | But in many cases boys and girls leave home at around eighteen to get work , for further training , or to go to university . |
| 4 | They express current mood , state of finance , preparation to take part in sport , or to go to work . |
| 5 | If they did set out on a journey , it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war . |
| 6 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 7 | One also wonders whether it is wise to smoke or to smell of perfume when handling horses . |
| 8 | This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair . |
| 9 | Dunning ( 1901 ) left it unclear whether fascist demonstrations could be construed as a genuine attempt to convert people to a point of view or to provoke by insult . |
| 10 | The most obvious conclusion to draw here once again goes back to women 's domestic role , and in particular their tendency not to work outside the home , or to work part time , or to work in isolation ( home working , cleaning and so on ) . |
| 11 | My colleagues and I , therefore , are agreed that as a general rule it is undesirable for members of the judiciary to broadcast on the wireless or to appear on television … |
| 12 | To touch a dead man or to come into contact with the blood of an injured person would make them unclean and mean that they could not carry out their duties . |
| 13 | Added to this , a company may wish to cut its costs or to benefit from Government or local authority financial assistance . |
| 14 | A handful of people crossed the harbour square , dawdling on their way home or to drink after work . |
| 15 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 16 | But if it were pigeon droppings then it would be a moot point as to whether merely to murmur condolences and hurry on or to set to work with a clean handkerchief . |
| 17 | The magistrate decided whether to try a case summarily or to set in motion the process of committing it to a superior court . |
| 18 | Stefania played her role to perfection , managing to give the impression of existing only provisionally , to a limited extent , and being quite prepared at the drop of a hat either to become completely real or to vanish without trace , whichever was more convenient . |
| 19 | Being divorced from nature : inability or unwillingness to see/touch/smell/experience the elements , flowers , trees , or to walk on earth , rock , grass , sand . |
| 20 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 21 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 22 | They thought that it might be excusable to exploit situations to promote the individual MP 's career within his own party or to look after constituency interests , but it was quite inexcusable to open up opportunities for the Opposition to criticize the government . |
| 23 | If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings . |
| 24 | Where any person by speech or writing seeks to persuade others to violate existing law or to overthrow by force or other unlawful means the existing government , he may be punished … but all other utterances or publications against the government must be considered absolutely privileged . |
| 25 | They will do better either to abstain from voting , or to vote with management as a low cost ‘ rule of thumb ’ . |
| 26 | And I did n't know whether to laugh with pleasure or to cry with pain . |
| 27 | However , in such a case , since the seller may well have to take on commitments , either to purchase materials and components or to manufacture without order cover , so that he can be ready to supply the forecast requirements if ordered , the buyer must take some responsibility if he does not purchase up to his forecast . |
| 28 | That will depend on their view of the liquidity of both debt and equity markets : the more liquid they think these are , the less likely they are to sit on cash or to refrain from borrowing , and the more likely they are to pay large dividends . |
| 29 | On the other hand , there are many cases in which prerogative orders have been awarded against Ministers without any qualm or discussion of the matter ; but it does not follow from this fact that such orders operate as anything other than ‘ requests ’ to act or to refrain from action . |
| 30 | This will apply , for example to the grant of a right to introduce future installations into the property ( eg pipes or cables ) ( Dunn v Blackdown Properties Ltd [ 1961 ] Ch 433 ) or to park on land which the landlord does not own at the date of the lease ( see London & Blenheim Estates v Ladbroke Retail Parks [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 1278 ) . |