Example sentences of "[to-vb] [to-vb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This senseless slaughter takes place merely to try to catch a few extra tuna , and in fact the tuna caught through this method amounts to only about 5 per cent of the world 's total catch . |
| 2 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 3 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I am happy to try to answer a few more Hon. Member 's queries . |
| 4 | It may well have been the case that at this time , only a few months into the venture , the women were being paid much the same wage as boy apprentices at the same stage , and this would therefore explain why the delegate meeting decided merely to try to apply the same rule as , in theory at least , limited apprentices " numbers . |
| 5 | The village rector asked the mourners to try to show the same love that brought them to the service … |
| 6 | It may be that if Mr X enters into the guarantee the property can be purchased with perhaps the non-resident trust having to borrow to purchase the same . |
| 7 | Let us examine what lessons have been learned about RMI from existing sites and also what are the emerging issues that the service will need to tackle to make the most of the opportunities offered by RMI . |
| 8 | ’ They use the excuse that the shops , especially the ones selling really expensive designer gear are rich enough to be able to afford to lose a few clothes . |
| 9 | I know that the organisations that help the homeless would be more than willing to co-operate with the Minister to help to identify the many places throughout the country where posters would be of greatest benefit to the homeless . |
| 10 | Her owner claims she probably wants to exercise to shed a few ounces.Pets should be safe as Thumper s not been trained to hunt and she 's refused to be tempted down with titbits . |
| 11 | There was no guarantee that districts gaining funds would continue to wish to buy the same quantity of complex and expensive treatments that the unit specialised in . |
| 12 | And the writer has to keep conjuring the feeling in him or herself , to keep it there , if he/she is to hope to do the same for the readers . |
| 13 | I really enjoy watching boxing and try to get to see a few sports programmes every week . |
| 14 | It makes no sense for two such complex systems of financial support to attempt to meet the same needs other than in the most exceptional circumstances . |
| 15 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 16 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |
| 17 | Embalmers were going to have to do the same . |
| 18 | ‘ Look at the amount of playing and training the top rugby players do , ’ points out Barclay , who reckons that Scotland 's cricketers are now going to have to put the same amount of time and effort into their game to get to the top level . |
| 19 | It is not possible here to attempt to unravel the many strands of thought and practice that have historically influenced the contemporary curriculum in this way , but it may be useful to refer briefly to some of them before going on to consider the current pattern . |
| 20 | We 'll have to have to get a few of these in Radio Orkney I can see . |
| 21 | To attempt to foresee the many varied business ideas that future entrepreneurs will devise would be a fruitless task . |
| 22 | ‘ And if you leave here , I 'm afraid I 'm going to have to make a few phone calls . |
| 23 | They lived just over an hour away from the venue but decided to stay to make the most of a rare luxury . |
| 24 | When other Community Governments are prepared to extend those rights to their people , is not it completely wrong for the British Government to refuse to do the same for the British people ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll admit that — er — I do seem to need to get a few minor items in my life sorted out , ’ Laura told her friend nonchalantly . |
| 26 | I expect to continue to make the same kind of pictures . ’ |
| 27 | It is widely believed that the conservatism of the farm worker and his attachment to traditional styles obliged manufacturers to continue to produce the same wide range of designs as had been produced by local smiths in the pre-industrial period . |
| 28 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |