Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Malik did not seem anxious that Mafouz should let go of the ball until he was absolutely ready to do so . |
| 2 | A few days later , on 8 June , the scheme was approved on two conditions : no unit was to be diverted from the essential defence of the British Isles ; and the new force must make do with a minimum of arms . |
| 3 | Sometimes youngsters must make do with teachers ' worksheets giving summaries of books they should be studying . |
| 4 | We in Scotland must make do with such styles as we can accumulate in our professional careers and , by and large , the only other source of styles for non-statutory deeds is the Encyclopaedia of Scottish Legal Styles . |
| 5 | Investments were made in a multi-storey office block in Jos in the hope that its rents would help pay for the newspaper , but the building was still largely empty six months after completion . |
| 6 | ‘ Established organisations are often stretched in satisfying these varied needs which Tennis Interlink can help resolve through its London based operation . |
| 7 | In its place , the government is to set up a " new wide ranging review " of how local authorities could help clear up polluted sites , and of whether they had adequate powers and finances to carry out the task . |
| 8 | A planned care routine will help deal with death . |
| 9 | Deputy Judge Miss B.P.Cooper QC lifted reporting restrictions in the hope that publicity might help track down Chatchai and his mother . |
| 10 | No doubt McDowell could make do with first-order ‘ quasi'-knowledge in a theory of cognitive representations for ‘ lower ’ species ( in something of the form suggested by Field 1978 ) , stopping short of the special problems posed by the diagnosis of the higher-order beliefs and intentions involved in a Gricean or sub-Gricean mechanism ( cf. |
| 11 | Most of the rest would help pay for disposing of the plutonium by generating electricity from it while turning it into waste . |
| 12 | Conditioners with sun-screens can help guard against ultraviolet light which weakens and bleaches the hair . |
| 13 | I suppose that is as outspoken as an expert on etiquette can dare become in digging the dirt with his agricultural implement instead of a spade . |
| 14 | As well as celebrating the new , people must let go of that part of their past which is now redundant . |
| 15 | He expressed the hope that future good relations would help lay to rest the mistakes of the past . |
| 16 | The Ilo-Puerto Suárez link would help trade with Brazil , Paraguay and Argentina , with Ilo seen as the launching-pad for exports to the Pacific Rim countries . |
| 17 | Mr Culliford says a refund would help pay for his relatives to fly to England , so he could see them before he dies . |
| 18 | Self-massage can help break through this built-up tension — and , luckily , the most effective zones for self-massaging are the hands and feet . |
| 19 | RCM have also produced 2 new leaflets for women on healthy eating and on smoking , alcohol and drugs which NCT members can help distribute to playgroups , libraries , health centres , etc . |
| 20 | Instead of completely introjecting the mother and emasculating himself in his unconscious desire to be revenged on her , the believer can make do with an identification with a mythical son who has done just this ( the crucified Christ ) . |
| 21 | Large family size can help insure against risk of natural disaster or widowhood ( Cain 1981 ; Smith 1986 ) . |
| 22 | Some forceful pushing may help get through a barrier , but it may also produce dependency on me to keep pushing . |
| 23 | At Boston Spa , for example , there were no adequate washing facilities for 16 years ; at Exeter , it was 1887 before the school got hot water facilities ; at Old Kent Road , the installation of gas pipes which could have provided better lighting was rejected in 1833 on the grounds the cost was exorbitant and that the children could make do with candles . |
| 24 | ‘ He had a brother like Angharad and his mother was determined that Wyn should help look after him . |
| 25 | Students must make do with two exercise books for the entire year . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister would make do with the Marks & Spencer . |
| 27 | Last week King Fahd said his country would help pay for rebuilding Osirak , on the understanding that it would be used for peaceful purposes only . |
| 28 | Proceeds of a concert at Middlesbrough Little Theatre on May 10 in memory of Police Superintendent Bill Askew who died of cancer will help pay for a holistic treatment centre , an alternative medicine to fight cancer , at South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 29 | The power plant could help dispose of the offal surplus which has gathered as a result of the BSE scare , which has led to a ban on the rendering of brains , spinal cords , spleens and tonsils into pet food or animal feed . |