Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will endeavour to continue to represent the members and to project their needs and desires towards the company . |
| 2 | Do you want to continue to live a lie ? |
| 3 | ‘ Use your … influence to arrange to have the Americans kept busy tonight , so that the ceremony may occur in peace . |
| 4 | ‘ I was taken to see the vaults and was fascinated to try to lift a gold bar , ’ he says . |
| 5 | We are pleased that Northern Ireland party leaders agreed to meet to discuss the possibilities of progress . |
| 6 | Councillors agreed to try to promote the outstations for 12 months to see if the public make more use of them . |
| 7 | WASHINGTON ( AP ) — Zaire 's President , Mobutu Sese Seko , and President George Bush met to try to prevent the collapse of an agreement between Angola and the US-backed Unita rebels , reached through Zairean mediation in June . |
| 8 | And so they 're laying on this seminar for as many parish councillors who want to go to explain the planning procedures . |
| 9 | Practice with ‘ sticks ’ ( miniature kites on the end of a I metre ( 39in ) dowel ) forms a good start for understanding both the figures and the jargon which has developed to describe the shapes . |
| 10 | A branch of mathematics called network analysis has developed to provide the answers to the type of problem just cited , and network analysis algorithms are incorporated into comprehensive Geographical Information Systems as well as being available for stand-alone PCs . |
| 11 | Fraud is defined in the New Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus as ‘ deliberate deception , trickery , or cheating intended to gain an advantage . ’ |
| 12 | OK , so it eventually becomes an obsession , and someone has to kill to get the key , but it keeps the audience alert , particularly when there 's a late night knock at the door . |
| 13 | But of course if one wants to continue to have the capability into the next century , which the present er range of aircraft provides , er then Eurofighter two thousand may be the only available platform for those purposes . |
| 14 | Relations with Taiwan were expected to be downgraded to " representative " status , but Taiwan 's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation was expected to continue to buy the bulk of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia . |
| 15 | THE jury in the trial of a man accused of attempting to murder walker Josephine Chandler is expected to retire to reach a verdict today . |
| 16 | Hereford MP Colin Shepherd has lobbied to keep the base open . |
| 17 | Interestingly , during the same conversation , discussion switches to Merseyside , when Hounam makes it quite clear he believes someone in the Conservative government has intervened to prevent an investigation into a serious instance of corruption . |
| 18 | Emma has arranged to spend the weekend with a cousin , so there 's no possibility of being disturbed . |
| 19 | Under the scheme , forest management and surveillance will be maintained and local people will be permitted to continue to exploit the forest in ways that are supportive of existing ecosystems . |
| 20 | In Piata Universitatii , in central Bucharest , under the looming tower of the Intercontinental Hotel and the glaring neon of a Castrol sign , a crowd has gathered to mark the anniversary and hear political speakers . |
| 21 | For example , if another company in the group has provided guarantees in respect of dividends or redemption , or has undertaken to purchase the shares , the issue will constitute a liability of the group and should be reported as such . |
| 22 | Peter White of Midland Bank was less convinced , complaining of the failure of some large firms to adhere to a strict off-limits policy , and described an even worse practice of advancing a candidate who has undertaken to engage the headhunter involved at a later date if he or she lands the job . |
| 23 | The Forestry Commission has undertaken to bear the report 's findings in mind when embarking on future tree-planting programmes . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Bean has undertaken to supply the horses , ’ Sam said . |
| 25 | The institutions are required to monitor their use of the access funds and the Secretary of State for Education and Science has undertaken to review the operation of the funds in due course . |
| 26 | A different possible interpretation of a contract is that , not the buyer , but the seller has undertaken to accept the risk that the goods might not exist , i.e. he has undertaken as part of the contract that the goods do in fact exist . |
| 27 | The developer of the site , Ideal Homes Holdings , has undertaken to reserve the site and provide it free of charge to the school trustees in addition to a one-off payment of up to £150,000 . |
| 28 | I 've visited at least two or three times each year since then and I still hesitate to claim to know the area really well . |
| 29 | He may need counselling to overcome the trauma in the future . |
| 30 | He tried to go to see the family , but the palace was surrounded by Bolshevik guards and Russian soldiers . |