Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The phone will automatically dial the number of a local taxi firm . |
| 2 | However , one could invoke the concept of ‘ moral luck ’ , discussed by both Nagel and Williams . |
| 3 | Still , there 's nothing secretive or lacking in discussion on the new laws in operation — and how refreshing to mention something that does not invoke the subject of money . |
| 4 | Mr Pinochet junior , asked if he used his father 's name to get business , replied : ‘ One does not invoke the name of God . ’ |
| 5 | v. Kantner ( Case 38/81 ) [ 1982 ] E.C.R. 825 the Court of Justice held that a plaintiff may invoke the jurisdiction of the courts of the place of performance of a contract in accordance with article 5(1) even where the existence of the contract on which the claim is based is in dispute between the parties . |
| 6 | We do not invoke the use of every single management procedure and every single quality procedure on all projects . |
| 7 | One need not invoke the authority of the law over the defamer to justify such action . |
| 8 | She would still invoke the aid of neighbours but would be more likely to take in lodgers or do homework in the form of sewing , for example , than use credit systems ( especially the pawnshop ) or go out to work . |
| 9 | An alternative explanation of collective agricultural work could very plausibly stress the degree of compulsion by landlords on landless peasantry . |
| 10 | I really can not stress the desirability of this area strongly enough . |
| 11 | Here the consequentialist differs from the non-consequentialist in that some of the latter would stress the importance of people keeping their promises and would consider it better if they did . |
| 12 | Indeed , we shall stress the importance of work organization in change agendas geared towards securing competitive advantage in uncertain market environments . |
| 13 | We must stress the importance of reading the labels carefully before purchasing sweet food . |
| 14 | We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses . |
| 15 | I can not stress the importance of individual fund raising efforts enough . |
| 16 | John MacGregor , the Secretary of State for Transport , said that the code would stress the importance of testing essential systems and of advising coastal states if a vessel is experiencing difficulties which could lead to pollution . |
| 17 | Some of them give a great deal of importance to using weak forms , but do not stress the importance of also knowing when to use the strong forms , something which I feel is very important . |
| 18 | At the same time , public opinion may qualify and grade the measure of its ‘ realism ’ , and some genres may be more ‘ verisimilar ’ than others : ‘ In other words , the law of certain genres coincides with public opinion ; but the latter does not have absolute rights . ’ |
| 19 | Though Charles the Bald could not evade the type of political problems just outlined , he was predestined neither to success nor to failure . |
| 20 | It must surely be apparent that , with death visiting almost every family with such regularity , any attempt to mask or evade the reality of death could not have succeeded , and would probably have made the situation worse . |
| 21 | To tap that requires roots that probe deep between the particles of the soil and can absorb the film of water that clings to them in all except the most arid environments . |
| 22 | I would respectfully suggest that it is grossly unfair that X , who may not be ( as in this case ) a large corporate enterprise , should absorb the cost of government 's unconstitutional act . |
| 23 | Neither industry nor farming can absorb the population of working age . |
| 24 | For example : Law 2 argued that urban areas will absorb the population of first their immediate rural areas and then even the remote areas ; Law 6 stated that urban dwellers are less migratory than rural inhabitants ; and Law 5 argued that migrants proceeding long distances generally migrate to the great centres of commerce and industry . |
| 25 | The primary need of any person or population is water and food and in primitive societies the supply of these commodities will absorb the effort of almost all the workforce . |
| 26 | The UK arm , staffed by a five-person sales and support team , will service the whole of Europe for the foreseeable future . |
| 27 | Nor , in the end , did he spare the leader of the Conservative party to which he first attached hirnself , Stanley Baldwin , ‘ the steel merchant metamorphosed into a squire by casual experiments in pig breeding … . |
| 28 | Er on the spindle side , you know , it 's gon na stay the way of the hydrostatics cos of the damping ab capabilities of it so There 's not it 's not an area where |
| 29 | We can rediscover the continuity of time only in the novels of that period when time no longer seemed stopped and did not yet seem to have exploded . |
| 30 | And you can rediscover the joy of giving kids something home-made . ’ |