Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NEC had suggested that the matter should be advised to Divisions , for each to nominate a person to attend and report back , with the possibility of the creation of a certificate of attendance . |
| 2 | Other cash has gone to Mitsubishi and Toshiba for each to develop a 5 kW laser . |
| 3 | Ten crew is about right to race the boat , though more weight in a breeze — if allowed by the rules — is an advantage |
| 4 | He accepts the need for Labour to embrace the advantages of individualism and market forces . |
| 5 | He was supported by Alun Michael , MP for Cardiff South , who argued that for Labour to take the issue seriously would be a gift to the party 's opponents . |
| 6 | Events in Oxford and Bridgewater should have told him otherwise — as should the call , by representatives of 120 local Labour Parties meeting to discuss Spain , for Labour to take the initiative in forming an alliance of progressive forces to bring down Chamberlain . |
| 7 | There is also a case for Labour to outline a vision of Europe utterly different from the EC sought by the Tories and the City . |
| 8 | The scope for Labour to do a deal is greater . |
| 9 | He told a Labour Co-ordinating Committee rally that it was not enough for Labour to win the next election . |
| 10 | The only way to remove the Government was for Labour to win the next general election . |
| 11 | In particular , will your erstwhile political columnist , R W Johnson , apologise for the appalling piece of sexism that appeared in NSS ( under a previous editor ) on 7 December 1990 , when he suggested that the only way for Labour to win the next election would be for Glenys Kinnock to ‘ have a word ’ with Neil and persuade him to stand down ? |
| 12 | It will be a novel and healthy way for Labour to enter the 1990s . |
| 13 | But for that to happen a Great Russian culture had to be identified and fostered . |
| 14 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 15 | Maybe the authors realised this anyway , as they each made their colonies telepathic — and for that to solve the problem the collective mind must in some sense exist as a permanent , ordered structure of its own . |
| 16 | Two things can be said about this to avoid the impression that the different tendencies are simply expressions of a ‘ national character ’ , or of the irresponsibility of entertainment against the social purposiveness of public service — though the latter explanation , if understood historically rather than morally , is not completely without foundation . |
| 17 | Often it takes meetings such as this to reveal the pervasive nature of culturally determined behaviour . |
| 18 | And Aberconwy mayor Eurwen Jones has praised council staff who have worked round the clock for free to tackle the emergency . |
| 19 | On Saturday , after watching West Indian pro Tony Gray blast 81 out of an Auckland total of 200 for five at Synthonia , Johnston stepped forward to take five for 22 to dismiss the home side for 102 and clinch a 98-run win . |
| 20 | Yet , at first glance , and for reasons located primarily in the International movement , 1927 would not appear to be an opportune moment for Nizan to join the party . |
| 21 | Paradoxically , this extremist , sectarian phase of PCF development constituted an entirely suitable moment for Nizan to enter the party . |
| 22 | For this to take the appropriate forms in the particular cases of longitudinal and lateral correlations , |
| 23 | In order for this to happen a decentralised partnership between residential workers and social service teams is required , which ensures joint participation and influence in child care decisions . |
| 24 | Ideally each should be able to offer something to the others , but for this to happen an agenda has to be clarified and values made explicit . |
| 25 | For this to happen the Church must be like a beacon shining through the darkness , an example of love and justice to the rest of society . |
| 26 | For this to arise an increase in social complexity with a need for analytical flexibility in contact with diverse persons of other cultures was necessary . |
| 27 | And that leads to the third , less obvious , reason : the market-place itself , to work efficiently , needs consumers who know how prices compare , and who act on that knowledge buying at the right price , not buying if the price is too high for this to have an influence on prices , through traders who set attractive prices competing successfully against traders who set inflated prices , it is by no means necessary for all consumers to be actively price-conscious . |
| 28 | Although it was decided after all to allow the continuation of school foundations , in many cases the continuity had already been lost ; and by 1550 , when the Court of Augmentations began to fund such foundations , the theory of English educational endowment had entered a new era . |
| 29 | Whereupon the partying Ninevites , just like Jonah inside the whale , repented ; whereupon God decided after all to spare the city ; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated , which was only normal in one who 'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message of destruction , only for the Lord , despite a well-known , indeed historic taste for wrecking cities , to turn round and change his mind . |
| 30 | To prefer solitude with a book or a record-player is after all to have a case to answer — ‘ It 's wrong to be by yourself ’ — though not , as some would say , an unanswerable case . |