Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will help her calculate what quantities of tin openers to order , or to plan a promotion campaign at the beginning of February . |
| 2 | The task might be to review the progress of a project or to plan a piece of action or to analyse a problem or to decide on the best solution to a problem . |
| 3 | They have doubts about their ability to tell their partners what they want or to sense a woman 's requirements . |
| 4 | It requires a far finer tuning that that of any ordinary human radio to be able to pick up specific molecular electromagnetic emissions , or to sense a pheromone in any other way . |
| 5 | They were less likely to have a general practitioner with an interest in diabetes ( χ 2 =21.7 , df=1 ; p<0.00001 ) or to attend a practice with a miniclinic ( χ 2 =42.6 , df=1 ; p<0.00001 ) . |
| 6 | Irrespective of which method is used , full details of the sub-contractor 's background , including employment history , should be obtained by a requirement either to complete an application form or to attend an interview . |
| 7 | Employees ' attitudes er were fairly stable , fairly stable and some of the work that was done was so highly skilled er that it needed a craftsman 's experience to be able to get to that stage of being able to turn a job you know , to very fine limits , or to grind an objective to absolutely no limits , or to , to assemble a job with all the skill and the know-how that had been built up over his twenty five or thirty years ' experience you know , along with his colleagues . |
| 8 | The Thatcher approach was to employ small teams to tackle specific problems or to issue a set of proposals , and then wait for the howls of |
| 9 | Do you want to make regular contributions to an investment plan , or to invest a lump sum ? |
| 10 | The buyer as well as the seller will often have documents to sign ; for example , if the transfer or other document contains covenants by the buyer ( to observe restrictions or to erect a fence , or on a joint purchase ) the document vesting the property in him , her or them will require execution . |
| 11 | The greater the effort needed to resolve a puzzle or to see a thing ‘ whole ’ , the greater is the experience of tension or pressure . |
| 12 | But we would not want to miss an opportunity or to court a refusal , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The trustee must not , except with the leave of the court , proceed to declare a dividend whilst there is pending any application to the court to reverse or vary a decision of his on a proof or to expunge a proof or to reduce the amount claimed ( r 11.5(2) ) . |
| 14 | Their specific duty is to prevent a breach of the peace or to enforce a court order ; for example , access . |
| 15 | The answer is to listen carefully before buying , or to arrange a hum loan ( usually against the cash price ) from a dealer with alternatives on offer . |
| 16 | Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle . |
| 17 | Write or call now for a comprehensive information pack or to arrange a showhouse visit . |
| 18 | Major construction companies are often prepared to invest their own funds in a project , or to arrange a loan on their own behalf in return for construction work . |
| 19 | Another possibility is to decorate the mount of a pressed flower picture with small groups of flowers , or to arrange a design on a plain backing with no mount , and then create the effect of photographic corners with single flowers and a couple of leaves , arranged about 2. 5cm ( 1in ) in from each corner of the frame . |
| 20 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 21 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 22 | All members are entitled to make or to support a nomination for any vacancy amongst the officers and the elected members of Council and boards subject , where appropriate , to members hip of a particular Division , association with a particular district , or professional membership . |
| 23 | Wall lights are best if they are directional and used to bounce light off a ceiling or floor , or to light a picture or piece of wall . |
| 24 | If Judge Galpin 's interpretation of the Act and the Rules is correct , it drives a coach and horses straight through an enormously important area of child protection within family relationships ; that is to say , the ability to prevent an abduction and the ability to prevent the possibility of an abduction , or to restore a child who has been abducted to the home where the child should be , unless or until the 21 days service or other abbreviated service has been effected , by which time it may be in certain cases far too late for the welfare of the child . |
| 25 | Sufferers and families need to be able to walk to the main services in their neighbourhood or to catch a bus into a local centre no more than a mile or two away . |
| 26 | The nomination of subcontractors , whereby the main contract or the engineer stipulates the name of a subcontractor whom the main contractor must employ , should generally be avoided unless , for example , it is necessary to retain specialists skills or to observe a time constraint . |
| 27 | Article 10 of UCP 400 states that an irrevocable credit constitutes a definite undertaking of the issuing bank , provided that the stipulated documents are presented and that the terms and conditions of the Credit are complied with , to pay at sight or to accept an obligation to pay at a future date . |
| 28 | I meant to try again and better , either to get at him , or to find a messenger who would carry word to Harry inside Parfois . |
| 29 | On retirement or death in office ( botanists tend to be long-lived but not quite immortal ) , their book collections were frequently sold off to defray debts or to provide a settlement for their widows . |
| 30 | These may be to make as large a profit as possible for the organisation 's owners , in the case of private enterprise , or to provide a service in the case of non-profit-making organisations or government departments and institutions . |