Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | To ‘ love the motherland ’ was to embrace wholeheartedly the doctrines of the leadership , even if they were slightly contradictory . |
2 | In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services . |
3 | Edward Stanton 's elder son , William , who was master mason to the Mint , attempted to carry on the sculptors ' yard , but was declared bankrupt in 1735 . |
4 | Does he have the vision and political nous to carry on the changes begun — but certainly not completed — by his predecessor ? |
5 | Protesters have vowed to carry on the demonstrations despite the fact the tour has been given tacit approval by the African National Congress . |
6 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
7 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
8 | The defendant contended that he thought that he was a good enough shot to hit only the bottles . |
9 | Journalists rarely investigate , tending to report only the words and actions of others . |
10 | These rapidly accumulated round the fissure , building up into a conical heap , and then , as more and more new material emerged from the fissures , lava flows were erupted and began to stream down the ski-slopes . |
11 | For a wood glue-to be effective it has to penetrate down the tubes for some distance so as to get hold of the undamaged wood . |
12 | A person who is allowed to enter one part of a building only , will become a trespasser if he enters another part " When you invite a person into your house to use the stairs you do not invite him to slide down the bannisters " ( The Calgarth [ 1927 ] P 93 per Scrutton LJ ) . |
13 | Your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper , she has to slide down the banisters . |
14 | On one fake astrolabe examined recently the faker had clearly got bored and resorted to an angle grinder to wear down the edges , leaving very characteristic scratches ; unfortunately most fakers are much more painstaking ! |
15 | I used to go down the villages . |
16 | He had to go down the mines and he stuck it out . |
17 | No longer did they have to go down the backstairs during the night , and into the yard and across it to where the three outdoor lavatories stood . |
18 | He says for safety reasons visitors wo n't be able to go down the tunnels . |
19 | I do n't want to go down the village , I want to go down the shops . |
20 | No , oh I know what I never got that ai n't finished I 'll have to go down the shops , I might go down |
21 | In an assessment of the United States ' principle of ‘ forward basing ’ Slobodenko observed that since the late 1960s the American leadership began to scale down the numbers of their troops abroad . |
22 | Prices and incomes policies have been justified historically on the grounds that , if successful , they serve directly to scale down the rates of increase of money wages and absolute prices while minimizing the rise in unemployment which a policy of demand restriction would entail . |
23 | You need your Warlord near his troops to pass on the benefits of his leadership and to get stuck in alongside the Boyz . |
24 | It follows that if teachers believe they are incompetent or impotent in these matters , they will accept and expect that the proper strategy is to pass on the problems to suitably qualified colleagues . |
25 | In market terms , the key question is whether knackers will be in a financial position to pass on the renderers ' costs to farmers at a cost the farming community finds acceptable before they are forced out of business . |
26 | If only she was alive today to pass on the secrets of her success . |
27 | Diamond thieves used old shoes in the woods in North Lane to pass on the goods . |
28 | Even if an effective way could be found to pass on the costs of rubbish disposal to the average household , an awkward fact would remain . |
29 | As the banks , building societies and credit companies try to boost profits , many have been slow to pass on the reductions — and some have not done so at all . |
30 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |