Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Charles Trevelyan refused to withdraw or to curb his activities in any way and was consequently expelled from the Party . |
| 2 | I did n't get into music to be a travel agent , have people 's gardens done , or to arrange their mortgages . |
| 3 | Although Attorney General William Barr refused to comment on the appointment of former District of Columbia federal attorney Joseph diGenova or to confirm which officials were under investigation , it was widely reported that the latter included outgoing Chief of Staff James Baker . |
| 4 | You were supposed to be brilliant without effort , or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree . |
| 5 | Neither the Sandinistas nor Frelimo were allowed many years of peace and continuity to see the fruits of these new initiatives , or to discover their flaws , before external forces intervened . |
| 6 | There was no attempt to empathise with the rioters or to communicate their grievances . |
| 7 | If not , it gives you time to take evasive action — either to build up your savings to make up for any expected shortfall , or to increase your premiums . |
| 8 | They are more likely to know offenders personally , or to know their families , and thus to warn rather than ‘ book ’ offenders . |
| 9 | Where the home environment seems to be unsupportive in as much as it is highly arousing , strategies to increase the social distance in key relationships , or to modify their ways of interacting , would be helpful . |
| 10 | The apostle Paul in his letter to Rome described the autonomous man : ‘ Knowing God , they have refused to honour him as God , or to render him thanks . ’ |
| 11 | It is for lawyers to make a reality of the single market for UK enterprises , wherever in the Community they choose to locate their business activities , or to sell their goods and services . |
| 12 | We do not wish to perform poorly or to undercut our objectives . |
| 13 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 14 | This is a conditional right of access to the institutional procedures of the Organisation , but the Security Council is not apparently under any corresponding duty to put the dispute on its agenda , or to apply its procedures to it . |
| 15 | At the moment , experts are not very helpful , since they tend to disagree among themselves , or to hedge their conclusions around with so many qualifications that parents do n't know how to apply them to their individual child . |
| 16 | The confessions , which were expected to be challenged by the defence , provided the heart of the prosecution case , as the victim was unable to remember the attack or to identify her assailants and forensic tests were inconclusive . |
| 17 | Picasso , who was anxious to paint an object as he ‘ thought ’ it , or to express his ideas about it , was naturally anxious to explain as fully as possible the nature of its formal composition . |
| 18 | Many of the diplomas and certificates offered by the University are intended to prepare students for a particular career path , or to enhance their prospects in the career they have already chosen by extending their knowledge and developing their skills . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it 's certainly better to row than to use sarcasm , or to deny your feelings verbally , but express them in your body language . |
| 20 | For example , for much of the day we need to be able to repress or split off some feelings to enable us to concentrate or to use our intellects . |
| 21 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 22 | Essences can be added to your bath simply for pleasure , to aid restful sleep , to help skin disorders , relieve muscular and other pains or to uplift your spirits . |
| 23 | He certainly never missed an opportunity to underline the Catholicism of Copernicus or to exaggerate his connections with Rome . |
| 24 | Whether it 's to reward ourselves for an achievement , or to lift our spirits , many women find little can compete with the rustle of tissue paper and the thrill of slipping into a pristine new outfit . |
| 25 | It is often very tempting , after a pint or more , to tell your journalist friend a secret or two " off the record " or to air your grievances about the organisation for which you work . |
| 26 | When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem . |
| 27 | Thus , the protagonists ' encounter with a postman who is too drunk to articulate properly or to deliver his letters , which he keeps dropping in the street , is one of a series of symbolic episodes expressing the generalized breakdown of communication in a country that has lost all sense of social cohesion . |
| 28 | The regarders , like the verderers , were frequently amerced at Forest Eyres for failure to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of the judges — for failing to appear with the other regarders to make the regard , or to take the regarders ' oath , or to present their rolls of the regard on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or for losing their rolls , or for incompleteness in their returns . |
| 29 | In order to make available a single comprehensive Report covering the English curriculum for the whole period of compulsory schooling , we have included in this Report material from our first Report — revised and extended to reflect the needs of the secondary curriculum or to present our arguments more clearly . |
| 30 | Had they come in fear , or to pay their respects , or to worship some savage god ? |