Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 83 stipulates that section 82 does not preclude the disclosure of information in any case in which disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Bank to discharge its functions under the Act . |
| 2 | Such borrowing as the government now does tends to be financed by selling debt to the non-bank private sector , or encouraging the public to lend via National Savings . |
| 3 | Where the choice is between a care order or allowing the child to return home the court is often required to balance the risk of physical harm if the child is returned against the equally damaging risk of emotional harm which separation may cause . |
| 4 | Turning away to avoid eye contact , not talking or commenting on the behaviour , and not touching or allowing the child to climb on to their lap are essential characteristics . |
| 5 | As the debt can not be required to be redeemed , its value after the primary period has expired is negligible and , in practice , there will usually be arrangements to transfer it to a party friendly to the issuer or to enable the issuer to elect effectively to redeem the debt for a token amount . |
| 6 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 7 | either the fish is completely exhausted or given no time to gather its power , for I direct it straight to my landing net and it slips inside quite easily . |
| 8 | Here one problem of panels becomes clear : with all the best intentions , panel members may be considered to be specially interested in volunteering for , or accepting an invitation to join , a certain panel , and after a time the panel member can become rather too self-conscious and sophisticated . |
| 9 | A positive effect means that application of the electrode elicits some vocalisation whereas a negative effect either disrupts ongoing speech or produces an inability to vocalise or to use words properly . |
| 10 | In the face of such difficulties the labour-only sub-contractor will withdraw his labour or raise a contra-account to cover any loss he sustains . |
| 11 | Viewed in this way the battle of forms becomes a war of attrition , which is lost by the first party to make a mistake , or lose the will to fight . |
| 12 | Article 10 of UCP 400 states that an irrevocable credit constitutes a definite undertaking of the issuing bank , provided that the stipulated documents are presented and that the terms and conditions of the Credit are complied with , to pay at sight or to accept an obligation to pay at a future date . |
| 13 | It will then be necessary to negotiate with the adjoining owner , either to acquire the land in question or to obtain an easement to conform to the conditions in perpetuity . |
| 14 | Your solicitor will help you to negotiate these : for example , if you want a reduction in price , or want the seller to do repairs before completion . |
| 15 | Biomorphs readily replicate in the environment provided by a suitably written computer program , but they ca n't write their own program or build a computer to run it . |
| 16 | Applicants were given cash grants , usually no more than £75 , and trusted to use it for the purpose they had proposed - such as buying a bicycle to do a newspaper round , obtaining equipment for a camping trip , or acquiring the wherewithal to learn a new skill or a sport . |
| 17 | Philosophers of science have latterly been busy explaining that science is about correlating phenomena or acquiring the power to manipulate them . |
| 18 | Never ask or expect the patient to perform actions that his physiotherapist considers are too hard for him . |
| 19 | Parliament , had it been required to do so by the European Court of Human Rights , could have made a small , interstitial alteration of the law by , for example , merely amending the relevant section of the Birth and Death Registration Act 1953 ; or used the opportunity to undertake a wholesale revision of the law as it affects transsexuals . |
| 20 | If between them they acquire ( when aggregated with their existing holdings of shares ) 30 per cent or more of the target 's voting rights they might similarly breach Rule 5 or trigger an obligation to make a mandatory offer for the target themselves . |
| 21 | Often this sort of breathing is accompanied by raising the shoulders and pushing forward the front part of the chest ; it does not take in much air or provide the opportunity to have much control over it . |
| 22 | If your skin is sensitive and burns easily , or has a tendency to burn — use a Sun Protection Factor greater than 10 |
| 23 | It acts as a sort of catch-all offence where the accused has caused death but did not have malice aforethought or has a defence to murder . |
| 24 | Well , we can give a certain clear sense to saying that the hot coffee is able or has a power to dissolve the cube of sugar . |
| 25 | The regulation treats parent companies as those having control over another company , such as where a company owns more than half of the share capital , or has the power to appoint more than half of the members of the board . |
| 26 | Coat each hair with a fine translucent film which smooths down the rough surface & seals the hair to prevent moisture loss . |
| 27 | They did not limit the application of article 10 to the discretion of the court to grant or withhold an injunction to restrain a breach of confidence . |
| 28 | Especially if you 've paid or done a lot to get in — whether it 's the snooker hall or the Garrick . ’ |
| 29 | But we should certainly not mistrust or feel the need to apologise for pursuing the past because of the present . |
| 30 | The problem with such ladder filters is that , in general , each section loads the preceding one with a different impedance making it difficult to predict the overall performance of the ladder or to design a ladder to meet a given specification . |