Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't expect it to match Love Story , but I think he still has a lot of mileage and is well worth supporting . |
| 2 | A document will be ‘ contractual ’ if a reasonable person in the position of the prospective buyer would expect it to contain terms affecting his rights and liabilities . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think he would do it to draw attention , but I believe quite genuinely that he was trying to amuse me . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't do it to cause trouble , Ellie , ’ he protested . |
| 5 | ‘ Four weeks ’ notice is required , I believe , ’ Merrill went on smoothly , ‘ so I should like it to take effect from today . ’ |
| 6 | But you could use it to combat office harassment ( do I hear you say ‘ Chance would be a fine thing ? ’ ) . |
| 7 | Do not use it to spread anti-Polonism . ’ |
| 8 | You can also use it to report incidents of sexual or racial harassment . |
| 9 | Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ‘ the Government 's market-place for education . ’ |
| 10 | I would n't just use it to grab grab grab with . |
| 11 | But they can use it to hurt people too . ’ |
| 12 | It also differs from PRINT CHR$ ( n ) in that you can not use it to send codes or characters to the printer . |
| 13 | Councils with money in the bank can not use it to build homes and the economy is in such a mess that the private sector is not building either . ’ |
| 14 | But of course that can become quite a complex thing depending on how much we want to sort of use it to produce certificates and things like that . |
| 15 | Once you have added the segment to your program , you can use it to edit program line " nnnn " with the command : PROCE(nnnn) The editing functions previously described are available when the line editing procedure is used . |
| 16 | Detroit , Michigan-based Compuware says the deal will enable it to release CICS fault diagnosis products the same time as new IBM CICS releases , so giving it as much as a three-month lead over its rivals . |
| 17 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 18 | This in turn will enable it to influence prices in the market so as to ensure continuing profitability . |
| 19 | IBM Federal Systems says that Night Hawk will enable it to offer customers ‘ an extremely capable real-time computing system with the B-1 level security ’ many of them require . |
| 20 | But to avoid this return to voluntarism he must have in mind some further conception of strategy , and it is not surprising to find him talking about it in what might be called its objective sense : the strategy of a class — the course of action which will best enable it to gain power over other classes — is estimated in the light of its objective interests and its position in a formation , and is detached from the beliefs and aspirations of its members . |
| 21 | In many cases the large size of a company , which is the source of its market power , may enable it to make cost savings which , although not fully passed on , more than compensate for the distorting effects of an uncompetitive market structure . |
| 22 | It is to be hoped that NAB 's more open approach will enable it to win consent from the public sector institutions for difficult and unpalatable decisions , though clearly some of its deliberations , concerning the possible closing of institutions for example , will have to be conducted in private . |
| 23 | An Oslo court has decided to begin public debt negotiations for Norsk Data A/S at the request of the company 's board : Norsk Data has found it difficult to reach an out-of-court refinancing settlement with creditors that would enable it to secure funds to provide a 25% cash payout to unsecured creditors . |
| 24 | Tendring District Council hopes to declare open land at The Naze at Walton a local nature reserve , which would enable it to seek by-laws to help manage and protect the site 's wildlife . |
| 25 | In such systems it is entirely feasible for there to be a plurality of owning or controlling groups , thus preventing any particular group from having a monopoly over goods or employment opportunities that would enable it to exercise coercion . |
| 26 | In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way . |
| 27 | WHITBREAD , the brewer and retailer , yesterday warned that mounting bad debts in its economically-troubled heartland of southern England will force it to make provisions totalling about £47m in the full-year to the end of February . |
| 28 | The packaging industry claims the tax will force it to change production methods and cut jobs . |
| 29 | Then , when my mother was so ill , he did try and sell it to get money for treatment for her . |
| 30 | The Great Comic Relief Vegetable Plot has been sent to all the schools in the country and Emma hopes as many as possible will stage it to raise money for Comic Relief . |