Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is clearly an element of informal conciliation-if only to safeguard public money . |
| 2 | Wolves in fact have done more than most to provide evidence that the game is ridding itself of violence . |
| 3 | Last year was no disaster she placed sixth over 200 metres at the World Student Games and was a member of Britain 's silver medal winning 4 x 100 metres relay team but she will have to run faster than ever to earn selection for Barcelona . |
| 4 | Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system . |
| 5 | With fighting on the highways , it is harder than ever to shift food to where it is needed . |
| 6 | Enterprise Training is also proving its worth in helping more trainees than ever to find work placements and is committing additional resources to ensure that in the future such placements are available for all trainees . |
| 7 | Members hope to convince Mr Milburn that he should be targeting criminals who find it easier than ever to get hold of an unlicensed firearm . |
| 8 | Food , in our society , is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger . |
| 9 | It is obviously easier to offer social analysis of a formal institution , with its regularized type of internal organization , and its commonly regulated relations to the rest of society , than even to begin analysis of the relatively informal associations which have been so important in modern cultural life . |
| 10 | They 're , they 're , they 're put well , they 're supposed to be putting swear words in it , stuff like that you know so They they just want ordinary common or garden speech cos basically to help sort of like English students actually coming to this country you know ? |
| 11 | Most lay witnesses will expect this in any event and can see why they are necessary , if only to facilitate time off work and the payment of expenses . |
| 12 | In fact , one would expect a public authority always to be inclined to search for a way to reach the same decision legally the second time round , if only to save face ; and the incentive to do so would be even greater if it were likely to be required to pay damages should it decide that its earlier loss-causing decision ought to be changed . |
| 13 | Well , clearly income can not fall below zero , so in a sense that represents an ‘ absolute ’ floor ; in practice , however , although investment demand can fall to zero when firms are so pessimistic that they have no demand for either new or replacement capital , consumption demand must always be positive , if only to sustain life . |
| 14 | Obviously , SHe 'd have to ratbelly hir way out of this place first , if only to get Malamute on his own . |
| 15 | The DUP and Vanguard had intended to boycott the local elections , saving their effort for the more important Assembly elections , but activists in both parties thought that the earlier contest should be fought , if only to make use of the free publicity that would be created and to have the advantages of a trial run and an early opportunity to canvass for the more important second elections . |
| 16 | However , he should be taken out of his room at least occasionally , if at all possible , if only to avoid claustrophobia . |
| 17 | In the Auvergne , where 656,000 hectares ( 26% of the land ) is wooded , 146,000 hectares in Cantal and 161,000 hectares in Haute-Loire , local farmers and Communes have a traditional involvement in woodland management , if only to provide firewood . |
| 18 | But when confronted with such a defeat , changes at the top are needed , if only to revive enthusiasm and ideas . |
| 19 | Do you think that it 's possible for the big Italian museums to privatise their subsidiary functions without an advisory body of trustees , if only to assist museum administrators who have little experience of dealing with the commercial side ? |
| 20 | Just one relevant instance is Roland Barthes 's celebration of difference , so much difference in fact , as eventually to subvert repression itself , producing a concept of desire wherein there would be , for instance , not homosexuality but homosexualities ‘ whose plural will baffle any constituted , centred discourse ’ ( Roland Barthes , 69 ) . |
| 21 | There is a clear emphasis upon promoting the choice of individuals in influencing the type of care they receive , providing care outside institutions if at all possible and limiting the amount of care available so as not to foster dependence . |
| 22 | Evolved for hunting in Africa , the quiet nature of this breed was essential so as not to alert game to the presence of dogs and hunters nearby . |
| 23 | If you have a high need to maintain the relationship and a low need to get what you want , you may decide the most appropriate strategy is smoothing , i.e. you agree with what is being said so as not to cause trouble . |
| 24 | With fine timing we arrived , parking under cover of some distance so as not to arouse suspicion . |
| 25 | He said that we should travel in pairs — never more than two at a time — so as not to arouse suspicion if we met any Germans or Fascists . |
| 26 | The terms of appointment and objectives of any such advisers , and the division of functions between them , should be clearly set out , in order to produce material of the greatest utility and so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs . |
| 27 | Although her stomach was churning at the thought of the coming ordeal , she was determined to appear at ease so as not to let Ludo down . |
| 28 | No matter how simple the programme , it still needed to be organized , and in such a way as not to give offence by seeming to slight a guest . |
| 29 | I kept on taking shots anyway so as not to lose face . ’ |
| 30 | We crossed the Butter Tubs Pass , keeping to the contour at the head of the pass so as not to lose height , and began to ascend the flanks of Lovely Seat . |