Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broad guiding principle , attested by many authorities , is that one looks to see what the taxpayer has done to earn the profit in question . |
| 2 | Thus Lord Bridge 's guiding principle could properly be expanded to read ‘ one looks to see what the taxpayer has done to earn the profit in question and where he has done it . ’ |
| 3 | Where an officer wants to see what a new or unconsented discharge consists of , therefore , or where his own judgment suggests that a discharge may be polluting , he turns to his sample bucket , which offers the ultimate means for practical purposes of establishing the kind and degree of pollution . |
| 4 | She wants to see it a family home once again . ’ |
| 5 | He needs to know what a ghastly little prick the boy was . |
| 6 | Whatever the nurse staffing arrangements , each one needs to know what the patient has been told and what currently appears to be understood . |
| 7 | The therapist needs to know what the main problems are , what caused them , what maintains them , and what possibilities there are for change . |
| 8 | The other is that the investigator needs to know what the agent intended by and in performing the action : why this agent played this move in the ‘ game ’ . |
| 9 | Although a picture may be worth a thousand words the reader still needs to know what the picture relates to . |
| 10 | The company needs to know what the investment must achieve to produce goods which can be sold profitably . |
| 11 | I have found this useful advice , particularly if one wants to know what a word means in different cultures and groups . |
| 12 | In much the same way , Morgenthau wants to know what a fully rational decision-maker would do in order to start explaining foreign policy behaviour . |
| 13 | As was suggested at the outset , if one really wants to know what a particular field is concerned with at any particular time , one must simply observe what practitioners do . |
| 14 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |
| 15 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International Inc , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |
| 16 | My mind wants to know what the theft of the Wolvercote Tongue has got to do with the murder of Theodore Kemp . |
| 17 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 18 | Alright , so there 's this interest in what women talk about when they 're by themselves and when Martha comes down , she wants to know what the men have been talking about as well . |
| 19 | ‘ The industry wants to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 20 | Little forms if anybody wants to know what the hell |
| 21 | She 's old money and as snooty as they come , while he 's the typical self-made second-generation Italian who wants to buy himself a piece of class . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 23 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 24 | Rollins wants to hear what the woman has to say . |
| 25 | Because he 's got this new system , he wants to use it a bit . |
| 26 | Now Diana wants to give them the sort of holiday she believes young boys should have … not shut up in old castles . ’ |
| 27 | Kharin 's £200,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow will be completed any day now but Hitchcock wants to give him the Beasant treatment . |
| 28 | The arts minister , Jordi Sole Tura , wants to give it the ornate edifice that currently houses the ministry of agriculture . |
| 29 | ‘ No , but I do n't think he wants to give you a Hero of the Motherland medal . |
| 30 | And who , at the same time , wants to give you the opportunity to do your best for yourself and your family ? |