Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a stylish reversible fleece jacket — you can either have the fleece on the outside , with the Sans Compromis logo emblazoned on the back , or reverse it to have the Tactel fabric as the outer . |
| 2 | Leave them natural or paint them to suit the rest of the decoration . |
| 3 | Finishing every last morsel on your plate wo n't make your hair curl or do anything to help the starving children in India . |
| 4 | Had n't she already acknowledged to herself that it was better that they did n't touch — or do anything to aggravate a volatile situation ? |
| 5 | According to the circumstances , nurses either help patients to cope with enforced dependence ( short- or long-term ) , or help them to regain the level of independence to which they were accustomed prior to the episode of ill-health . |
| 6 | ‘ It does not address the daily needs of the majority , or help them to have the resources to survive . ’ |
| 7 | Many eastern approaches are passive in that they aim to empty the mind , or help us to reach the stage whereby we become observers of our own thoughts as if we were somehow separate from them . |
| 8 | His article outlines the failure of research programmes in Argentina , Peru and Colombia during the last fifty years ( p.27 ) but does not explain it or help us to find a way round the problem . |
| 9 | Hard scientific evidence must either help the police to use hypnosis safely or lead them to reject the technique altogether . |
| 10 | Paul Strassman 's comment is of relevance here : ‘ American executives spend too much money on computer systems that allow them to do the wrong things faster. : ’ [ Strassmann ( 1988 ) ; see also Strassmann ( 1985 ) ] . |
| 11 | As an established Cardmember you may have two further options , beyond simply paying with the Card , that allow you to spread the payments over future months . |
| 12 | Note the video type controls that allow you to view the animation as you 're working on it . |
| 13 | Unless customers buy what we produce , at prices that allow us to make a profit , our fate will be bankruptcy or takeover . |
| 14 | A new range of weather monitors that enable everyone to keep an eye on prevailing conditions is now available from Davis Instruments . |
| 15 | ln creating an entity model , the aim should be to define entities that enable one to describe the organisation . |
| 16 | However , more than half of DSD 's members have not paid them the fees that enable them to use the green dot and the company , with a deficit expected to reach DM800 million by the end of the year , is on the verge of bankruptcy . |
| 17 | Informed by critiques of the insufficiency of both the concept of ‘ the political ’ and hence , the orthodox measures by which political activities are estimated , the investigators have devised research techniques that enable them to explore the multi-faceted nature of political participation . |
| 18 | Various other adjustments that enable you to configure the program to suit your own particular needs can also be made in this section . |
| 19 | There are , however , some simple rules that enable us to deduce the symmetry of a vibration from the band envelope of the corresponding IR or Raman band , even at rather limited resolution , where the 2B spacing of components of P and R branches , for instance , is not resolved . |
| 20 | The Company can now demonstrate that it has systems in place that enable us to provide a high quality service . |
| 21 | You need to consider those antecedent events that prompt you to break a diet , and then think about which of these things you can avoid or change in some way . |
| 22 | Naturally the physical bases that are the cause of defective sight remain unchanged ; measured visual acuity is unlikely to be improved , but children can be positively helped to pay attention to visual stimuli , and can be given motivating visual tasks in optimum conditions that help them to enjoy the experience of using their vision as fully and effectively as possible . |
| 23 | The things they have in common , or critical attributes , are the things that help us to define a concept , which in turn helps us to identify further examples of that class of things . |
| 24 | As a consequence , we need to ask questions that help us to conduct a sociological analysis of teachers and teaching . |
| 25 | ‘ The problem with the Touche Ross report is that it makes assumptions that lead it to overestimate the savings associated with smaller , more numerous councils . |
| 26 | He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution . |
| 27 | Then Lydia , who was part of the group , had a go at me and said you had to put your whole being into Christ 's hands and trust him to do the rest . |
| 28 | And trust you to like the one person you can never have , she mused . |
| 29 | PC-ometer We take the three ratings — CPU , DISK and VIDEO and combine them to get an overall performance mark . |
| 30 | Or are you going to start getting even less money than you do now , and want me to take a cut in the housekeeping ? |