Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 2 | It was felt that the main objective of the Tory government has been to discipline the unemployed and to lay the blame for their unemployment on them rather than on government economic policy . |
| 3 | Thus the imperatives for Europe are and will remain , to lower oil dependence , to achieve a better balanced diversity of supplies , to make the most of indigenous supplies where they are economical and to continue the drive to greater energy efficiency . |
| 4 | We have suggested a variety of breakfasts to keep the menus interesting and to demonstrate the variety possible on this diet . |
| 5 | It was a somewhat strained discussion on both sides , the Right , as it were , being careful not to be pejoratively dismissive and to stress the importance of improving the morale of cancer patients and of discussion between sufferers and the world at large ; the Left being equally cautious not to exaggerate claims for holistic medicine . |
| 6 | The more involved that teachers feel , the greater is the tendency for them to understand what is required for the review , to consider the LEA guidelines to be adequate and to recall the review . |
| 7 | As has been pointed out " the purpose of many opposition amendments is not to make the Bill more generally acceptable but to make the Government less generally acceptable . " |
| 8 | How , given Mannheim 's refusal to reduce knowledge to the specific ideas of an individual or to use a category of ‘ group mind ’ , can this be done ? |
| 9 | The book is distinctly impressionistic in its handling of evidence , with random observations from cranks such as Evelyn Waugh and the vacuous Anne Fleming used uncritically to point a moral or to adorn a treason . |
| 10 | Its posters claim to ‘ defend Islam , Islamic rule , constitutional rule , support the deprived and to prevent the dominance of capitalism and those who have never suffered poverty ’ . |
| 11 | There are , as Mr Moynihan points out , only seven countries in the world that can claim both to be homogeneous and to have no border problems . |
| 12 | The strong sense of community between living and dead expressed in the frequent injunction in wills to pray for the soul of the deceased and to endow a priest for this specific purpose witnesses to a feeling for a purpose in existence beyond that of material well-being . |
| 13 | She allowed Rachaela to dab her with antiseptic and to apply the plaster . |
| 14 | It has been serious and to tell the truth I am sick to the teeth of it . |
| 15 | On Forman 's death in 1611 she approached Gresham through her confidante Anne Turner [ q.v. ] , and he employed his skill in efforts to render the earl impotent and to win the queen 's goodwill . |
| 16 | Test out a small piece first to check that your choice of thread colour is right and to get the tension correct . |
| 17 | Elkinton writes : ‘ In his efforts to preserve life and restore health , the physician sometimes may fail to give enough consideration to his other obligation , namely to relieve suffering and to allow the patient , if he is to die , to die with comfort and dignity . ’ |
| 18 | The agreement will usually contain provisions requiring the acquirer to notify any events which may give rise to claims as soon as possible and to allow the seller to investigate and perhaps handle any third party claim . |
| 19 | It seemed essential to minimise the proliferation of paper as far as possible and to centralise the recording of achievement in such a way that updating over a number of years would be possible . |
| 20 | There was a willingness to accept most of the new social and economic measures but to administer them as tightly as possible and to cut the cost of government . |
| 21 | The secret is to be as quick as possible and to keep the animal warm afterwards . |
| 22 | In its 1969 report , the Committee on the Enforcement of Judgement Debts chaired by Mr Justice Payne recommended the setting up of a Court Enforcement Office , the functions of which would include assisting the creditor to obtain from the debtor ‘ as much as he can properly afford ’ , to liquidate the debts as soon as possible and to protect the debtor against undue hardship or harassment . |
| 23 | This paper stressed the need to make plans for children based on a realistic assessment of whether or not rehabilitation with the natural family is possible and to consider the purpose of parental contact and its effects on the child . |
| 24 | With population-based contracts , ie contracts to provide a defined population with its full requirements for a specified range of services , the incentive to the provider is to treat as few patients as possible , to undersupply and to reduce the level of service to the minimum specified in the contract . |
| 25 | To be strong and to have a reputation for being so is a source of self-esteem . |
| 26 | The golden rules are to be polite , persistent and to personalise the conversation as much as possible . |
| 27 | The three partners are to remain in contact to maintain a watching brief and to prepare a document outlining ideas for future management of the property . |
| 28 | If that sounds confusing , it can be illustrated simply ; the singular number of the English noun is unmarked with respect to the plural , since the singular form is basic and to make the plural you have to add a suffix . |
| 29 | Suppose Betty had come with her not to gambol on the blades of grass , not to ask her collaboration in salad-making but to keep an eye on her . |
| 30 | Recall was aided by use of a pictorial daily health diary , on which mothers were taught to record that the child was healthy or to mark the occurrence of diarrhoea , cough , or any other illness . |