Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some are as much as five feet high , and the floor is pierced , whether for libations to the dead or just to prevent accumulation of rain-water . |
| 2 | knitted directly to cast on edge or directly to last row of knitting |
| 3 | Members hope to convince Mr Milburn that he should be targeting criminals who find it easier than ever to get hold of an unlicensed firearm . |
| 4 | It is obviously easier to offer social analysis of a formal institution , with its regularized type of internal organization , and its commonly regulated relations to the rest of society , than even to begin analysis of the relatively informal associations which have been so important in modern cultural life . |
| 5 | They 're , they 're , they 're put well , they 're supposed to be putting swear words in it , stuff like that you know so They they just want ordinary common or garden speech cos basically to help sort of like English students actually coming to this country you know ? |
| 6 | These need to be grasped if we are to understand him — and so to make use of him , rather than simply dismissing him as an embittered elitist pessimist . |
| 7 | The DUP and Vanguard had intended to boycott the local elections , saving their effort for the more important Assembly elections , but activists in both parties thought that the earlier contest should be fought , if only to make use of the free publicity that would be created and to have the advantages of a trial run and an early opportunity to canvass for the more important second elections . |
| 8 | Finally , to what extent is the harmonizing measure to pre-empt national law and thus to exclude conflict of laws issues ? |
| 9 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 10 | The need to be able to get about is essential for daily life , and also to take advantage of increased leisure time . |
| 11 | Most librarians prefer to divide orders amongst a number of booksellers in order to give themselves greater flexibility and a degree of control over the standards of service , and also to make use of the specializations of different dealers . |
| 12 | The general customer paper is to build on the information structures that we 've got , and to actually make the information more available internally and externally to the authority , and also to make use of new technology wherever that is possible . |
| 13 | In embarking on this journey , I 'd put myself into store again and set off ; like the other women I needed safety , I needed to be taken care of , to take care of myself and now to take care of this journey . |
| 14 | If Winder 's challenge to the resolution succeeded this would mean that all the council 's tenants would be in a position to refuse to pay the increased rent , and maybe to claim return of overpaid rent . |
| 15 | Of particular importance in this connection is the ability children have to derive the structural regularities of their native language — its grammatical rules — from the utterances of their parents and others around them , and then to make use of the same regularities in the construction of utterances they have never heard before . |
| 16 | It seems illogical to require response to a treaty which adversely effects a third State , as in the instance of a territorial settlement when the third State also has a claim , and yet to regard lack of protest to an evolving principle of customary international law as acquiescence to it . |
| 17 | But he says that BICC 's businesses are well positioned strategically and financially to take advantage of any economic upturn . |
| 18 | A faster and easier to use version of Timeworks Publisher for Windows has been unveiled by Huntingdon-based GST Software . |
| 19 | Thereafter , once the Bill is amended , the long title may be changed , but only to take account of the amendments that have been made . |
| 20 | It has been observed , for example , that British firms find it easier to persuade workers to accept redundancies but harder to obtain flexibility of working practices and job demarcations than do their French counterparts . |
| 21 | Emphasis on the make-up of the product is not only vital because of the need to sell benefits to potential customers , but also to take account of another key factor ie the ‘ product life cycle ’ . |
| 22 | He used these to preach that kings are made , and can only be unmade , by God , to whom solely they are responsible ; that sedition is opposed no less to God than to the king ; that it is a sin not merely to speak evil of the king but even to think evil of him . |
| 23 | We were very fortunate that our faithful ‘ visiting ’ advisers were willing as always to take care of art , music , social sciences , and playing cards ; and , above all , that Scott Anderson and Laurie Bruce would undertake the entire sorting and evaluating of stamps and records respectively . |