Example sentences of "[vb infin] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Although they are not involved in the formal festivities it is known the Duke of York and the Queen wanted them nearby so they could enjoy seeing the children .
2 I have just one quibble : could we not consider naming the ships HMS Stewart , Lang and Forsyth in memory of three Ministers who , notwithstanding that good news , are likely not to be in office much longer ?
3 If I could make clear that should the panel consider applying the exceptions policy to particular districts within the council with the county in fact , then Ryedale stands alongside Hambleton and Craven and Scarborough and Richmondshire have enormous misgivings about the application of this policy certainly to our district .
4 This would include tackling the problems of housing shortages and population growth .
5 Coun David Smith said they should consider turning the pigeons into an attraction , as they do in Trafalgar Square .
6 If they wo n't listen we will consider invoking the disputes procedure . ’
7 However , your reply did not address the main point of my letter : the request that the Borough Council should consider paying the rates of public halls in the rural part of the Borough .
8 If he has not done much gardening before , you can work together , so that you can enjoy sharing the tasks , and it is easier for you to assess when the patient has had enough .
9 The county council had said it would consider installing the lay-bys during the 1991/92 financial year .
10 Yet before we can even consider infringing the rights of people , we have to make strong moral justifications .
11 You might consider moving the stops to allow for a thicker door , or if this is impractical , using a thicker door and rebating the edges to the existing thickness so that it fits the frame .
12 She looks the type who 'd enjoy letting the police in . ’
13 These should include asking the children themselves how to solve the problem , feeding back their own views to them , and enacting effective laws and enforcing them ( in a recent survey carried out by the local trading standards department of 54 premises selling cigarettes in Oxford a 12 year old was able to buy cigarettes in 13 of them ) .
14 This will include determining the warranties they require from the management .
15 There is a story about the man who painted half his car black and the other half white so that if he was involved in an accident he could enjoy hearing the witnesses contradict each other .
16 Where the draftsman can anticipate this problem arising ( eg where the lease in question is a sublease or is one of a parade of indentical shops ) he should consider enlarging the powers of the arbitrator .
17 The government also said that it would consider implementing the recommendations of the Sarkaria Committee [ see p. 36031 ] about the relationship between the states and central government [ see above ] .
18 In the old days — the good good old days — a member of the family would never even consider entering the servants ' quarters or the kitchens .
19 Incentives to do this may include avoiding the costs of a full hearing , and an opportunity to agree the level of fine and the wording of any press notice .
20 I ca n't guarantee making every meetings .
21 We believe that good clinical practice should include monitoring the concentrations of streptomycin during treatment , both to avoid potentially toxic concentrations and to ensure adequate dosage .
22 The gardener Thomas Knowlton was more of a plantsman and obviously did not really enjoy digging the lakes or ‘ canals ’ as he called them .
23 If you do n't have any of these though , you can still enjoy watching the videos , but they wo n't have the sound to go with them .
24 We know he will enjoy watching the sports programmes despite the fact that Bristol Rovers football team have not quite made it on to Sky TV yet ! is well know for being a keen supporter of Bristol Rovers , a fact which did not go unrecognised by who presented him with a beautiful jugglers top hat in his favourite team 's colours .
25 In many clinics the genital examination is followed by a ‘ general ’ examination which may include feeling the breasts for lumps , a blood-pressure recording , and a look at the shin from the scalp to the soles of the feet .
26 Students will thoroughly enjoy following the exploits of the comic cartoon characters , Carstairs and Carruthers , who are engaged in a race around the world .
27 Sadly , they did n't let me — you do n't have to put this in here — but they did n't let me finish correcting the proofs , cos one of those things , four times is enough .
28 I 'll go up and finish thatching the ricks . ’
29 ‘ I 'll finish making the arrangements .
30 It was clearly bitterly divided and strongly polarised in its conflicting views , mostly revolving around the rights that would follow allowing the ladies to serve on the Main Committee .
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