Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Trevelyan , founder of the UDC , spoke for a substantial body of opinion when he moved the resolution in a spirit of revolutionary pacifism : ‘ … the rulers must know that if war comes they will fight with a divided nation . |
| 2 | I think Cruttenden 's arguments are in many ways convincing , but one must recognise that if intonation is influenced by and reflects the grammar , it follows that it must be a help to listeners in interpreting the grammar of what they hear , and perhaps more importantly , if a speaker 's intonation is inappropriate in relation to the grammar , listeners will find it more difficult to interpret the grammar , and may be confused . |
| 3 | Will he guarantee that if Commissioner Delors and his friends seek to impose a social chapter using other headings the Government will challenge their legal right to do so ? |
| 4 | Refuge theory would predict that where forest now stands today , there would have been savanna and that the higher wetter country would have been the ‘ refugia ’ in glacial times . |
| 5 | ‘ I should explain that although part of the letter was dictated by the kidnappers , most of it was written by my father . |
| 6 | During our presidency we must extend the competence of the Community so that it can ensure that once animal welfare regulations are passed they are enforced — from Spain to Scotland and from Ireland to Greece . |
| 7 | Similarly , social workers can help ensure that where provision is available for protecting someone 's rights in the justice system , ( for example , appropriate adult provision ) the need for it is recognised and met . |
| 8 | In the absence of such agreement , the partners will be faced with the unattractive alternatives of : ( 1 ) concluding appropriate agreements ad hoc , quite possibly under the pressure of burgeoning dispute between the partners ; or ( 2 ) accepting regulation of the affairs of the firm under the Partnership Act which will ensure that where agreement proves impossible dissolution will follow . |
| 9 | Will he confim that if unemployment figures were counted today on the same basis as they were in 1979 employment Ministers would be forced to stand at the Dispatch Box and admit that the number of economically active people who are unemployed in Great Britain today is 3.75 million ? |
| 10 | However , do remember that if suppleness exercise is done without it inducing heavier breathing and an increased heart-rate ( for example , yoga ) this will do very little for increasing your stamina . |
| 11 | Do you not remember that when Labour took over |
| 12 | Sessions need not be long : set up at dusk , fish a further three hours after that and you 'll see that after school/work sessions are quite possible on waters not too far distant . |
| 13 | By definition , that is exactly what Mr Hussein would look like if linkage worked . |
| 14 | Fiscal drag is the extra tax yield which results from the fact that changes in both tax allowances and tax bands may not occur until after inflation has had its impact on money incomes . |
| 15 | Despite Apple 's success with the interface concept it does n't look as though PC 's will come as standard with similar facilities until OS/2 's Presentation Manager finally appears — probably early next year . |
| 16 | After hearing so much about objects and Oracle Version 8.0 — object prototyping work has been going on at the firm since 1988 — at the moment it does n't look as though Oracle will create a separate object-oriented database product , although Oracle 's object guru , David Beech , believes it may eventually make marketing sense to do so . |
| 17 | Because of the economic climate , it does not look as though training places will be available . |
| 18 | ‘ You make it sound as though life is passing him by . ’ |
| 19 | It does rather sound as though DTP is where you 're heading , and your choices are limited only by the memory in your machine and your budget — in that order . |
| 20 | A ‘ self-interest ’ explanation would suggest that whereas solidarity for the strike call to defend jobs and the future of pits would obtain strong support in the peripheral areas with relatively bleak futures , it would be harder to sustain in the central profitable coalfields of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire . |
| 21 | We may conclude that although elicitation of syntactic data presents methodological problems , those problems are not insuperable and can often be solved by a little ingenuity . |
| 22 | But before we move on to institutional questions , we should recognize that whilst figure 2.1 illustrates a natural monopoly , it by no means exhausts the possibilities . |
| 23 | Ultimately his strength will depend on his personality , but as Rodney Brazier points out , when affairs go badly his authority will wane and if luck deserts him he may well be finished . |
| 24 | However , this is only a recommendation and it remains to be seen just how much notice the courts will take or whether legislation will follow . |
| 25 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 26 | Do n't forget that when food is processed , many of the nutrients are stripped away and not put back . |
| 27 | Looking at things the other way around , it might seem that if selection of new books could be carried out thoroughly , taking proper account of demand , and if proper weeding and replacement procedures could be instituted , stock revision would not be necessary at all . |
| 28 | It may seem as though Christianity is the most monotheistic religion . |
| 29 | Does he agree that when Opposition parties advocate such bodies they do so with the entirely cynical objective of maintaining the over-representation of Scotland in this House in the aftermath of the dog 's breakfast called devolution ? |
| 30 | If we were to express the interrelation of identity and participation in classical Hindu terminology we might say that while knowledge , jñāna , leads to action , karma , it is equally true that action leads to knowledge . |