Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could , perhaps , convey better the collapse of a regime than this picture of a faithful attendant carrying a cup of soup through a deserted palace , to an Empress asleep in a chair . |
| 2 | I can not emphasize enough the amount of care needed in this process , so if you are in any doubt about the outcome , do not attempt it . |
| 3 | If this image were displayed using the methods described earlier it would lack very dark values ( 0–24 ) as well as medium to bright values ( 91–255 ) and would cover only the dark to medium grey range . |
| 4 | I have gradually changed my life style and I can not stress enough the relief of being able to walk , run and do exercise without pain . |
| 5 | Whatever the age of the purchaser the firemen ca n't stress enough the importance of following the firework code . |
| 6 | You know , i i it is a very fine line between er how we talk to our customers , which is why I , I , I ca n't stress enough the need for the project coordinators to talk face to face with the customer first of all , and perhaps gently lead him down some of the items in this list that the project coordinator thinks the client might not have remembered . |
| 7 | Do you think perhaps the problem is that , through no fault of their own , they spend far too much time in the police station doing other work perhaps , than going out on the beat ? |
| 8 | We believe that this range will enhance greatly the credibility of the LDP name with retailers , and the LDP sales force are very enthusiastic about it . |
| 9 | But there were loads of spaces and I also happen to know that if you do n't stay long the hotel management does n't mind . ’ |
| 10 | Another testable restriction is that some variables will affect only the membership and wage equations directly . |
| 11 | We may consider rather the analogy of carpets being brought periodically into a shop for display and rolled out one by one on a pile . |
| 12 | At this point we shall consider only the alteration of one co-ordinate , the speaker co-ordinate . |
| 13 | One longs for more choice , for interpretations that are truly ‘ framed to the life of the words ’ ( to use Byrd 's phrase ) and not bland rehearsals of the notes , for performances that seek to move the listener rather than explore only the music 's sonorous surface . |
| 14 | Gassendi spoke of our not knowing the corpuscular nature of things , the ‘ inner shrines ’ of nature , but only their appearances ; similarly , the ‘ gazing countryman ’ , as Locke calls him , would know only the clock 's outer show , and not its internal mechanism . |
| 15 | No , they reckon that was an elephant , I do n't know so the yarn went . |
| 16 | A basic system could include just the tank , hood , condensation tray , gravel , plastic plants and any other decor you wish . |
| 17 | It is right that we should consider tonight the question how we enhance the democracy , responsibility and accountability of the European institutions and of our own Ministers to the national Parliament . |
| 18 | ‘ Well do n't I know just the place we 'll be made as welcome as Christmas ! |
| 19 | Did he know exactly the kind of dilemma she found herself in ? |
| 20 | We shall never know exactly the sequence of events in St Pierre on that morning , but we can build up a fairly accurate picture from the physical evidence of the ruins , and the reports of eyewitnesses . |
| 21 | A built-up surround will have to be dismantled piece by piece , but with the other types , you can chop away the plaster just next to the surround until you find the brackets , after which the screws can be undone ( or the brackets sawn through ) and the fireplace surround levered away from the wall with a crowbar . |
| 22 | Since many of the representations proposed are based on a hierarchical organisation of discourse content , we shall consider critically the possibility of characterising ‘ topic ’ in terms of the top-most elements in the hierarchical representation . |
| 23 | There is as noted above a real risk that the process will aggravate further the degree of imbalance that presently exists . |
| 24 | Although the International Law Commission did not consider directly the liability of a member State for the acts of an international organisation it seems likely that these two requirements would nevertheless be applicable . |
| 25 | They 're like erm they they 've got they 've all got funny , it 's , do you know like the Asterix names and that ? |
| 26 | To help them identify the danger signs an information booklet will be made available and press ads will drum home the message . |
| 27 | Mr Nicholas Winterton , the Conservative MP for Macclesfield , a consistent Tory backbench critic of the reforms , said yesterday : ‘ I think the number of us might swell once the bill gets underway . ’ |
| 28 | We must consider clearly the balance between health care provision in the national health service and health care provision in private nursing homes . |
| 29 | The fully adjustable Mares Super Fins will suit both the holiday snorkeller and the serious scuba diver. £39.75 from Ski & Surf at Harrods , |
| 30 | Listing can include both the interior and the curtilage and can therefore cover , for example , outhouses . |