Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This encourages them to listen to the responses and to each other . |
| 2 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
| 3 | In addition , work which has been prepared on a word-processor and presented to teachers or assessors encourages them to concentrate on the content without being prejudiced by the presentation . |
| 4 | and have proved that putting a phone in each guest 's room encourages them to keep in touch with their office or home . |
| 5 | Each unit is ranked according to profitability and profit growth , which helps spur competition between IDG managers and — with any luck — encourages them to learn from each other . |
| 6 | Even at its simplest your intervention — supports the children in their role-play introduces the idea that you , the teacher , can play a role yourself creates the possibility of formalising their language creates the possibility of introducing some simple work in other curriculum areas ( e.g. counting ) encourages them to think beyond the immediate , maybe introducing simple notions of cause and effect narrative gives you the opportunity to introduce simple signals indicating when you are in and out of role , thereby accustoming them to this strategy for when you use it later in a whole group drama . |
| 7 | If this also makes mathematics classrooms places where girls feel more comfortable and therefore encourages them to stay with mathematics longer , that is all to the good . |
| 8 | ‘ The most important thing is to organise a system that encourages them to stick at it day by day and week by week . |
| 9 | My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion . |
| 10 | By persuading everyone to think " revenue " , the Profitboss encourages everyone to contribute to revenue generation . |
| 11 | Oh , David 's father , he 's such an old stick nowadays , he wants everyone to jump to attention when he comes in the room . |
| 12 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 13 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 14 | Neither council wants me to deal with this as a late objection . |
| 15 | ‘ He wants me to remain under his roof , ’ she said deliberately , ‘ because I am young and handsome — it was you , my lord , who called me so — and his wife is neither . |
| 16 | He 's now 80 and he wants me to live with him — he says he wants to take care of me . |
| 17 | ‘ The Kha-Khan wants me to report on his conduct . ’ |
| 18 | She wants me to talk to you . ’ |
| 19 | He wants ideas , new possibilities , experiments , and he wants me to talk to the actors . |
| 20 | He wants me to sleep round his Friday night . |
| 21 | " And he wants me to go with him this time — as his driver . " |
| 22 | ‘ Margaret wants me to go with her , ’ said Hilary , with a languid gesture . |
| 23 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton ; If the Hon. Gentleman wants me to go into more detail , I shall do so . |
| 24 | A man I do not wish to write for wants me to go to Vientiane , where virgins are $10 a go , and a woman I do wish to write for says it would never work because she is emotionally involved with me . |
| 25 | The Prince wants me to go to a bloody ball . ’ |
| 26 | This gentleman wants me to go to his house and meet his son . |
| 27 | She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much . |
| 28 | I cost him a lot in little things , but I know he wants me to ask for something big . |
| 29 | Anna wants me to know about the birthday party she had in July . |
| 30 | ‘ That is , of course , ’ he said , sitting up again suddenly , ‘ unless Father has come up with an entirely new factor he wants me to think about . ’ |