Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frog eggs are about one to two millimetres in diameter and , like the chick , have enough yolk to enable them to grow to a stage when they can feed themselves . |
| 2 | Or at best everybody could just come up to but nobody would be creating re er a surplus , nobody would have the resources to invest to enable them to come above subsistence |
| 3 | One of ACE 's claims is that members will be able to develop systems based upon the same building blocks which are sufficiently differentiated to enable them to go after separate market niches . |
| 4 | I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’ |
| 5 | In contrast , the few policies aimed at older workers have been positively intended to encourage them to withdraw from the labour market . |
| 6 | This second special resolution is designed to enable us to comply with that requirement of the Financial Services Act . |
| 7 | Also , as the directors remain in office , the receiver would probably be under an obligation to provide the directors with the information that they need to know to enable them to comply with their reporting obligations under the Companies Act . |
| 8 | Soon afterwards he left the Wang ( though Zervos tried to tempt him to stay by offering him an extra , wait for it , thirty-five cents an hour ! ) and started working days at the ice-cream parlour on Main Street which belonged , coincidentally , to Celia 's uncle ( or maybe not so coincidentally since , in a town like Adam 's Creek , population 2,200 , most people ended up being related sooner or later ) . |
| 9 | I have on occasion told students that they 're doing an arts subject , and tried to encourage them to think in those terms , because if they 're constantly thinking of the job at the end of it , then I do n't think they 're getting the most out of it that they can do … . |
| 10 | Well I want to encourage you to think of asking other groups you know to help , and individuals too . |
| 11 | Whether your students are planning to attend holiday courses in Britain , or are merely curious about the lifestyle , customs , and civilization of the British , When in Britain is designed to encourage them to think about not only the British way of life , but also about their own . |
| 12 | And that will mean resisting those tempting offers from lenders designed to encourage us to take on more debt by making the initial costs appear cheaper , but which store up trouble for the future . |
| 13 | Everything about it has helped me to grapple with the intricacies of machine knitting in this , my second year . |
| 14 | In fact , as Lévi-Strauss has helped us to recognize in his distinction between ‘ nature ’ and ‘ culture ’ , it is in all likelihood a universal human obsession . |
| 15 | My brother , you see , has persuaded me to stay in Town , a further ten days at the least . ’ |
| 16 | No doubt you 've both already discussed this and she has persuaded you to go against my wishes ? ’ |
| 17 | Someone has to experience it to know to the full how you feel . |
| 18 | So it looks as if you , people 's emotions have been tuned in such a way , that mothers look on these situations from their point of view and feel happy about it , and offspring like you look at it from their point of view and feel unhappy about it , and your emotions are the way the evolution has equipped you to deal with these problems . |
| 19 | ‘ George has told me to look after my weight . |
| 20 | You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely . |
| 21 | H This Contract shall represent all the terms agreed between the parties hereto and the buyer hereby admits that no statement made by the seller or his agent has induced him to enter into this Contract except written statements , if any , made by the seller 's conveyancers . |
| 22 | He was also dubious about the interview ; he tried to persuade me to settle for interviewing Ortega 's brother , Humberto . |
| 23 | Then they tried to persuade me to part with the silver and everything else that had belonged to my husband . |
| 24 | I vowed to have no more to do with her but thought I ought to return her shoes and her key , so I snatched Frankie 's comic and tried to persuade him to come with me . |
| 25 | Her career so far has been in publishing , and , following the birth of her son James in 1982 , this has enabled her to work from home . |
| 26 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 27 | His supporters say his energy has enabled him to succeed to a large extent in holding the Palestinian movement together during a series of splits and crises . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the Bill has received all-party support , which has enabled us to deal with it in the current Session . |
| 29 | This has enabled us to progress from cave dwellers to the point where we can ask about the ultimate theory of the universe . |
| 30 | , production manager at the UK company , part of Courtaulds Packaging , said : ‘ It has enabled us to focus on areas of development for each individual in a controlled way . |