Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , it 's obvious people will jump to that conclusion . ’ |
| 2 | She received no reply ; nor had she heard a word during the five years that had passed since , and she did n't know to this day if he was alive or dead , and she did n't care . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't spell , and I still do n't know to this day where a paragraph is meant to go . |
| 4 | Pyramid Technology Corp has picked executive vice-president , Ed Scott , and former US sales vice-president , Robert Buhl to team up to develop and manage the company 's technology and strategic partnerships with vendors and integrators worldwide : the move is part of the firm 's four-month-old Open Data Center strategy ; Buhl has been named vice-president , strategic partners , reporting to Scott ; Pyramid 's chairman , Richard Lussier , will assume management of direct sales organisation and marketing oversight will fall to chief operating officer John Chen ; Mitchell Mandich , formerly Tandem Computers Inc 's western region sales director , is vice-president for the Americas responsible for sales in the western hemisphere and reporting to Richard Lussier . |
| 5 | I let my head fall to one side , my cheek against the cool damp sand . |
| 6 | This could act to some extent as a rival system to the more traditional system of alliances and pacts in the Third World upheld by the Western powers . |
| 7 | He said that if the lawyer had felt he was being unfair to him he could appeal to another court . |
| 8 | It was a bird that would appeal to popular sentiment ; indeed , Gould advocated its adoption as Australia 's national bird , and later used it as a motif on the covers of his Birds of Australia series , showing the male lyre-bird with the beautiful lyre-shaped plumes of its tail raised in courtship . |
| 9 | Could I appeal to running shoe manufacturers to open their eyes and realise that they are missing out on a valuable section of the market ? |
| 10 | Will it appeal to some teaching styles more than others ? 3 . |
| 11 | ‘ We would still appeal to any member of the public who has any suspicion or information to get in touch and talk to us in confidence . |
| 12 | … Oakeshott 's conservatism does not appeal to any sort of metaphysical or religious beliefs for sanction or support ; nor does it hark back to a more integrated and traditional form of society . |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea , for example , may conjure up ideas of tropical jungles which could well appeal to would-be explorer executives but not to the home-loving family types . |
| 14 | Did n't we have a similar streak about four/five years ago , i.e. the last year Bremner was in charge — this saw us shoot up the second division before an ignominous defeat against Shrewsbury Town ( who ? ) saw us plummet to mid table yet again . |
| 15 | It would , in my opinion , in many ways be more logical for an application to be released from custody on the ground of non-service or delayed service of a committal notice to be made to a first instance judge rather than direct to this court . |
| 16 | Judging by the sense of humour evident in the other series lining the opposite wall where male models/friends are portrayed sporting dresses , I would n't have thought the artist would object to that label too strongly . |
| 17 | Thus in an ordinary broking transaction disclosure on the contract note in accordance with SFA Table 5 — 34(2) , para 11 , will be sufficient ( provided that the customer does not object to late disclosure ) . |
| 18 | Unlike his mother and Rose-Ann he did n't object to burnt toast , so he buttered it as it was , not pausing to toast the other side of it . |
| 19 | If those devils can wring the necks of chickens and slit the throats of sheep , then they should n't object to some shot , should they ? ’ |
| 20 | Would it object to this treatment of its old dwelling before the proper rites had been observed ? |
| 21 | many would also object to this kind of contribution to John 's wage packet . |
| 22 | One might object to this definition of free will on the grounds that once we find a complete unified theory we will be able to predict what people will do . |
| 23 | Does anybody object to this strategy of violence ? |
| 24 | The social worker might hold that the client 's general conduct towards him indicated that she would not object to this action ( implied consent ) ; that he carried out the act in good faith as to its consolatory and therapeutic implication ; or ( perhaps less validly ) that the relationship was sufficiently close to allow a gesture of endearment without sexual implication or threatening content . |
| 25 | The public would become used to high employment financed by permanent deficits and would object to any attempt to cut the deficit by raising taxes . |
| 26 | Campriello , lawyer for defendant Ahmad Mohammad Ajaj , said he would object to any attempt to introduce the re-enactment as evidence at trial . |
| 27 | Officials let it be understood that Turkey would not object to Kurdish autonomy in a federal Iraq , but Özal , interviewed on March 29 , said that the Kurdish leaders " were clearly told they should definitely not consider a separate state " . |
| 28 | They were both part of Bob Dylan 's backing band in the disastrous film Hearts Of Fire : Fred had to teach the songs they would mime to that day to Dylan each morning . |
| 29 | He had been a little surprised that Miriam should surrender to this sort of jealousy , but perhaps he was not altogether displeased , because he found it feminine … in an attractive woman even faults and weaknesses are endearing . |
| 30 | Alternatively , if used as part of the external audit process , a contract audit may demonstrate to one party that the contract is being managed efficiently and effectively . |