Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1805 The stent includes " The Sum allow 'd Mrs. MacMillan , Professed Midwife , for her encouragement to attend & remain in the Island for this year . |
| 2 | In answer to the question ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of the way … is handling his job as President ? ’ the respondents answers are given in Table 2 , which also shows that after the fourth month of Reagan 's first term , and in the wake of the assassination attempt on 30 March , his approval rating rose to 68 per cent . |
| 3 | However , although in wartime married women were positively encouraged and in some cases required to re-enter or remain in the labour market , working in those very occupations from which they had previously been ‘ barred ’ , such women were often categorised as temporary workers , or were employed part-time . |
| 4 | A contact orderwhich requires the person with whom the child lives , or is to live , to allow the child to visit or stay with the person named in the order or for that person and the child to otherwise have contact with each other . |
| 5 | You 'll also find bars , restaurants and cafés nearby , many of which are open 24 hours , so you can eat out or stay in the Inn itself . |
| 6 | Where these exist , the setting up of a manufacturing subsidiary may be the only way to enter or stay in the market . |
| 7 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 8 | Equally plainly , in this view disobedience is literally world-shattering ; to transgress or deviate from the law of nature , to ‘ fail , or swerve ’ ( i. 185 ) from one 's allotted course , is a perversion which brings ruin not only to the transgressive agent , but to every other dependent entity . |
| 9 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 10 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 11 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 12 | The Conference decided " that the leaders of the next Labour Government and the Parliamentary Labour Party be instructed by the National Conference that , on assuming office , either with or without power , definite Socialist legislation must be immediately promulgated , and the Party shall stand or fall in the House of Commons on the principles in which it has faith " . |
| 13 | It is extremely important at this stage to take unlimited amounts of time and trouble , as the success of your design will stand or fall by the way in which it is finished . |
| 14 | Nonetheless the parties may stand or fall by the evidence as disclosed in their witness statements , although a witness will always be free to give evidence in relation to new matters which have arisen since the statement was served on the other party . |
| 15 | The storyline was always going to stand or fall by the performance of Tim Guinee as Lazar . |
| 16 | The school has an outstanding and deserved reputation , which will stand or fall by the testimony of its pupils . |
| 17 | She did n't want to talk or exclaim on the beauty of the view , and as though Matthew was also aware of their silent communication , he laid his hand gently on her shoulder . |
| 18 | This hypothesis , although difficult to prove or demonstrate in the context of theoretical commentary , is dramatized in Thru , published some ten years earlier in 1975 . |
| 19 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 20 | terminals in restaurants , switchboard , porters desks , housekeeping office to post charges direct to the guest 's account or in the case of the housekeeper to enquire or update on the room status ; |
| 21 | He tried hard not to admire or approve of the heroine , tried to imagine that life was not like that really . |
| 22 | A politician , however eminent or popular , who lacks that base will not reach or survive at the top . |
| 23 | Dissatisfied people will then be able to query or appeal against the valuation if necessary . |
| 24 | ( 3 ) The wife shall not so long as the husband shall punctually make the payments hereby agreed to be made commence or prosecute against the husband any matrimonial proceedings other than proceedings for dissolution of marriage but upon failure of the husband to make the said weekly payments as and when the same become due the wife shall be at full liberty on her election to pursue all and every remedy in this regard either by enforcement of the provisions hereof or as if this agreement had not been made.n So far as we know , the parties have remained apart ever since . |
| 25 | the done thing for driving horses to canter or gallop on the road , they never ever should . |
| 26 | Once this occurs moisture penetrates , causing the varnish to flake or peel from the surface . |
| 27 | Masonry may crack or crumble on the wall of the taller building where the roof of the shorter one abuts . |
| 28 | It must also be satisfied that the adopter has not received nor agreed to receive , and that no person has made or given or agreed to make or give to the adopter , any payment in consideration of the adoption , except such as the court may sanction . |
| 29 | The plaintiffs ' contentions under this heading do not seek to cut down or erode or encroach upon the privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 30 | In the former , agencies such as local enterprise boards , or economic development units , have attempted to encourage firms to develop or invest with the help of limited assistance from councils — attempts have been made to ‘ lever ’ additional funds from the private sector ( Clarke and Cochrane , 1987 ) . |