Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [coord] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would be unable at times to concentrate or even to stay awake , It is very noticeable that Barratt required " as far as possible " the attendance of the children at school during the winter " when they are unemployed " . |
| 2 | The ability to quantify androgyny on the BSRI seemed to some 1970s North American feminists to suggest and even to facilitate an escape from oppressive aspects of dominant discourses of femininity and masculinity , like guilt and dependency , and violence and insensitivity , which would at the same time retain femininity 's positive social , emotional characteristics , and the valuable self-confidence and achievement motivation commonly associated with masculinity . |
| 3 | What encourages children to read and thus to learn to read is not some ‘ intrinsic reward ’ like praise or high marks or a special treat , but being able to read . |
| 4 | It is an offence under bylaw 17(4) of bylaw 2 of the British Railway Board Bye Laws to molest or wilfully to interfere with the comfort or convenience of other passengers . |
| 5 | The instincts to suck and later to eat roughage are often vented on the wood of its stall . |