Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memorandum of association of the Ashbury Railway Company stated the company 's objects to be : ‘ to make or sell or lend on hire railway carriages , wagons and all kinds of railway plant , fittings , machinery and rolling stock ; to carry on the business of mechanical engineers and general contractors , to purchase and sell as merchants timber , coal , metal and other materials , and to buy and sell such materials on commission or as agents ’ . |
| 2 | The consequence could be a reluctance to enter or remain in hospital care or pressure to prematurely dispose of a home . |
| 3 | The surface above will rise or fall in response to the changes in volume brought about by these alterations in mineral density . |
| 4 | The solution perceived by some libraries has been to bring in educational technologists to perform or assist with evaluation . |
| 5 | At Shell , we 're always open to our Customers ' suggestions , questions , complaints , even compliments — and anything else they want to say or know about Shell . |
| 6 | Aragorn has to choose between going to Mordor or to Minas Tirith ; delays , and then finds himself choosing between Sam and Frodo or Merry and pippin ; picks one quest , and then has to decide whether to rest or pursue by night . |
| 7 | This makes the sensation much worse and , believing the aircraft is still stalled in spite of their recovery action , they are liable to panic and become unable to think or act in time to avoid diving into the ground . |
| 8 | A random element is incorporated into stochastic models to summarize or act in place of a number of small , independent processes . |
| 9 | It could make or break with vibration or thermal expansion as the machine warmed up . |
| 10 | Gardening tools have to be strong enough to take some hard wear and tear , and those made of poor-quality metal will tend to bend or break under stress . |
| 11 | Many of the studies are not large enough to detect or exclude with certainty clinically relevant differences in the effects of serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic and related drugs . |
| 12 | Members have the opportunity to paint or sketch from still-life arrangements or a model or to choose their own subject matter . |
| 13 | The tendency to move or grow towards light is called phototropism . |
| 14 | Long lengths are difficult to mail or send by carrier , so the kite-maker with a kite shop within reasonable travelling distance is better off . |
| 15 | Love was n't something you could give or withhold at will . |
| 16 | If the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax due on assets which the settlor puts into the settlement the Revenue have taken the view that the settlor has thereby an interest in the income or property of the settlement , and that the income of the settlement should be treated as his for income tax purposes under [ TA 1988 Part XV ] . |
| 17 | The Board of Inland Revenue have therefore decided that they will no longer , in these circumstances , treat the income of the settlement as that of the settlor for income tax purposes solely because the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax on assets put into settlements . |
| 18 | They have least to offer the family in return for all the help and support they may need or expect in return . |
| 19 | A majority of Gujerati women , particularly those from East Africa , do work or look for work outside the home . |
| 20 | This legislation makes it an offence to sell or keep for sale food which is unfit or injurious to health . |
| 21 | It is clearly undesirable and often more expensive to admit or keep in district general hospitals or long stay hospitals old or mentally ill or mentally handicapped people who could be properly looked after in the community . |
| 22 | Leaving aside for now the question of whether independence is appropriate as the ultimate goal for us all , it is important to recognise the inherent difficulty and contradiction in trying to achieve or work towards independence through a teacher/pupil relationship which remains essentially a dependent one . |
| 23 | For him the laws of settlement hardly prevented the " idle poor " from wandering and a stricter enforcement of vagrancy laws would " compel the poor to starve or beg at home ; for there it will be impossible for them to steal or rob without being presently hanged or transported out of the way " . |
| 24 | Among the threats to the bear population , the WSPA highlighted ( i ) the destruction of their habitats , ( ii ) the trade in body parts , particularly gall bladders , for medicinal uses in East Asian countries , ( iii ) the use of " dancing bears " in parts of Europe , and ( iv ) the " bear parks " in Japan where they are encouraged to fight or beg for food . |
| 25 | Animals would die of cold and thirst , food supplies would soon run out and most of the human survivors would starve or freeze to death . |
| 26 | Should n't smudge or run in water , but many do . |
| 27 | The other says you should wash or hose off mud and then dry the area as thoroughly as possible . |
| 28 | They do not uplift or inspire by style or ‘ credo ’ as do , say , C S Lewis , Primo Levi or Bonhoeffer 's LETTERS FROM PRISON , but James and Spark certainly have a richness of language and a liveliness which makes them a good read . |
| 29 | The above section used the limiting case of value at expiry to illustrate the profit and loss potential of various investment strategies , but given the ability of investors in traded options to sell or exercise before maturity it is essential that there is some way of evaluating options before expiry . |
| 30 | We will develop measures to encourage women with family responsibilities to enter or return to teaching . |