Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some other records between November and February may refer to wintering rather than wandering birds , but otherwise all reports were of birds apparently passing through . |
| 32 | It is bound to affect the way we handle real and potential conflict situations , as much as dislike of fresh air and exercise may contribute to deciding for a family camping holiday or not . |
| 33 | You may contribute to running the Home by attending its residents ' committee meetings . |
| 34 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
| 35 | The research areas listed above are important not just for themselves but even more for the contribution the results might make to thinking about present and future musical practice . |
| 36 | In short , while accepting that no conclusive view on the effects of the separation of ownership and control is possible , it is important to enquire what contribution the law and structural reform might make to closing the disciplinary gap . |
| 37 | Behind him , Pipkin shivered in the damp and he turned and nuzzled him ; much as the general , with nothing left to do , might fall to considering the welfare of his servant , simply because the servant happened to be there . |
| 38 | But this could not disguise the fact that however much influential educationalists , notably those associated with the Education Reform Council , might refer to combining vocational and general subjects ( in whatever mix for whatever age of pupil ) , and might intellectually appreciate the relevance of vocational training they lacked an effective political policy for reconciling both types of syllabus . |
| 39 | But it is extremely difficult to predict the developments in market demands and production techniques which will occur in the next 25 years and which might contribute to determining the size of each of these industries . |
| 40 | But market research , opinion polls and academic ‘ advisors ’ confirmed politicians in their belief that it might contribute to swaying the decision of the 3–4 per cent of ‘ floating ’ electors ; these votes could decide the election . |
| 41 | If this does well , we 'll look to doing some more business , " the client might reply . |
| 42 | Perhaps while I 'm away , you 'll see to moving our bags to Chapel Street , I 'll make sure you have some money for the cab . ’ |
| 43 | One way people might respond to finding themselves with more real money than they want would be to use their excess holdings of money to buy bonds . |
| 44 | Er , I should like to the names next month and I hope you 'll all support us because the numbers are going down and if we do n't get sufficient numbers , it 'll have to cancelled like the Torbay one . |
| 45 | We still do not have a proper address for Nanking , but I 'll try to sent it to you soon , as I understand a comrade from Nanking is coming to see us here to make arrangements for our visit there . |
| 46 | At least I 'll try to armed with the facts . |
| 47 | As you hold the Chalice , become aware of any resistance you might have to drinking from it . |
| 48 | ‘ He might go to seven-fifty , ’ McIllvanney said dubiously , as though the price was the only possible objection Ellen might have to whoring herself . |
| 49 | Well I 'll go to canvassing and I 'll get your name down in there . |
| 50 | This might lead to looking at communications at work in English , distribution problems in Geography , or how a company 's product lines have changed over the years in History . |
| 51 | He might admit to having it later on , but he was n't sure yet what he was going to do ; it would be stupid to queer the pitch at this early stage of the game . |
| 52 | ‘ We 'll revert to discussing the Post-Impressionists , shall we ? |
| 53 | He then proceeded to make some characteristically common-sense comments which might seem to carping critics to pre-empt that inquiry , but who cares about that , provided his comments made good sense , which they did ? |
| 54 | For most people she says , this is the closest they 'll come to seeing the treasures of their own home town . |
| 55 | For most people she says , this is the closest they 'll come to seeing the treasures of their own home town . |
| 56 | Others may resort to laybacking the slightly rightward-leaning crack . |
| 57 | ‘ Let's stick to acting for the moment , ’ he drawled . |
| 58 | All right yeah well let's erm le let's stick to talking about the leaf stem for now cos we do n't want to go on er slagging off every bit of art that 's around the city centre do we Barbara otherwise |
| 59 | The economic rationale behind the redundancy payment legislation was to facilitate labour mobility so that industry could adapt to changing economic and technological requirements . |
| 60 | He could testify to seeing many books on display in Romania in foreign languages including German and Hungarian . |