Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But green campaigns directed at the handling of solid waste sometimes go much further than is justified by the need to protect health , or even to prevent litter or damage to the landscape . |
| 2 | But when confronted with such a defeat , changes at the top are needed , if only to revive enthusiasm and ideas . |
| 3 | New railway lines have been built in British Columbia , Australia , Siberia , and elsewhere to exploit coal and other minerals . |
| 4 | I got a room in the inn , and despite the windiness of the house and the army of earwigs that people it , I was very snug : a friend who has been there in winter gives amusing particulars regarding the draughts that are vocal as well as felt in this palace of the winds ; he found it necessary to nail up his bed-room windows with many plies of blanket , and thus to allow day and night to glide unnoted past , for all was dark — yet were not the breathings of the winds hushed ! |
| 5 | Both newly-independent and other States tend to oppose claims of secession , and thus to impose treaty and other liabilities upon any seceding entity . |
| 6 | Or yes that 's one thing because he does n't like it anymore or he might have had a a problem with selling it to someone or something and just to take revenge or something he says |
| 7 | The UN will have to understand the complexities completely , and act firmly and sensitively to encourage re-unification and co-operation . |
| 8 | From the example of the cows before me it seemed that they were designed only and eternally to eat grass and , left to themselves , would never do anything else . |
| 9 | Christianity seemed more and more to mean clericalism and once the Second Crusade of 1147 was over the popular religious fervour that had been channelled into it needed a new outlet . |
| 10 | Fundamental is the need to relate whatever is studied to the child 's own experience , and also to awaken motivation and stimulate enquiry . |
| 11 | By a resolution passed by 305 votes to 36 , with 41 abstentions , Gorbachev was effectively given a free hand to dictate the process of economic reform by decree , to manage the state budget , and also to supervise law and order . |
| 12 | Earlier in the month the human rights organization Amnesty International had warned that the prospects for a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa would be seriously threatened if the government failed to intervene effectively and impartially to stop violence and curb the excesses of the security forces . |
| 13 | The autocratic style of a president who regarded state-controlled radio and television as a transmission service for the government , who felt free to interpret his constitution as he saw fit and regularly to circumvent parliament or his own ministers teetered perpetually on the verge of excess . |
| 14 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 15 | In that country the original intention was to oppose the compulsory arbitration system which employers had regarded as a fundamental challenge to management rights , and subsequently to disseminate information and advice to association members ‘ in interpreting the maze of awards , classifications and legislation that the system was producing ’ ( Plowman , 1980 , p. 253 ) . |
| 16 | It did something to spread awareness of the way the majority lived , and therefore to spread dissatisfaction and alarm about a potentially destructive force . |
| 17 | The clusters overlapped , and the regularity was not perfect , but enough to give shape and pattern to repeated conversations in Ajdabiya , Ajkharra , Kufra and Tazarbu over five years . |
| 18 | When planning screens make sure that all areas will still be readily accessible , not only so you can enjoy the whole garden but also to make planting and maintenance easier . |
| 19 | In short , wage inflation operates not only to divert resources from investment in the country 's manufacturing capacity but also to make borrowing and exporting more and more difficult . |