Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that we must wait until all has been answered before hoping for enlightenment . |
| 2 | Do you think that still happens ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think that quite sets it off to the best advantage , sir . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think that really classifies as a terrorist threat . |
| 5 | Many of the suggestions in this book about ways of using video assume that the person using it is familiar with what the machine can do and so feels confident about finding a place on a tape , stopping and starting at will , turning the sound up and down and so on . |
| 6 | In the beginnings of this second stanza , the poet is describing all the wonderful things the sun can do but then goes on to say that all these great wonders are completely forgotten when the sun can not even rejuvenate a man whose body is still warm and almost living . |
| 7 | His note on the beast of Chapter Seventeen of Revelation , the beast which does n't exist and still has to appear and is destined for perdition , is ‘ generalhuman ’ — the word he coined for Notes from Underground and incidentally never used again in his fiction . |
| 8 | Who does it affect and how does it affect them ? |
| 9 | It was important for the demonstration aspects of the initiative to have it geographically dispersed in order to get the message across that community care maybe can work but also has its problems . |
| 10 | Very small buds can be cut in half , which not only makes them flatter but also gives them an added charm in a finished picture . |
| 11 | Then let us hope that here endeth the second lesson . ’ |
| 12 | He does not supplement but instead denies the view of causation to which we have come . |
| 13 | First , to the extent that an issue is expressly covered by the Convention it displaces rules of national law that might otherwise apply and thereby renders otiose conflict-of-laws rules designed to lead to the selection of the applicable national law . |
| 14 | Tithonus can see the normal human beings who can die and so longs to be one of them . |
| 15 | Wine Guide , it does n't have and never has had an exclusively organic list ( 120 out of 350 , with 40 of those ‘ independent ’ ) . |
| 16 | It plucks a long grass stem , carefully strips it of any side leaves it may have and then pokes it down one of the entrance holes of a termite nest . |
| 17 | A penny novelette plot you might think , but Susan Hill deals with the themes of love and jealousy with such delicacy and such understanding of what might happen but never does that this , her first novel for 16 years , is equal to her best . |
| 18 | Now although evolutionary research can lead and indeed has led to major breakthroughs , it is so unlikely that it would not be sensible to concentrate on this type of research , for which in any case there are many potential sources of funds . |
| 19 | Tell Tony 's gon na leave but actually has a go at me as well . |
| 20 | In many practical cases the program will be deterministic , in that it can not diverge and never has any choice over what to communicate or what to assign to its free variables . |
| 21 | But he listened and learnt and for next winter he has harnessed Hollywood-style glamour to make evening wear that really works , adapting his tailoring to sequined , beaded and embroidered jackets of unbelievable opulence . |
| 22 | This has been the most fastest growing part of the holiday taking in this country over the past two or three years and I 'm hoping it will continue and so does our industry — in other words the hotels and accommodation , the tourist attractions — all are hoping , you know , that people are going to continue to do this erm and I think this may apply to certain sectors of the community erm and we just hope that that will grow . |
| 23 | One can imagine that soon duels will be fought at dawn between men brandishing baguettes . |