Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well trampled ground may remain that way for some time . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley said , in 1991 : ‘ I do n't frankly think that abuse against the elderly is a major problem . ’ |
| 3 | Do you think that variation in pricing strategy will be er contrary to what you 're trying to do in terms of your image projection for the brand ? |
| 4 | I mean a do you think that kind of thing would work here ? |
| 5 | If it was n't that we had to develop from an egg in every generation , I do n't think that kind of conservatism would be observed . |
| 6 | He did n't think that way at all ! |
| 7 | I pretended to ignore this and he said something in German after me which I took to mean : ‘ You must be a very dull fellow if you do n't think that sort of thing funny . ’ |
| 8 | Or , to put it the other way round , affines only remain friends so long as they remain affines ; they are bonded together by political alliance rather than by common substance , and , if the parties concerned want to maintain that alliance , they must repeatedly reaffirm that bonding by the appropriate exchange of imperishable valuables of a visible and identifiable kind . |
| 9 | He opts for a single fragment of European culture and , by way of compensation , he must at once reaffirm that ideal of personal and cultural wholeness which on various grounds he now sees immediately symbolized in Schopenhauer — and not least because Schopenhauer , for all his scorn of the contemporary world , unquestionably belongs to it . |
| 10 | To take child care for instance , we can suddenly get two or three ah admissions to secure units at a cost of two thousand pounds a week and that 's er you know a hundred thousand a year per child so we can really there are other votes that can , can absorb that sort of money . |
| 11 | As for Hunter Square , there is no way one can design that space before putting the Tron Kirk to an appropriate re-use . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't make that decision for you , ’ he said raggedly . |
| 13 | Software for Free has been written especially to help you make that decision without having to plough through mountains of Shareware and Public Domain Software first . |
| 14 | That 's the only way you could actually make that work at all . |
| 15 | With this foundation a student usually has a choice of two , or maybe three , subjects to pursue to degree standard , and can make that choice on the basis of experience . |
| 16 | No one can make that choice for you . |
| 17 | Anyone could make that mistake in the urgency of a business flight , yet the airline concerned must pay the Government for that . |
| 18 | He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft . |
| 19 | If we suppose that Nietzsche did feel committed to the plan 's extra-tragic Greek aspects ( ethics , politics and the rest ) , we must make that supposition without much in the way of supporting evidence . |
| 20 | ‘ Mother did n't make that kind of mistake . ’ |
| 21 | And it 's really to provide , according to Derek , it 's to provide the Secretary of State with some ideas of costings of , if she decides the new careers services to run careers conventions , she would make that part of the specification and she would know how much that that was likely to cost her . |
| 22 | I will make that feedback to Jenny so that she 's clear , I think that 's a good way to handle it . |
| 23 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 24 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe one day , if things keep going well for me , I might make that sort of money . |
| 26 | I can reassure my hon. Friend that nothing in the Bill will make that sort of rationalisation necessary . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think we should make that sort of speculation without any evidence , ’ she snapped . |
| 28 | In his own interests the licence-holder , when structural alterations have been completed in compliance with an order , should intimate that fact to the clerk to the licensing board . |
| 29 | The Business is being purchased ( partly ) for its goodwill and it is reasonable for the Vendor to be asked ( in effect ) whether there are any significant risks which would adversely affect that goodwill by virtue of the sale . |
| 30 | The consequence was that the company no longer had to accept the market price for its products but could affect that price by varying the output of the product . |