Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A blonde woman fashionably dressed in half-mourning , wearing a violet gown , her hair dressed high under a huge picture hat trimmed with a bird of paradise in full flight , rose to meet them , or rather to meet Dr Neil . |
| 2 | Therefore , he needed third place or better to hurdle Norman 's total of $1,165,477 . |
| 3 | The pace was fast ; they stopped only at way stations which were situated every hundred verst or so to change st'lyan . |
| 4 | The two-piece rosewood back is reinforced inside with four spruce braces , all shaved to a sharp point , and the sides have little mahogany strips every six inches or so to prevent cracks from spreading too far should the guitar be dropped — heaven forfend . |
| 5 | It creates a compulsion to refuse treatment or only to accept treatment which is likely to be ineffective . |
| 6 | Darlington Harriers are arranging a 10km fund raising fun run for August 30 , starting at 11am on High Row you must be 17 or over to take part . |
| 7 | Here you will find a strip of hotels , restaurants , bars and clubs ( do n't forget you have to be 21 or over to buy alcohol in Florida ) . |
| 8 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 9 | I quote from this report on secondary education because I find the debate about whether or not to withdraw pupils with special needs is one which occupies the minds of primary teachers as well . |
| 10 | For certain types of elective operation , there is likely to be much more scope for choice in whether or not to let contracts . |
| 11 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 12 | Nelson Mandela faces a serious dilemma , after appeals it will be his government that must decide whether or not to commute sentence . |
| 13 | It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits . |
| 14 | The fundamental selectivity issue which can occur when graphing financial information is the basis of deciding whether or not to use graphs . |
| 15 | There are those , mainly salaried , workers who are able to choose whether or not to leave work at the retirement age , leave prematurely , or perhaps work on . |
| 16 | Though almost certainly more tolerant than the norms observed by the police in deciding whether or not to take action against speeding motorists , these norms are somewhat less tolerant than those observed by some staff in areas of greater industrialization , as the following conversation with a field officer from such an area suggests : |
| 17 | The person decides consciously or not to devote time and energy to a particular activity . |
| 18 | The accurate hitting of targets in September owes much to the decisions made as to whether or not to confirm offers to those who have not quite met the conditions , a process strongly influenced by estimates ( based on past experience ) of the likely take up by those that have . |
| 19 | The decision whether or not to give directives involves the Home Secretary in making a delicate and difficult political judgment . |
| 20 | ( 3 ) Where there is served on the person who may consent to a proposed transaction a written application by the tenant for consent to the transaction , he owes a duty to the tenant within a reasonable time — ( a ) to give consent , except in a case where it is reasonable not to give consent , ( b ) to serve on the tenant written notice of his decision whether or not to give consent specifying in addition — ( i ) if the consent is given subject to conditions , the conditions , ( ii ) if the consent is withheld , the reasons for withholding it . |
| 21 | Many of the factors which will be taken into account in deciding whether or not to issue consideration loan stock have already been considered and need not be repeated here . |
| 22 | ( If the expression ‘ form of life ’ is found puzzling , think of what life would be like if we never asked people to do or not to do things , never apologised for doing or not doing things , and so on . ) |
| 23 | It is clear that traders must continue to enjoy their right to decide on whether or not to do business with someone ( and on what terms ) ; and equally clear that there can be no universal consumer right to credit . |
| 24 | will prevent him having to consider a mass of trivial complaints where it is unlikely that criminal charges would ever be brought but there has been some concern that the chief officer of police is given a discretion whether or not to refer complaints which disclose criminal conduct to the D.P.P. , although this decision is of course supervised . |
| 25 | I understand that there is to be a meeting on Tuesday next to decide whether or not to close Garstang Magistrates Court . |
| 26 | Later I will be trying to explore some of the factors which influence our dispositions towards whether or not to commit crimes . |
| 27 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 28 | Partly because there is less for the court to do , and partly because the court is stricter in deciding whether or not to hear cases , its case-load has declined . |
| 29 | ‘ Where the person applying for leave to make an application for a section 8 order is not the child concerned , the court shall , in deciding whether or not to grant leave , have particular regard to — ( a ) the nature of the proposed application for the section 8 order ; ( b ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( c ) any risk there might be of that proposed application disrupting the child 's life to such an extent that he would be harmed by it ; and ( d ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority — ( i ) the authority 's plans for the child 's future ; and ( ii ) the wishes and feelings of the child 's parents . |
| 30 | Subsequently , the major concern perceived with the system of legal aid was that confusion and inefficiency were created by too many people having the ability to decide whether or not to grant help . |