Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the previous decade WEA classes and courses were arranged on an intermittent basis at Hoddesdon , Letchworth , St. Albans , Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City but little had been possible in the organisation of interest or to sustain a social movement in the county . |
| 2 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
| 3 | I imagined a morning 's stroll through quiet streets , gazing at patisseries , and then being able to nip up to Paris to visit the Musée d'Orsay or to see a major exhibition . |
| 4 | But both Woodruffe and Hodson denied strongly that the Association was in any sense a secret society , that it sought to discipline members in breach of rules , to dictate terms to shipowners or to enforce a closed shop . |
| 5 | With general improvements in standards of living , expectations have risen , so that young people are no longer prepared to do without the basic utilities or to accept a limited range of shops and services ( Thomas 1972 ) . |
| 6 | This , of course , is the mechanism of the consensus process : the expanding firm is persuaded either to delay its application or to accept a delayed approval . |
| 7 | McDonnell Douglas has put its wholly-owned McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company ( MDH ) on the market , either for outright sale or to find a joint venture partner to provide development capital . |
| 8 | Even if you admit to being at fault , you may wish management to take fuller account of mitigating factors or to impose a lesser punishment . |
| 9 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |
| 10 | More often it will be to establish some intermediate way point in the development path of a system ; in order to carry out a review , for example , or to provide a frozen issue for prototype system testing . |
| 11 | The choices facing the administration were to acquiesce in Soviet domination of Korea , to provide aid for south Korea without assuming excessive commitments , or to provide a full guarantee of defence and support for south Korea . |
| 12 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
| 13 | The court has no jurisdiction either to say that he erred in his application of the general law ( since the general law is not applicable to the decision ) or to reach a contrary view as to the effect of the domestic law ( since the visitor is the sole judge of such domestic law ) . |
| 14 | It is far easier to buy some extra flowers or to pick an additional bunch from your garden , than to explain to someone that you would like to take some of your gift home with you in order to give it back to them again at a later date ! |
| 15 | To book on to any of the seminars , or to receive a complete package of information including an up-to-date list of the forthcoming dates and venues BE SURE TO RETURN THE COUPON TODAY AND SECURE YOUR SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE ( For more information simply attach business card — we 'll do the rest ) . |
| 16 | They are bar and beach holidays cruelly interrupted by visits to view the spacious rooms and extensive facilities of a recently-constructed hotel , or to inspect a distant beach . |
| 17 | Will it be possible for the Lord President of the Council to ask the Department of Transport to make a statement or to initiate an early debate on the proposed review of coastguard services , a matter of serious concern to all of us who represent maritime constituencies ? |
| 18 | Now picture a beautiful scene in brilliant sunshine — you might choose to visualise somewhere you know or to create a perfect place in your imagination . |
| 19 | This may take the form of a genealogy which enables the present generation to see its own experience prefigured in the struggles of its ancestors , or to trace an unbroken line of descent to certain common codes and practices which define its ‘ roots ’ . |
| 20 | When planners put forward proposals to build a road right through a beautiful stretch of country or to quarry an unspoiled area of a national park , The Ramblers ' Association puts up strong opposition . |
| 21 | Some may have the opportunity of a short-term secondment to industry to observe the world of work at first hand or to reconnoitre a promising field for curriculum in-put . |
| 22 | It is usually the responsibility of the engineer to approve the alternative offered by the contractor or to suggest a possible solution . |
| 23 | These , however , are freely used either to obtain further variation of colour or to strengthen a melodic line which would be too weak on a single wind instrument . |
| 24 | On other occasions the product to be launched is considered to be over the limit of what can be given away and one creative idea which has now been taken up by quite a number of manufacturers is to raffle a small number of the items or to organise an amusing competition which journalists attending the launch are invited to enter . |
| 25 | Break it to go round a planting bed , make a circle on which to stand a large plant pot or statue , or to give a paved area around a rotary clothes dryer . |
| 26 | It is commonly argued that nationalization takes place in order to socialize the losses of sectors of capital where capitalist relations have broken down ( e.g. Fine and O'Donnell 1981 ) or to resolve an immediate crisis in a sector of the economy , as with the creation of the Italian state holding company IRI by Mussolini in response to the impending collapse of the banking system ( Maraffi 1980 ) . |
| 27 | This knowledge can direct decisions to attempt or to abandon a particular opportunity . |
| 28 | That you do n't take it upon yourself to plead my case or to point an accusing finger at Sandra . ’ |
| 29 | Whether you want to be ultra-feminine and coy with a tiny dinky bag , or to use a chic leather box to give out vibes of power and control , or perhaps just want to splash out on serious quality in a crazy colour the handbag is the lifestyle message of the season . |
| 30 | They can choose whether to enter data themselves or to use the data preparation service in the computer centre ; to enter data using real-time screen-based record editors or to use a monolithic batch mode multifile update system . |