Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He planned a trans-Pennine route to link the London and North Western Railway , and he promoted bills to eclipse the Pease interest in the north-east , where a struggle to control the movement of Cleveland ironstone intensified the original rivalry over coalfields . |
| 2 | MEANWHILE , the one man , one vote principle has been further enshrined at the 585 member Whitby Conservative Club where a motion to admit the opposite , er , sex as full members has been somewhat emphatically defeated . |
| 3 | The broad principle that " where a power to make regulations is given to a public body by statute , no regulations made under it can abridge a right conferred by the statute itself " is too clear to need justification : R. v. Bird [ 1891 ] Q.B . |
| 4 | For two years the League of Nations Society led a modest existence , discussing ideas , publishing proposals and keeping in touch with like-minded organizations in France , Holland and , significantly , the United States , where a League to Enforce peace had been established in 1915 . |
| 5 | It may be an appointment to meet a business colleague , or a promise to collect the children from a party so that they do not have to walk home in the dark . |
| 6 | But could refraining , or a promise to refrain , from smoking cannabis be sufficient consideration ? |
| 7 | Nor is there much point in attempting to give a general impression of a show , as there is nothing to hold it together , unlike a group show with a programme or a manifesto to consider . |
| 8 | Then you can start looking at at er at alternatives okay , and what you end up with is a is a way of analysing er a decision or a choice to behave in a certain way , okay ? |
| 9 | Scheme organiser Dawn Whitton said : ‘ Entries can include written reports or publications , tidying up campaigns , landscaping projects , studies of a species of wildlife , repairs to an historic building or a scheme to enhance a new development . |
| 10 | A corrective to eccentric views , or a stimulus to close argument in presenting them , is provided by discussion or by teaching , formal or ( particularly ) informal ; and this Swainson did not have . |
| 11 | Most language courses use dialogue or a narrative to present the language of the unit . |
| 12 | In the fullness of time , we will afford , perhaps , to send you to a finishing school , or a conservatory to study music . |
| 13 | Edge curtains with a row of co-ordinating fringing or a frill to add to the layered look . |
| 14 | They were not to have the grounds of referral explained to them , or a chance to have their say , for the second time . |
| 15 | One must not open up the possibility for either partner in a marriage or a relationship to murder their partner , not as a result of a sudden , temporary loss of control , but as a result of a careful , well thought out and premeditated plan . |
| 16 | And we want to hear all about your own experiences as a mum — whether it 's a tip you can pass on , or a story to tell . |
| 17 | NatWest has a flexible approach so that loans are also available for other purchases that you may have in mind , whether for furnishings , Hi-Fi , other domestic equipment , a new car , or a holiday to get away from it all . |
| 18 | It is therefore either a tautology or a fallacy to state that lack of entrepreneurial talent is the reason for poor growth . |
| 19 | There is also technology available which can link organizations throughout the world and so that when er the church in one place discovers a resource or a way to work with people around a particular need , they have the opportunity to share that and I would be interested in talking with persons who might have an interest in that . |
| 20 | It was n't just a matter of image for Switchboard though , or a way to make a few right-on gay men sleep easier in their beds . |
| 21 | Even more decisively , it had been his message to monks or incipient monks who saw a duty in saving , as it might be , a sister from enslavement , or a call to take action in the world to prevent some evil . |
| 22 | It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother . |
| 23 | Or a toggle to sew on your mac , |
| 24 | Remember that it rhymes in two places : " " A tuba , " I said , " or some treacle , Or a toggle to sew on your mac , Or a tray or a ticket , a tree or a thicket , A thistle , a taper , a tack . " |
| 25 | Use a body scrub or a loofah to get rid of all those dead skin cells and once you start to go brown , keep feeding your skin with a rich moisturiser to try to stop the skin flaking . |
| 26 | Well you 've got ta have a definition or a standard to inspect against really , I think Geoff , as well . |
| 27 | The alternative ( and now much more common ) free format mode requires separators such as a space or a comma to appear between items of data ; this slows down data entry for a skilled keypuncher but is probably preferable for the non-expert since problems of field misalignment can not occur . |
| 28 | Diners used either a fork or a knife to eat their food until the idea of putting the two together was imported from Italy in 1608 . |
| 29 | Rub parsley and dill inside the body cavity of the fish and outside over the body and in the slits. use a zester or a knife to remove lemon rind , and cut into find strips . |
| 30 | But more often , he was there in the front row with a chalice or a chasuble to lay on the stage . |