Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd never think so to read the papers recently , ’ Fiona pointed out , lines creasing her forehead . |
| 2 | Now I do n't want necessarily to equate the two of them . |
| 3 | Would it seek merely to codify the existing case law or to reform on the existing case law ? |
| 4 | While imports increased , exports did not flourish sufficiently to fill the growing gap . |
| 5 | SCOTVEC will need carefully to consider the validity and ease of operation of the new system , and whether it meets the needs of higher education and employers . |
| 6 | Rather than revel in the recovery in house prices , therefore , a bold government would act now to prevent the next house-price boom , and thereby help make the longed-for economic recovery more durable . |
| 7 | We do not need here to rehearse the contentious issues which surround integration , but it is sometimes aimed that the placement of a child in a mainstream school constitutes integration , or , in any event , that we all understand the same meaning of this term . |
| 8 | Although under no illusions , therefore , that reactionary French and British governments would act resolutely to counter the imminent fascist threat , Nizan remained confident at this stage that international security could be maintained . |
| 9 | In order to discover how such inferences are made , we will need firstly to examine the range of possible functions of language , and secondly to try to understand how people correctly interpret them . |
| 10 | In order to discover how such inferences are made , we will need firstly to examine the range of possible functions of language , and secondly to try to understand how people correctly interpret them . |
| 11 | For hospital services the Medicare benefit is only 75% of the schedule fee , but patients can insure privately to cover the gap between benefit and fee . |
| 12 | She sent an oblique glance towards Silas , then said casually , ‘ Oh , I 'll probably chat brightly to entertain the raft parties when they arrive — which is what a good hostess should be doing . ’ |
| 13 | How can the individual prepare best to manage the personal impact of the forthcoming upheaval ? |
| 14 | Here also is a new Member , Nick Hawkins ( Member for Blackpool South and a leading member of the Bow Group ) : ‘ From my involvement in European matters , I believe that I should say that I have great misgivings about the decision I will ultimately make tonight to support the Government and to support the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 15 | Others would prefer just to fuel the war — and make a quick buck at the same time . |
| 16 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 17 | It needs space to throw the dice and this is not practical in planes and trains where it can do most to relieve the boredom of a long journey . |
| 18 | The most frequent reason is that the chairperson gets too involved in the task and does n't do enough to manage the process . |
| 19 | Does the witness know how to contact you if they are going to be late ? ( 10 ) Do you do enough to help the witness get to court ; proper notice , instructions , map etc ? ( 11 ) Do you have a system for thanking witnesses regardless of whether they have to give evidence ? ( 12 ) Do you have an explanatory leaflet to give the witness ? |
| 20 | I found some cotton stuff that would do nicely to replace the sacking at our windows , and a pair of linen sheets . |
| 21 | Well I mean that , they do n't expect necessarily to see the evidence do they ? |
| 22 | Instead of coming down on players who , like Bryan Gunn , the Norwich goalkeeper , give rational views of incidents to newspapers , the FA might do better to examine the irrational attitudes created by some of those running the teams . |
| 23 | They would do better to read the chapter ‘ Developments in Yugoslavia ’ in volume iii of Prof Hinsley 's official history of British intelligence , part one , for a refutation of the claim that Tito did not fight the Germans , supported by copious and conclusive quotations from Ultra |
| 24 | She 'd do better to throw the letter away unread , would n't she ? ’ |
| 25 | ( Mackie , 1974 , Ch. 6 ) We will do better to consider the objection that science does not in fact involve or make use of a conception of causal and other nomic connection . |
| 26 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 27 | Also , you may choose merely to fill the background with a solid colour ( up to 256 — 16 and 24 bit colour are not supported ) or use a graduated fill . |
| 28 | Nor will it do just to ignore the problem , for if one does one soon finds that one 's semantics is self-contradictory . |
| 29 | But it will not do just to dismiss the evidence of their experience out of hand . |
| 30 | Will she do more to publicise the results of the recent negotiations on that issue ? |