Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That damn' word brought me back to the harsh reality of my situation : not just the discovery of a traitor or bringing a murderer to book but vengeance for Agnes and , of course , the Herculean task which the Great Killer had assigned me ! |
| 2 | Given that she is now at this moment incapable of giving or refusing a consent to the treatment which it is necessary in her interests , perhaps to save her life and certainly to advance her cure , I do not find myself satisfied that the refusal is a continuing one , evincing a settled intention on her part to persist in it and accepting , as I do , the father 's evidence that she would rather have blood than die , I declare that it shall be lawful for the hospital , in the circumstances prevailing , to administer blood to her , that being in her best interests . |
| 3 | Its unfortunate nineteenth century occupants varied from those guilty of setting fire to one of her Majesty 's ships , embezzling Queen 's stores and ‘ threatening to stab one Lorrazo Cielcovich ’ or breaking a door to the still familiar ‘ drunk and disorderly ’ . |
| 4 | You have the opportunity in most schemes to make your wishes known by filling in a form or sending a letter to the trustees . |
| 5 | Section 13(1) provides that : To the extent that this Part of this Act prevents the exclusion or restriction of any liability it also prevents — ( a ) making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions ; ( b ) excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability , or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy . |
| 6 | This might include offering a verbal report to a staff meeting or circulating a short written report , asking pupils to identify any pieces of information they would like brought back from the secondment , or giving a talk to a tutor group . |
| 7 | The matter of paying rent , rates , bills of any sort , or taking a child to dentist or doctor , or when need be , to the school in order to enquire into the progress ( or otherwise ) of his offspring were not part of his world . |
| 8 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 9 | Many will even disrupt their day to get a nibble of a bar or two , sneaking out of the office or taking a diversion to a shop even if they have more pressing business at hand . |
| 10 | Once in Ireland , they could wait and see how the situation developed , either remaining there or finding a way to Germany in order to fight for National Socialism against Bolshevism . |
| 11 | In effect , all problems then become ‘ routine affairs ’ of a technical kind — controlling inflation , increasing productivity , implementing an effective incomes policy , or finding a solution to the instability of exchange rates — on the basis of a presumed political consensus which obscures the real existence of dominant and subordinate groups in society and the conflict between them . |
| 12 | Indeed , it is vital to encourage talk after every new experience — whether that experience is obtained through reading a book , meeting an expert ( eg a museum curator ) or making a visit to a castle , a factory or a farm . |
| 13 | Could we have a typical performance from either of them in an unlikely setting : for example , Howerd making his maiden speech in the House of Commons or delivering a lecture to students on English lit , or Hill interviewing Germaine Greer or giving a sermon . |
| 14 | He 's meticulous in saying " thank you " for a good job done , or welcoming a visitor to his department . |
| 15 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 16 | The majority of these will get over this , although remaining a risk to those people with whom they come into contact . |
| 17 | The European Court of Human rights held that extraditing a person to a State ‘ where substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned , … faces a real risk of being subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the requesting country ’ engages the responsibility of the sending State . |
| 18 | Only the Lithuanians accounted for so large a proportion of the population of their own republic , and the measure was widely seen as blocking rather than facilitating a transition to fully independent status . |
| 19 | A further objection to ‘ know ’ is that knowing a proposition to be true is independent of viewpoint , so that there would be no possibility of an imperative ‘ Know ’ proving like ‘ Be aware ’ to be relevant to morals . |
| 20 | ‘ He should tell Dick Spring he 's too busy dealing with the grave problems here , than taking a trip to Dublin to talk about matters which , at present , are not important , ’ said the DUP leader , who visited Magherafelt this morning . |
| 21 | Ironically , whilst such a group took the very existence of the family to be in danger from permissiveness , the developing radical-feminist position argued that the ‘ talk ’ of permissiveness was a means of disguising the threat that such an institution posed to women 's real chances of liberation : ‘ Rather than posing a threat to traditional patriarchal marriage the sexual revolution strengthened the institution ’ . |
| 22 | Guinness has maintained this tradition , believing that making a contribution to the society in which it prospers is as important today as it was when the company was founded . |
| 23 | Gestures of solidarity with Lithuania are easier than finding a solution to the issue of Czech-Slovak relations . |
| 24 | BRITAIN has broken a vital barrier in developing computers that recognise continuous speech rather than needing a keyboard to type in information . |
| 25 | It condemned the 1812 constitution root and branch and suggesting a return to the ‘ traditional ’ constitution . |
| 26 | The first note , Disqualification of Directors — Statutory Reports , provides an explanation of the procedures involved in filling in and submitting a D-form to the disqualification unit at the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 27 | But , now , Volks actually looked at erm buildi putting a lift in and building a lift to it . |
| 28 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 29 | Business travellers in Wichita , Kansas , often save $300 by driving three hours south to Tulsa , in Oklahoma , and catching a flight to Dallas . |
| 30 | The third khthon was also swaying and chanting a welcome to death . |