Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want me to elaborate on that ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do you really want me to go into all the nasty , seedy little details ? |
| 4 | Do you want me to go through that again ? |
| 5 | Do you want me to go through this for spellings ? |
| 6 | ‘ What do you want me to do about these ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What do you want me to do about this left-luggage key , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | Equals now what do you want me to do with all these ? |
| 9 | What do you want me to do with this ? |
| 10 | ‘ Do you want me to talk to Special Branch , sir ? ’ |
| 11 | erm do you want me to speak to this |
| 12 | Do you want me to comment on that as we go through or |
| 13 | They expected me to live on supplementary benefit so I was having to work the street , trying to get my house together . |
| 14 | Although many areas still recommend that 65 is the upper age limit for basic training for advice work , and 70 is the recommended retirement age , new NACAB membership requirements now allow bureaux the freedom to take a more personal approach to advice workers nearing retirement , allowing them to continue beyond 70 if the management committee and bureau manager agree . |
| 15 | Artemia nauplii , microworm , and sifted pond foods are suitable first foods for the fry , allowing them to graduate onto larger foods as appropriate . |
| 16 | attempts to harness the adaptability of labour power by giving workers leeway and encouraging them to adapt to changing situations in a manner beneficial to the firm . |
| 17 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 18 | Ms Brenda Dean , general secretary of Sogat ( Society of Graphical and Alled Trades ) said : ‘ The decision will give the green light to a small minority of cynical police officers , encouraging them to build in unnecessary delays when they are investigating their own . ’ |
| 19 | Before he reached them Paul and Joseph had hoisted the two boys , aged eleven and thirteen , onto their shoulders and were encouraging them to joust at one another with chopsticks from the table . |
| 20 | Encouraging me to follow in this way perhaps , but moving too fast for me to believe that she wanted me to do that , she entered a revolving door of dark polished wood , mahogany and glass , and started to go round and round , looking out at me as she turned . |
| 21 | In these cases , financial security , a reluctance to move to a new employer , and proximity to the statutory pension age , coupled with a desire to do other things with their time or simply to stop working , led them to opt for early retirement . |
| 22 | Over the past ten years local authorities have moved away from the model which led them to act as direct providers of public services . |
| 23 | The whole crew landed safely at Aberdeen at the end of August 1882 , having survived the winter because lack of provisions led them to live on fresh meat , thus avoiding scurvy , and because of Smith 's quiet leadership . |
| 24 | It was their personal frustration which led them to indulge in wild self-deception , to embrace with fanatical conviction the most extreme and fanciful ideologies . |
| 25 | Before you start , ask yourself : what are our objectives , what message are we trying to get across , which people do we want to reach , what emotions should they feel , what responses are we looking for , what do we want them to take from this event — in person or through the media and press ? |
| 26 | ‘ Thank you so much , ’ she said sarcastically , ‘ for allowing me to eat with such revered company , but I 'm tired now . |
| 27 | I am grateful to both the hon. Member for Wellingborough ( Mr. Fry ) and the Minister for their generosity in allowing me to contribute to this Adjournment debate . |
| 28 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) for allowing me to speak in this valuable debate . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |