Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [conj] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Independent control of water supplies to individual sections would facilitate this and the flexibility and effectiveness of the extinguishing system would be further improved if zones could be triggered by remote manual means linked into the automatic system and terminating at the same point as isolation valves and of venting controls . |
| 2 | We also expect the expert to inform us what is in our best interests , for how can we know this when the technical grounds for such judgements are , by definition , outside our competence . |
| 3 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 4 | Gail Adshed , 18 , student ( right ) : ‘ I 'd buy all but the tights . ’ |
| 5 | The metal would withstand all but the most concentrated laser fire . |
| 6 | More generally , Arrow ( 1984 ) calls it hidden information or hidden knowledge — the principal does not know all that the agent knows . |
| 7 | This stress on will — " loke what wil is for in al " ( 70r. – 205 ) — is an aspect of the concern he expresses in Mixed Life for the importance of a " continuel desire to God " and in Scale 1 ( 22.295b. – 95 ) for a " hole and a stable entencoun " to please God which must underly all that the anchoress does . |
| 8 | An established hebe may survive all but the worst winters , but a young plant may succumb to moderately severe weather . |
| 9 | Sage can be grown outdoors in cool , temperate climates in spite of its provenance , and will survive all but the coldest winters , provided the soil is well-drained , and the plant has been well-ripened as a result of growing in a sunny position . |
| 10 | From the United States of America , however , comes a genus which will survive all but the coldest of winters and provide that long season of colour which makes the half hardy perennials such a popular group of garden plants . |
| 11 | Though yeah they wo n't trust more than the once . |
| 12 | He hopes to show that , although we can not know quite what the former say we can , nevertheless we can still know more than the latter allow . |
| 13 | Only rarely do plans consider more than the simple spatial attributes of the housing stock . |
| 14 | Which towns will need more than the average number of ( i ) schools and ( ii ) hospitals and nursing homes ? |
| 15 | Do you live far from a good shopping area so that you will need more than the average amount of food storage space and a large deep freeze ? |
| 16 | Historians of science who want to understand the development of contemporary theories will need more than the printed journals , they will need access to the electronic resource . |
| 17 | This criterion on its own does not guarantee any but the most tenuous relation of sense , since , for instance , harmless is compatible with heavy , and rare with round . |
| 18 | They will do that because the Milk Marketing Board has put forward those proposals for reform . |
| 19 | The plaintiff vendors sought to set aside the expert 's decision and to have the court decide the matter , but the defendant purchasers said that the plaintiffs could not do that because the contract bound them to accept the expert 's decision . |
| 20 | There 's no way they can do that if the person is in Europe . |
| 21 | ‘ How do we do that if the telephones are out ? ’ asked Rohmer . |
| 22 | And Fazal said : ‘ You had better not do that if the Mamur Zapt is about . ’ |
| 23 | situation where you why did you do that and the silence is absolutely incredibly aggressive and you feel quite put on the spot . |
| 24 | When the puffer-fish escapes the jaws of the moray eel by inflating itself , we think , ‘ Perhaps I could do that when the moray eel comes for me ’ . |
| 25 | Did they do that when the first biopsy report through ? |
| 26 | And they must do that as the possibility increases that they might be sucked into a wider Balkans war . |
| 27 | You can tell the solicitor and he will say or she will say to you Good I understand that or Have you thought of this or No you ca n't do that as the case may be . |
| 28 | The fibre itself will ensure this but the extra fluid may help it a little — certainly the fluid has to come from somewhere , and it will do no harm if it is calorie-free . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) If a party wants a definitive ruling from the Panel executive , it will usually only give this if the other party to the takeover has been consulted ( which itself is often conducted by telephone ) . |
| 30 | He can do this whether the interim payment was voluntary or under Order . |