Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head teacher has the reputation of the school to protect , and might not want to lose an otherwise good teacher . |
| 2 | He told the meeting of MPs that he would prefer to see a more democratically-accountable bank but that he refused to support anything which jeopardised the treaty . |
| 3 | From the point of view of historians this can only mean that training must be broadened and will need to include a heavily element of information technology ( Greenstein 1993 ; Schürer 1993 ) . |
| 4 | The process is n't difficult , but you 'll need to know a little more about how Windows works in order to be able to do the job efficiently . |
| 5 | All these matters show that it is a vexed question when exactly there will be a change in the regime and that is a question I shall seek to answer a little later on . |
| 6 | You will need to buy a reasonably large diary . |
| 7 | Under other conditions you will need to look a little more carefully . |
| 8 | Before you start saying the words you will probably need to tap a quite fast regular beat , and then say the sentences with each syllable given one beat , saying one syllable at each beat . |
| 9 | The purchaser will also need to file a duly stamped copy of the asset sale agreement with the Registrar of Companies within one month of the allotment of the shares ( CA 1985 , s88 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ We were wondering if perhaps you 'd consider taking a more high-profile role in the company ? ’ |
| 11 | You may need to add a little more water if the sauce becomes too thick . |
| 12 | To be able to do this successfully , you do need to have a reasonably good understanding of how to draw two dimensional shapes that , when knitted , will fit together to create three dimensional garments . |
| 13 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 14 | On the other hand a garden associated with an inner city dwelling will usually need to have a more formal approach . |
| 15 | However , most churches in today 's world , with its high population density , complex relationship networks and mobility will need to take a more sophisticated approach to alert themselves to the significant trends . |
| 16 | Ask the shopkeeper which conditions the fish are being kept in , before you buy them , as they may need adjusting a little more slowly . |
| 17 | Any such artefact may seek either to proclaim or to hide the material used and the constraints the material has imposed upon the technological process : a mask may be thought to incorporate the spiritual properties of the wood from which it is taken ; a group of people may refuse to purchase an item known to be of seal skin ; a plastic may seek to copy a more traditional material ; the gold from which an object is made may have far greater significance than the actual form into which it has been hammered . |
| 18 | A House of Commons , faced with a crisis , could easily seek to make a more extended use of its power than has been the case during the era of self-restraint . |
| 19 | D' ya want to pick a up ? |
| 20 | In particular , foam-breathing could make smoking a less anti-social habit , and more economical to boot . |
| 21 | For example , we would expect to find a very high proportion of cognate words in British and American English but a much lower percentage if we compare English and German and still lower if we compare English and Russian . |
| 22 | Tip : If it does curdle add a little more flour and whisk again . |
| 23 | For £9.4m a sensible organisation would expect to buy a fully completed office development of up to 90,000 square feet , equating to £100 a foot completed . |
| 24 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 25 | Clearer direction should also be given to local government , private business and the public showing what they must do to build an environmentally sustainable society . |
| 26 | One may choose to adopt a broadly aesthetic approach to texts , as is often done , perfectly appropriately , but one then encounters what seems to me a potentially disabling contradiction . |
| 27 | In contrast to breach of fiduciary duty , an action for breach of confidence would appear to represent a more effective anti-insider dealing deterrent . |
| 28 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 29 | So strong can these commitments become that teachers not only come to feel diffident about teaching and reluctant to teach subjects very different from their own , like religious education or personal and social education , which would be likely to form but a minor part of their timetable commitment , but some teachers may even feel reluctant to teach subjects that would appear to have a fairly close cognate intellectual relationship to their own — as when physicists are asked to teach chemistry or integrated sciences , for instance . |
| 30 | If the girls do not appear to have an even average awareness of culture — a friend said that a couple of years ago Zsuzsa had never heard of |