Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increased identification and understanding between an organisation , its workers , neighbours and the public or allowing them to benefit from the activity , increases the understanding and acceptance of risk . |
| 2 | Helping residents or reminding them to go to and from the toilets is a daily part of your duties . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if the incentives are too high , they may themselves distort the market , by giving the beneficiaries an unfair advantage or enabling them to operate in a way which does not reflect genuine supply and demand . |
| 4 | Right , I 'm here vir virtually throughout the vacation , erm , I 'll be here until the beginning of next term , so if you are having problems of any sort , or want me to run through something with you , just er , feel free to disturb me . |
| 5 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 6 | Helmut Kohl 's calls to brief Major on the British economy are doubtless answered by a builder screaming at the German Chancellor to speak English , or ordering him to get off the line so they can deal with the other jobs they 've got on the go . |
| 7 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 8 | In the period broadly spanning the years 1948 to 1975 , central governments of both parties gradually extended local authorities ' social service powers , or encouraged them to use to the full powers they had already been given — achieving secondary education for all , creating a national pattern of further education , developing services for the elderly , sustaining a substantial housing programme . |
| 9 | I asked her if her work at college had forced or stimulated her to think about school in general , and what it is for . |
| 10 | He 'll either have to off the lad or get him to work for him . |
| 11 | It can be used in either mono or stereo ; a guitar can be plugged in to access the onboard tuner and allow you to play along with a drum pattern ; it 's MIDI compatible , and with a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch you can start and stop the machine , tell it to drop in a fill pattern , or tell it to advance to the next pattern or song . |
| 12 | It can be used in either mono or stereo ; a guitar can be plugged in to access the onboard tuner and allow you to play along with a drum pattern ; it 's MIDI compatible , and with a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch you can start and stop the machine , tell it to drop in a fill pattern , or tell it to advance to the next pattern or song . |
| 13 | A creditor may give a proxy to any person of full age ( who himself need not be a creditor or contributory ) ( r 8.1(3) ) requiring the proxy holder to use his discretion on voting ( a general proxy ) or requiring him to vote for or against any specified resolution ( a special proxy ) . |
| 14 | You have the choice of cleaning the Discs in position or removing them to wash in the sink . |
| 15 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 16 | Did any News reader obtain one and would they sell me a copy or allow me to pay for a loan of a negative ? |
| 17 | The court to which an application for a stay of action should be made is the court in which that action is pending and the court can either stay the action or allow it to continue on such terms as it thinks fit ( s 285(2) ) . |
| 18 | When you remove food from the freezer , do n't leave it in a warm atmosphere or allow it to come into contact with unclean hands , surfaces or equipment before returning it to the freezer — you will be at risk of freezing in any contamination . |
| 19 | The ferret 's function is to frighten the rabbits so that they bolt out of the holes or to force them to retreat through the burrow system until they become cornered so that they can be dug out while the ferret holds them in that fixed position . |
| 20 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 21 | Residents are now anxiously awaiting the decision which will either give Mappleton a future or condemn it to perish in the North Sea . |
| 22 | 1984 ) often speak of allowing children to ‘ predict their way through the text ’ with their minds focused on meaning , rather than encouraging them to attend to features of print . |
| 23 | ‘ The most important thing is to organise a system that encourages them to stick at it day by day and week by week . |
| 24 | The lack of judgement that led him to write to Routh in such a vein was Nora 's fault . |
| 25 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
| 26 | Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn ‘ Labour will bring lasting prosperity to Darlington and put people 's talents to use rather than allowing them to go to waste . ’ |
| 27 | For history reveals , time and again , that while vertical thinking can bring our full intellectual powers to bear upon a problem and thus to consolidate a position , it is chance that causes us to stumble upon it ( both the problem and its possible solution ) in the first place . |
| 28 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 29 | It is that position of fundamental weakness and poverty that forces them to apply for the Government 's student loans . |
| 30 | One that forces you to listen to what this 18-year-old has to say next . |