Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [coord] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 A few years later Clement V , formerly archbishop of Bordeaux , granted Edward further papal tenths , and thus relieved him of the need to tax the clergy directly or even to seek subsidies from his difficult lay subjects .
2 You may view yourself as a ‘ straight talker ’ — someone who uses words sparingly and appropriately to convey significant messages .
3 ‘ Basically what we did was occupy the airport and set up positions more or less to keep the locals , cattle and goats off the runway , ’ said Captain Dave Hall .
4 It also struggled , rather fruitlessly , to find ways wholly or partly to replace the system of local taxation , the rates assessed on property .
5 Just stretches of heather and whortleberry , with a few stunted trees here and there to break the skyline .
6 ESRC support will make it possible to test theories systematically and rigorously to answer such questions as : To what extent do differences in national cultures and tradition in Central and Eastern Europe cause different responses in post-Communist societies ?
7 This enabled Somali and Egyptian leaders unilaterally and abruptly to terminate Soviet access to their installations in the 1970s .
8 4.2.2.1 each Party hereby undertakes to each of the others fully and promptly to communicate to each of the other Parties all such technical information relating to background and results as such other may reasonably require to carry out its respective part of the Project or to which such other Part is entitled pursuant to Clause hereof
9 Instead of frantically adding new features , which only a handful of customers may ever use , it is now concentrating on making tasks easier and faster to perform .
10 In those days the infant Crocker had run up paths lightly and gleefully to bang on a knocker or ring a bell and , elated with an enormous naughtiness , hidden behind a hedge to see the angry householder erupt and curse .
11 Unfortunately , much of this vast publicly available information resource is bibliographically ill-organised , is of very variable quality , and is frequently difficult to access or acquire The problems of accessing and acquiring such information have been greatly aggravated by the need for enterprises more and more to compete on a global basis ( compare , for example , the ‘ 1992 ’ initiative ; suddenly , we have to know all about Greece ! ) .
12 It is intended to monitor the economic relations between these Republics collectively or singly to provide a basis for future studies in greater depth .
13 They also support the plans of London Underground to have , under the powers of this Bill , extensive work carried out at King 's Cross to improve facilities there and also to improve commuter services — the Thameslink services which run north-south through King 's Cross .
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