Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] it [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Four weeks ’ notice is required , I believe , ’ Merrill went on smoothly , ‘ so I should like it to take effect from today . ’ |
| 2 | This was implied in Gaddafi 's declaration that Libya ‘ resists any attempt to reduce or cancel out its international role by imposing a situation which might oblige it to relinquish neutrality in compelling circumstances ’ . |
| 3 | But you could use it to combat office harassment ( do I hear you say ‘ Chance would be a fine thing ? ’ ) . |
| 4 | I 'd wear it to do Wogan . ’ |
| 5 | In many cases the large size of a company , which is the source of its market power , may enable it to make cost savings which , although not fully passed on , more than compensate for the distorting effects of an uncompetitive market structure . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think he would do it to draw attention , but I believe quite genuinely that he was trying to amuse me . ’ |
| 7 | A document will be ‘ contractual ’ if a reasonable person in the position of the prospective buyer would expect it to contain terms affecting his rights and liabilities . |
| 8 | An Oslo court has decided to begin public debt negotiations for Norsk Data A/S at the request of the company 's board : Norsk Data has found it difficult to reach an out-of-court refinancing settlement with creditors that would enable it to secure funds to provide a 25% cash payout to unsecured creditors . |
| 9 | Tendring District Council hopes to declare open land at The Naze at Walton a local nature reserve , which would enable it to seek by-laws to help manage and protect the site 's wildlife . |
| 10 | In such systems it is entirely feasible for there to be a plurality of owning or controlling groups , thus preventing any particular group from having a monopoly over goods or employment opportunities that would enable it to exercise coercion . |
| 11 | In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way . |
| 12 | It is already offering non-IBM peripherals for the DPX/20s , something that may allow it to undercut IBM 's pricing , and intends to add bespoke features to the hardware , such as terminal support , before the end of the year . |
| 13 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 14 | Detroit , Michigan-based Compuware says the deal will enable it to release CICS fault diagnosis products the same time as new IBM CICS releases , so giving it as much as a three-month lead over its rivals . |
| 15 | It is to be hoped that NAB 's more open approach will enable it to win consent from the public sector institutions for difficult and unpalatable decisions , though clearly some of its deliberations , concerning the possible closing of institutions for example , will have to be conducted in private . |
| 16 | This in turn will enable it to influence prices in the market so as to ensure continuing profitability . |
| 17 | IBM Federal Systems says that Night Hawk will enable it to offer customers ‘ an extremely capable real-time computing system with the B-1 level security ’ many of them require . |
| 18 | WHITBREAD , the brewer and retailer , yesterday warned that mounting bad debts in its economically-troubled heartland of southern England will force it to make provisions totalling about £47m in the full-year to the end of February . |
| 19 | The packaging industry claims the tax will force it to change production methods and cut jobs . |
| 20 | The Great Comic Relief Vegetable Plot has been sent to all the schools in the country and Emma hopes as many as possible will stage it to raise money for Comic Relief . |
| 21 | The BRPS expects to be awarded a light railway order in the very near future , which will allow it to run trains from Brechin to Bridge of Dun . |
| 22 | Its clean-cut image , it is hoped , may help it to make advances where the scruffier tendencies in lesbian and gay politics have failed . |
| 23 | Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ‘ the Government 's market-place for education . ’ |
| 24 | Once you have added the segment to your program , you can use it to edit program line " nnnn " with the command : PROCE(nnnn) The editing functions previously described are available when the line editing procedure is used . |
| 25 | But they can use it to hurt people too . ’ |