Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A magazine with the vision to run these two very different pieces in the same issue , in the knowledge that they could both appeal to the same reader , deserves applause . |
| 2 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
| 3 | Historians will find rich material , and so will the general reader prepared to browse and surrender to the many different idioms , rhythms and personalities revealed here . |
| 4 | ‘ For to obviate the inconveniencies that might result from the too frequent communication with the out pupils the Professor will demonstrate to the latter only what might be useful to them as Surgeons and Physicians to the human body , such as the most important demonstrations of comparative anatomy as likewise experiences [ experiments ] on several animals , which could not be attempted on Man without imminent danger , and lastly , a comparison between epidemical and epizootic diseases — therefore the out pupils ought to be considered by the Society [ College ] as a separate Class : the consideration of which ought not to have any influence as to the situation of the establishments . |
| 5 | The proportion responding that they thought they could trust the United Sates " a great deal " was 62% ( up from 45% in 1975 ) , a figure not matched by any other country : the closest was Norway , which 37% thought they could trust to the same extent . |
| 6 | Two people may suffer pain from the same apparent origin ; and yet their pain will not yield to the same analgesic . |
| 7 | It is very difficult a Sunday , but it Actually although we did n't take a vote on the bus , the few people that I did speak to a few people , and they were not terrible exited at the idea of of an outing during the week . |
| 8 | Those who have recourse to the deus ex machina of lethal rays or thunderbolts from outer space may incline to the former view , but only at the expense of disregarding the abundant evidence in the stratigraphic record of a correlation between mass extinctions and physical events on earth ( Hallam , 1981c ) . |
| 9 | Also ‘ areas ’ may refer to a few kms 2 or to whole countries , so that areas or pockets of declining food production may coexist with , and have no social access to , other areas of increased food production . |
| 10 | We might refer to the former as ‘ classroom-oriented research ’ ( see Seliger and Long 1983 ) and the latter as ‘ classroom-centred research ’ ( see Allwright 1983 ) . |
| 11 | If this was so , then ‘ Yahweh ’ , ‘ God the Father ’ and ‘ Allah ’ would all refer to the same God , in the way that ‘ The President ’ , ‘ George Bush ’ and ‘ Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces ’ all refer to the same person . |
| 12 | The terms ‘ old age ’ and ‘ retirement ’ are often used interchangeably , but they do not necessarily refer to the same things . |
| 13 | The case roles have been modified since Fillmore 's original definition to include restrictions such as these , but the restriction lists grow to an interminable length and the technique is still unable to recognise that two expressions ( e.g. ’ the woman ’ and ’ she ’ ) may refer to the same individual . |
| 14 | Children evidently realize this quite early in the process of language acquisition , and accept the fact that different words may refer to the same entity — e.g. , our dog , Fred , that wretched animal , and so on . |
| 15 | For a new or growing brand , the objectives will refer to the same sort of aspects of the market situation , but will be more concerned with increasing awareness , in developing a favourable view of the product , and persuading new buyers to try the product . |
| 16 | Clearly , to yield contrary sentences , a pair of colour terms must refer to the same area of uniform colour ; but it is far from obvious how to devise linguistic contexts which will guarantee this . |
| 17 | Often the same or a similar fault can occur to the same aircraft a number of sectors later . |
| 18 | In peacetime such processes do not occur to the same extent . |
| 19 | It will depend on the particular circumstances of each case as to whether a solicitor who has suffered financial loss as a result of having to comply with an undertaking given in the course of his acting for a client can look to the latter for reimbursement . |
| 20 | No , no , it does n't work to the same standards does it ? |
| 21 | Still unaware that barn owls are notoriously difficult , I thought that although my experience with Barny had been unsuccessful , to say the least , I should stick to the same breed . |
| 22 | Therefore , he must stick to the same story and tell the same lie as when he had applied for his British passport . |
| 23 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 24 | Yeah , so if you had if I try and draw it much the same if you had that and let's choose let's choose er , well le , let's keep the same let's keep to the same carbon chain if you had that the carbon skeleton is exactly the same the only way it differs is that the O H group here is on carbon one of that chain that we 've chosen where as here , it 's on carbon two of that chain . |
| 25 | The different methods do not react to the same types of buried feature , and are thus to some extent complementary . |
| 26 | Of course the younger user is unlikely to continually switch between the three , but continuity of product and of interface is still very important — my six year old expects to find certain controls linked to certain keys — how do you answer the question ‘ why does n't this key to the same as in the other Fun School ones ? ? ? ’ . |
| 27 | The buildings will all look the same , the same companies will sell the same goods in all their shops , the people , apart from trivial physical differences and , possibly , their own languages , will all aspire to the same condition of affluence and to look the same as everybody else . |
| 28 | We shall return to the latter , time-varying problem in Section 5.16 ; let us first solve here the static case . |
| 29 | The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up . |
| 30 | The fact that she would return to the same workhouse 10 years later was in itself not untypical ; many genuine helpers in such institutions may have had it in the back of their minds that one day they would become the cared for , rather than the person doing the caring , as old age took its toll . |