Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many people there is something terrifying in the thought that in a universe in which man is so insignificant in comparison with the unreasoning forces of nature , most of his own organism belongs to or wants to defect to nature . |
| 2 | A spokesman for North Yorkshire police appealed to anyone who might know the man , or be offered drugs or syringes to get in touch immediately Harrogate police can be contacted by telephoning . |
| 3 | 1 Did you enjoy reading more , or less ? 2 Did you read different kinds of book as you got older ? 3 Did you read comics ? 4 Did you read information books ? 5 Did you have reading tests ? 6 Did you have any favourite books or authors ? 7 Did you have any hates or fears to do with reading ? |
| 4 | If your business regularly makes or receives payments in foreign currencies , or wishes to borrow in anticipation of receiving payments from abroad , you may find it convenient and cost-effective to open foreign currency bank accounts . |
| 5 | If he takes into account matters which he ought not to take into account , or fails to take into account the matters which he ought to take into account , then his decision can be overridden by the courts . |
| 6 | ‘ Be careful not to wake the crowd that has to go to school in the morning . ’ |
| 7 | The only kind of entity that has to exist in order for life to arise , anywhere in the universe , is the immortal replicator . |
| 8 | I feel they are rooted in something that has to do with culture , with a sense of history , a sense of past , a sense of tradition . |
| 9 | The Communists reacted by attacking " the half-Trotskyite ILP , a party that loves to talk of revolution and to shriek out " Left " phrases on every possible occasion " . |
| 10 | It is not only track-owners who want machines ; it is any community that wants to tap into tourism , or ( especially round desert retirement cities ) into the boredom of senior citizens puttering from one amusement to the next . |
| 11 | Is there something in the English soul that wants to bond with land ? |
| 12 | One was a spontaneous mêleé of the kind that tends to erupt at pub closing times or in dance halls . |
| 13 | But , where it 's a proposal that seems to call for persuasion , should n't we be thinking of letting the inhabitants of the city decide for themselves ? |
| 14 | The research will concentrate on the possibility of systematizing and standardising a procedure that seems to emerge from experience hitherto with econometric models . |
| 15 | As we narrow down the proportion of the labour market that appears to benefit from lifetime employment in Japan , we get closer to the proportion of labour in Western countries employed by large companies who work to seniority wage profiles that offer accumulating reward for experience . |
| 16 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 17 | There appear to be two types of modifiability in cortical neurons : a slow , irreversible process that occurs during early development , and a rapid , reversible one that continues to operate through life . |
| 18 | She 's the sort of woman that likes to stop at home and watch soap operas and and gossip about this person , that person and the other person . |
| 19 | I would find it even more extraordinary from a party that claims to care about investment , yet clearly has no understanding that investment comes from savings . |
| 20 | I 'd , I 'm find it quite offensive sometimes , and particularly , I happen to work on a , a project that 's to do with poverty and I 'm very aware of the kind of pe pressures that that sort of consumerism can |
| 21 | For example , if a carer has a sudden illness and has to go into hospital , the Emergency Intervention Service can support someone in their own home or provide alternative accommodation in the community . |
| 22 | She has to climb the stairs with the aid of her husband and has to lie in bed in agony most nights . |
| 23 | He 's caught some bug and has to stay in bed , ’ said Pete . |
| 24 | When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry . |
| 25 | ( Ant begins to hum one of the latest hit sounds and starts to move in time to it . |
| 26 | Pick also announced its intentions to implement Advanced Pick directly onto Windows NT and OS/2 , and intends to complete on SQL , a Novell port , and hooks to graphical user interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
| 27 | The casing is much wider than it needs to be , I suppose bigger looks better , and although the top is made of a substantial plastic the base is n't and tends to give under pressure . |
| 28 | You can obtain details and forms to apply for arbitration from the institute ; its address is at the back of this booklet . |
| 29 | You can obtain details and forms to apply for arbitration from the Institute ; its address is at the back of this booklet . |
| 30 | It has been known for some time that the inactive form of ALDH2 is present in about 50% of Japanese and Chinese and is associated with high acetaldehyde concentrations , an exaggerated flush response to alcohol , and seems to protect against alcoholism . |