Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if the client wishes to restrict the contractor to working in specified hours , or to restrict access to parts of the works , the client must expect to pay more . |
| 2 | I justify myself on the grounds that I do n't indulge in idle gossip and have never sought to aggrandise myself or to do harm to others . |
| 3 | De Gaulle used the Interministerial Councils in order to inform himself more fully on important issues or to give momentum to policies that he favoured . |
| 4 | More exotically , they can be used for voice conferencing or to gain access to mainframe computers . |
| 5 | But it proposed no changes in the law of libel , other than to provide redress to victims of untrue statements which were not defamatory . |
| 6 | Black Agnes would leave along with her brother and sister , having no wish to co-operate in the treachery of her peculiar husband nor to act hostess to Edward Plantagenet . |
| 7 | Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities , and to encourage resistance to Milan . |
| 8 | This would include commitments by industrialized countries to cut carbon dioxide emissions , and to provide assistance to third-world states to do the same . |
| 9 | Securing the suppression of the foreign slave trade might be achieved in part in wartime by naval power but otherwise was mainly seen as requiring lobbying of and consultation with ministers , communicating with British diplomats and naval commanders for information and to provide stimulus to intervention in particular cases and pressing arguments upon foreign leaders , particularly during the Congress phase of European diplomacy in the years following the defeat of Napoleon . |
| 10 | The first meeting of 1886 was specially convened to pay tribute to the work of the late Mr. Lister Ives , Under Master since Coombes had left in 1862 , and to express sympathy to Mrs. Ives and her daughter . |
| 11 | The first was a treaty incorporating the minimum of enforcement provisions to be accompanied by a separate section whereby as many FEC countries as possible would sign a treaty with each other and with Japan , the purpose being to prevent aggression and to afford protection to Japan . |
| 12 | Taking tap water samples from each of the ten water authorities , he packaged them in the form of a consumer product as ‘ a response to privatisation , and to draw attention to contamination in our water supplies . ’ |
| 13 | The role of the non-disabled workers should be to allow the information to be passed on and to give support to people who want to develop skills and confidence to challenge the barriers they face . |
| 14 | A bell was worn by the leader to encourage those behind and to give warning to others approaching . |
| 15 | At the same time , however strong the desire to cut defence costs and to give priority to home affairs , too much had happened since the mid-1930s for the United States to return to its prewar foreign and defence policies . |
| 16 | Among other things , these regulations require operators of hazardous installations to draw up on-site and off-site emergency plans and to give information to members of the public who live or work near such installations ( Houston 1987 ) . |
| 17 | they 're not putting money into delegated budgets now , I , I , I was a teacher , a head teacher and I was told that the erm , the essential , the educational departments finding more money for devices and to give advice to school , now , they 're all unnecessary as it is , I would say , we are the ones that carry out the job , we 're on the ground , we 've got to do it . |
| 18 | And to add insult to injury , one of his own arguments celebrating the omnipotence of God had been placed in the mouth of Simplicio , that character in the dialogue who , as the spokesman for naive common sense , had been the subject of ridicule . |
| 19 | Moreover , and to add insult to injury , these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate . |
| 20 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 21 | He and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze are holding talks here to finalize details of the summit , and to add impetus to Arms Control agreements the two leaders will be negotiating . |
| 22 | ( 11–12 February 1778 ) as if to add insult to injury , Leopold received Mozart 's letter telling him that he had not yet finished his commissions for the Dutchman : |
| 23 | The Government 's education policies in schools are designed entirely to raise standards , to increase choice and to improve information to parents . |
| 24 | In this context the declaration noted , however , that prospects for economic assistance would be enhanced if the Soviet Union decided to " shift resources substantially away from the military sector and to cut support to nations promoting regional conflict " ( the latter being an implied reference to Cuba ) . |
| 25 | And if the Spirit was truly to represent Jesus , he had to remain bound to the person and character of Jesus.Jesus was God 's Last Word to man ; and the function of the Spirit was not to give some new revelation of his own , but to bear witness to Jesus , to draw out the implications of God 's Last Word . |
| 26 | I have to include this extract if for no other reason but to draw attention to JTR 's unconscious déjá vu language comparisons and the uncanny metaphor of ‘ the strongholds of a brotherhood in holy alliance with each other to withstand all assaults . ’ |
| 27 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 28 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 29 | Impartial Guidance : Magistrates are expected to decide whether to grant access to parents , guardians or custodians , and , if they do so , to determine the conditions of access . |
| 30 | A spokesman said : ‘ We are considering whether to change advice to Britons . |