Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] to [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But L'Histoire de France is his first exploration into the world of colour , and I for my part must admit to finding it a little less than convincing . |
2 | The research should contribute to understanding about the relative roles played by material circumstances and political mobilisation in the shaping of attitudes to welfare . |
3 | ‘ He might go to seven-fifty , ’ McIllvanney said dubiously , as though the price was the only possible objection Ellen might have to whoring herself . |
4 | The economic rationale behind the redundancy payment legislation was to facilitate labour mobility so that industry could adapt to changing economic and technological requirements . |
5 | I am told that the same considerations of constituency difficulty , demography and geography would apply to rearranging the constituencies within Scotland . |
6 | All prospective presidential candidates would have to screened by a pre-selection committee , comprising the government-appointed chairman of the Public Service Commission , a member of the Presidential Council of Minority Rights , and the head of the Society of Accountants . |
7 | WP How do you think Hungary will adapt to having a real parliamentary democracy ? |
8 | Some aid will go to paying for practical steps already taken , like fish testing programmes . |
9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what asssessment he has made of the contribution the road-building programme can make to reducing road casualties . |
10 | It is bound to affect the way we handle real and potential conflict situations , as much as dislike of fresh air and exercise may contribute to deciding for a family camping holiday or not . |
11 | Some other records between November and February may refer to wintering rather than wandering birds , but otherwise all reports were of birds apparently passing through . |
12 | All the proceeds will go to rebuilding the former GW locomotive . |
13 | Only larger companies can stretch to having a full-time risk or insurance manager . |
14 | In either situation the above approach is the way Christians should contribute to managing industrial relations . |
15 | Perhaps Lord Rees-Mogg should stick to picking European mastersingers ? |
16 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
17 | In short , while accepting that no conclusive view on the effects of the separation of ownership and control is possible , it is important to enquire what contribution the law and structural reform might make to closing the disciplinary gap . |
18 | The SOC Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An said that the US move would contribute to preventing the return to power of the Khmers Rouges and would raise living standards . |
19 | In some roofing systems , it is envisaged that the investigation will extend to examining the condition of individual layers within the roof . |
20 | If Ironside is recalled to Ayresome Park , Scarborough will have to chose between walking wounded Steve Hewitt and YTS keeper Neil Robinson . |
21 | It is feared that the process will lead to overbidding by outsiders hungry to get into television , which will oust existing contractors intending to invest more money in a wider range of programmes and with a more realistic view of the cost of running a service . |
22 | Cash profits are necessary ; but the nearer a community can come to providing its own basic requirements of food , shelter , and energy , the less cash is needed for the luxuries . |
23 | There are some purists who would argue that this is no bad thing , and that those interested in the human brain and human behaviour should stick to studying humans . |
24 | ‘ Henri should stick to making soup , ’ Mandy said , obviously not liking her position as first with the news being usurped . |
25 | Perhaps the Health Service should stick to dispensing free condoms . |
26 | We believe that proper steps towards these aims would contribute to securing further improvement in the quality of children 's education . ’ |
27 | At the top of the list is a European Neutron Source , a successor to the Nuclear Structure Facility at Daresbury that was closed down last month , which many physicists would like to seen built at the Science and Engineering Research Council 's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory . |
28 | However , it is possible to make some general comments about the ways in which descriptions of a child 's language difficulties can contribute to planning intervention . |
29 | The intuitive explanation for the negative slope of the aggregate demand curve is that a higher price implies , ceteris paribus , a lower real quantity of money in the economy since the real quantity of money is defined to be the nominal quantity of money , M , divided by the general level of prices , P 1 that is M÷P , One way in which people may respond to finding themselves with less real money than they had before is by selling off holdings of bonds to rebuild their holdings of money . |
30 | However , there will be some circumstances where representations may have to made on behalf of individuals who enjoy income other than that arising from the Church , and who may therefore have a tax liability or indeed who may have tax repayment due to them . |