Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not want to see pensioners ' or anybody else 's savings eroded by the inflation levels sustained by the then Labour Government . |
| 2 | Certainly , in this book , we shall need to include participants ' beliefs about most of the above parameters , including the place of the current utterance within the sequence of utterances that makes up the discourse . |
| 3 | Through further interviews , observations and documentary research it will seek to establish householders ' senses of entitlement and obligation in relation to other households and how these have changed from before Communist rule until the present day . |
| 4 | Computer staff agencies might seek to maintain contractors ' loyalty , but more by keeping them supplied with assignments than by offering them employee-like benefits . |
| 5 | Linguistics can seek to clarify teachers ' thinking about the complex relationship between words and concepts , which is central to formulating an approach to specialist language in the classroom . |
| 6 | Hewlett-Packard Co has seen off one of those contemptible shareholder class-action lawsuits : it was filed last August and alleged securities laws violations after the company said that it did not expect to meet analysts ' fiscal third quarter estimates ; the judge dismissed the case after Hewlett persuaded the plaintiffs that they were wasting their time and that of the court . |
| 7 | In the past the ruling council of Lloyd 's has refused to contemplate anything that would appear to mutualise names ' losses . |
| 8 | I would like to see contractors ' charging policy completely reviewed , so we can be sure that we are not locked into ‘ historic costing methods ’ that fail to recognise the considerable advances in main and service laying technology . |
| 9 | I would like to draw readers ' attention to the term pastel painting , which is , in my opinion , a classic misnomer . |
| 10 | Touche believes the balance sheet treatment of capitalising expenditure on players ' registrations as an intangible asset has commercial logic , but does not favour revaluing players ' registrations in the accounts according to their current market worth . |
| 11 | The publication by Lobachevsky in 1829 of a consistent ( non-Euclidean ) geometry , in which Euclid 's parallel postulate is denied , should perhaps have turned mathematicians ' attention back to a study of axioms , especially as it had long been appreciated that Euclid 's use of the axiomatic method was , to say the least , inconsistent ( [ 106 ] contains stronger views . ) |
| 12 | What other things might have affected firms ' decision about whether ( and when ) to respond to this incentive ? |
| 13 | If the court considers that a matter has not been disclosed and that matter might have affected shareholders ' decisions on how to vote , it is unlikely to sanction the scheme ( see , for example , Re Jessel Trust Limited [ 1985 ] BCLC 119 and Re MB Group plc [ 1989 ] 5 BCC 684 ) . |
| 14 | Mr Goldring said it might have crossed jurors ' minds ‘ Why should a nurse do these things ? ’ |
| 15 | Delay may have cost skiers ' lives |
| 16 | In fact , better finishing from the Den 's Park outfit would have increased Rangers ' embarrassment but they were let of the hook on a number of occasions , particularly by Dodds . |
| 17 | In the regions west of the Rhine , the ascendance of bishops within many civitates may have strengthened counts ' preferences for the country life . |
| 18 | If prices were cut by 50 per cent , then employers in shops etc would have to cut workers ' wages by 50 per cent in order to stay in business . |
| 19 | Services should aim to promote individuals ' capacity for self-determination and autonomy and to enhance their ability to make realistic choices for themselves . |
| 20 | However , in the long term , I feel sure that continuing input ( both formal and informal ) into initial nursery nurse training can only serve to extend students ' knowledge about the nature and implications of severe learning difficulties . |
| 21 | Price fixing ( Geis 1967 ; Smith 1961 ) and illegal monopoly pricing ( Klass 1975 ) both mean that customers pay more than they would under competitive conditions ; bribing corrupt officials ( Braithwaite 1979b ; Jacoby , Nehemlis , and Ells 1977 ) may mean reducing competitors ' profit margins or even driving them into bankruptcy ; illegal mergers and take-overs and other shady financial manoeuvres may result in many shareholders being defrauded ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; misleading advertising as well as trimming production costs may result in customers buying goods whose quality fails totally to match manufacturers ' glossy claims , thus leaving a swindled consumer population ( Moffit 1976 ) ; corporate tax evasion and avoidance may mean more average taxes paid by individual members of the public ( Vanick 1977 ) . |
| 22 | With the Environmental Protection Act just on the statute book , no company can afford to ignore MPs ' views . |
| 23 | In borderline cases moderators may request to see students ' marked assignments . |
| 24 | Passing through Frampton only someone on a completely different train on a completely different line could fail to see Rovers ' ground in the Happy Shopper Leisurerama complex with its 24-foot inflatable baked bean can nestling against the track . |
| 25 | I really liked the feature — and I hope you 'll start to put readers ' games on your Megatape more often , maybe even monthly — except for one thing . |
| 26 | So some factual background will help to put consumers ' beliefs into proper perspective . |
| 27 | Hersh argued that resale rights would help stabilise artists ' incomes and such stability , he maintained , ‘ would probably result in more and better art from artists freed from some of the anxiety of performing on a tightrope without a safety net ’ . |
| 28 | The re-bundling of server software may help to change users ' perceptions , but the great white hope is MVS Open Edition , the new version of the operating system that comes with a Posix interface . |
| 29 | My Working Group felt that there is evidence that such an approach should help to improve pupils ' sensitivity to their own use of language . |
| 30 | Eastern Electricity , the largest regional power company , has signed a five-year deal with PowerGen , which it predicted would help safeguard miners ' jobs . |