Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall expectation was that the Conservatives would win and in the event they did so with rather more comfort than the polls had tended to suggest . |
| 2 | Resource owners ' initial ignorance of the kinds of commodities consumers will buy and of the relative prices which can in principle be obtained for these commodities gradually diminishes . |
| 3 | Given a sustained period of peace and tranquillity , tension in the countryside would gradually lessen and in the longer term , the population curve could be expected to level out . |
| 4 | Our investigations of temporary worker users revealed the same picture as economic theory would predict and as the LFS had indicated — that most temporary workers were occupying relatively low-skilled positions . |
| 5 | Thus , Paul in Athens uses language and concepts with which the Stoics in his audience can identify and before the Sanhedrin , the Jewish supreme court in Jerusalem , he establishes common ground with the pharisees among the council members . |
| 6 | An increase in exports would be particularly beneficial in that the balance of payments would improve and at the same time national income will rise by an amount greater than the initial increase in exports . |
| 7 | I think , as a student I do n't know what I 'm gon na do and with the present erm grant system and bursary system it 's it 's even more frightening because es especially towards women , it does discriminate against women and that 's why less women are going into higher education |
| 8 | This government is not believing in integrated strategy , it never has done and it never will do and with the current the Government expansion plans it is becoming less and less likely . |
| 9 | He shuddered and replaced the glasses , before describing how he had spent a sleepless night worrying what he should do and in the morning had made up his mind to tackle MacQuillan again . |
| 10 | Bitter chocolate may be added to meat sauces for extra flavour — it sounds odd but it is very good and originates from a traditional Mexican dish of turkey cooked with very hot peppers , the chocolate being added to slightly sweeten and round the sauce . |
| 11 | During the period of maturation of these hypobiotic larvae , clinical signs of acute haemonchosis may occur and in the ewes this often coincides with lambing . |
| 12 | So amidst the doom and gloom that seems to cloud the the African horizon , we can see that aid does work and in the example I 've just given , that it works indeed for children . |
| 13 | Well what this suggests is that and she likes Mary accounts as a legitimate string with and at the beginning of the sentence , but she likes Mary does n't , so you ca n't stick and at the end of the sentence . |
| 14 | where women examine themselves erm , if its the mother or the granny er did I bring him up wrongly , erm the girl friends or wife 's er is it something that I did n't understand and at the same time it er really changes their lives |
| 15 | It was he who had given the alarm in the barn , for he could not sleep and at the sound of scratching had started up at once . |
| 16 | As a result , bone at the cement body interface can die and in the longer term can result in loosening of the artificial hip and the need for a second operation . |
| 17 | References have been made to the impact that the regional policies and structure in Europe will have and to the desire of the regions to have some direct representation in Europe . |
| 18 | ‘ On the 7th and 10th of Feb. we recd your Letters of the 25th of Septr and 6th of Oct : They were a source of the highest gratification to us all , but neither Letter was so full or explanatory as we could wish and from the slight mention of Mrs. Gould we are fearful that her health is not much improved . |
| 19 | But it could only be done if there was this general agreement about the direction in which democracy in Britain should develop and about the role which Parliament should play . |
| 20 | And , the story line could go and over the horizon she could see all sorts of very colourful kites flying in the sky that other children were flying in that lovely afternoon ! |
| 21 | Legal systems may vary enormously in the types of civil claim they will entertain and in the conduct of the proceedings by which claims are adjudicated , but all but the most primitive of legal systems will know the idea of giving notice to the other party of the making of a claim or of the initiation of a significant step in the resulting proceedings . |
| 22 | I said , alright we 'll come and on the way . |
| 23 | I could n't spell and about the only time in your life you 're not allowed to use a dictionary is in an English ‘ O ’ level exam . ’ |
| 24 | The aggregate supply curve and its shape allow the introduction of different views of where the macroeconomy can settle and of the significance of economic policy in general and fiscal policy in particular . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a fact that in the first 12 months one in three firms will close and in the longer term 900pc of new companies will shut in their first five years . ’ |
| 26 | In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die . |