Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds , croup , sinusitis and respiratory problems . |
| 2 | The settlement may lend money to X Ltd ; that will be an associated payment ( TA 1988 , s678(1) ( a ) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 3 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 4 | Like a computer , it may lend credence to false data . |
| 5 | They would include : opportunities for students to see or experience equipment or processes which are not on offer within the institution ; the chance for a student to sample a possible future job or career ; the opportunity to learn something ( not much ) of the lives led in employment by their neighbours , their parents or their peer-group , so that they may grow up more understanding and more tolerant ( this rather pious hope may in fact be quite unjustified , they may have confirmed or developed disdain or envy for others ) ; a good student may catch the eye of an employer looking for a later recruit ; absence may lend enchantment to the view of the college and the students may return from work-experience reassured about their choice of education ; students may be motivated to work hard at college by the prospect of either securing a job like the one they have seen or tried , or by the determination to avoid a similar fate ; all these outcomes may be little more predictable than the consequences of going to the zoo for a visit . |
| 6 | The likely unpopularity of the local income tax may explain resistance to this tax . |
| 7 | If the interpretation of dog in this sentence were the result of contextual modulation of the general sense , it ought to include reference to , for instance , young females with good eyesight . |
| 8 | Another factor which may influence return to work is the amount of benefit in comparison with level of earnings . |
| 9 | Colonisation with Helicobacter pylori may influence susceptibility to gastroduodenal injury and ulceration in patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) . |
| 10 | Mr Cook may prefer silence to eating his words . |
| 11 | You may restrict access to files for which LIFESPAN normally requires WORLD:READ or WORLD:READ+EXECUTE access by setting no WORLD access and applying ACLs . |
| 12 | Decisions may make reference to expectations and values concerning kin relationships that can only be assumed . |
| 13 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 14 | The 15-member House of Chiefs considers draft legislation relating to alterations to the Constitution or to chieftaincy matters , and may make representation to the President on matters affecting the tribes or tribal organizations . |
| 15 | In respect of the transfer of properties , the agreement may include reference to the applicable provisions from the National Conditions of Sale — a national standard form set of property sale terms . |
| 16 | A REPORT in Money-Go-Round on March 14 suggested incorrectly that company car users may include travel to and from work as part of their business mileage when calculating tax liabilities . |
| 17 | Instead they should restrict access to plants , control contracts and set up local industries to capitalise on biodiversity . |
| 18 | So we are sorry that we must restrict admittance to handicapped persons able to walk . |
| 19 | Indeed , such documentation should make reference to the source of these objectives ; for example , enabling legislation or ministerial direction . |
| 20 | The rules , although covering a wide range of issues , do not cover every situation , and you should make reference to the general principles in cases of doubt . |
| 21 | A free public transport guide to the Ridgeway National Trail should make access to the 85 mile route much easier . |
| 22 | They are convinced that religion must make sense to believer and unbeliever alike . |
| 23 | He had spent so much time with Eloise that he felt he must make love to his wife that night , however tired he felt . |
| 24 | So either grammars ( models of competence ) must make reference to pragmatic information , or they can not include full lexical descriptions of a language . |
| 25 | Article 17 — the provision of aid to assist a wider range of joint investment schemes — should include reference to environmental acceptability so that any proposals ( apart from prior approval in NPs and obligatory consultation in SSSIs ) require vetting by ADAS with conservation implications as an acceptance criterion . |
| 26 | The European Commission has requested that the criteria document for the " ecolabel " for hair spray should include reference to animal testing and the EC Cosmetics Directive , which envisages a cessation of animal testing of cosmetics by 1998 . |
| 27 | Linear stability theory can indicate when a laminar shear flow must undergo transition to some other type of motion , and the example of its application to a boundary layer was discussed in Section 17.7 . |
| 28 | Anybody trying to bring about a major transformation in a science must direct attention to the facts as he sees them : to a herbalist in the tradition of Culpeper it was an important fact that a particular herb was collected under a waxing or a waning moon ; for one of Liebig 's pupils analysing it this was not a relevant fact at all . |
| 29 | The African National Congress ( ANC ) issued a statement on May 12 , saying that the government had " become accustomed to ruling South Africa without compunction " and should relinquish power to an interim regime . |
| 30 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |