Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] these [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’
2 The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales .
3 The twenty heads of British missions abroad in 1816 , when the effects of the country 's long political isolation during the Napoleonic wars were still being felt , had increased to thirty-seven by 1860 ( mainly because of the emergence of new independent states in Latin America ) ; but the changes of the 1860s swept away many of the smaller legations in Germany and Italy , and the establishment of diplomatic representatives in China , Japan and one or two other non-European countries in the second half of the century did not compensate for these losses .
4 Here 's how you might prepare for these tutorials :
5 " Well , sir , " said Hazel , " my brother does n't really think about these feelings he gets .
6 ‘ It got people to sit down and think about these things .
7 A mother should n't even think about these things , I suppose .
8 You , you actually , the estimators do think about these things , believe it or not .
9 You 've just got ta think about these things Kimmy have n't we ?
10 And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues .
11 You do not know about these things .
12 I think probably if I can get this in a box it 'll be a lot easier , cos it 's a lot of loose stuff , that 's a saddle , I 'll chuck that down , erm , I do n't know about these things , but er
13 ‘ What do you know about these tarts ? ’ said the King .
14 And when did you first know about these kinds of methods of abortion ?
15 It is therefore important that the nurse should know about these habits and use the knowledge to devise an individualised plan of nursing .
16 The more that is done , therefore , to ensure that anti-racist training is task-related rather than theoretical , the more workers may opt for these courses ‘ voluntarily ’ .
17 ‘ Your husband ’ , Louisa said , ‘ — does he know of these feelings ? ’
18 ‘ Lady Beatrice , what do you know of these matters ? ’
19 Do you approve of these changes happening all around the edges of our towns , or should something different be done ?
20 should have an opportunity of reconsidering the form of restitutionary or remedial order it will seek against these defendants .
21 One might quibble with these distinctions , but the proposal is simple : BSL is a language for conveying information and will be optimal where accurate and immediate knowledge is the goal ; methods imposed on this medium will be tailored to specific educational goals and these will be a function of the priorities of teachers , parents and society .
22 The physiotherapist should be informed of the patient 's return to the ward so that she can assist with these activities .
23 Before girls reach puberty , the vulva and vagina have a different hormonal content and acidity , and the gonococcus can flourish in these areas .
24 Does the situation fall within these words or not ?
25 There are certain to be cases which do not fall within these guidelines , and these will cause problems until such time as " case law " has been established .
26 It is not just that there survive undeconstructed residues of , say , Romanticism and modernism , or that the constructed forms echo still within the deconstructed ( although they clearly do survive in these ways ) ; it is also that they exert an influence in and as their newly deconstructed state .
27 Edward II 's reign saw a battle not just over royal taxes of the clergy , but about the body which should assent to these taxes .
28 Whilst admitting that some children would fall outside these levels , the government required teachers to ‘ teach with a view to pupils achieving levels of attainment within the ranges specified ’ ( DES 1989 : 7 ) .
29 Rather than compromise on these principles , he preferred to withdraw from the scene and wait out his opponents .
30 Similarly , most villages today do not qualify by these standards — most are suburban or retirement centres , not more than half a dozen practise communal agriculture , and most do not even have working farms in them .
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