Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But L'Histoire de France is his first exploration into the world of colour , and I for my part must admit to finding it a little less than convincing . |
| 2 | The research should contribute to understanding about the relative roles played by material circumstances and political mobilisation in the shaping of attitudes to welfare . |
| 3 | The economic rationale behind the redundancy payment legislation was to facilitate labour mobility so that industry could adapt to changing economic and technological requirements . |
| 4 | I am told that the same considerations of constituency difficulty , demography and geography would apply to rearranging the constituencies within Scotland . |
| 5 | Some aid will go to paying for practical steps already taken , like fish testing programmes . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what asssessment he has made of the contribution the road-building programme can make to reducing road casualties . |
| 7 | It is bound to affect the way we handle real and potential conflict situations , as much as dislike of fresh air and exercise may contribute to deciding for a family camping holiday or not . |
| 8 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
| 9 | In short , while accepting that no conclusive view on the effects of the separation of ownership and control is possible , it is important to enquire what contribution the law and structural reform might make to closing the disciplinary gap . |
| 10 | The SOC Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An said that the US move would contribute to preventing the return to power of the Khmers Rouges and would raise living standards . |
| 11 | In some roofing systems , it is envisaged that the investigation will extend to examining the condition of individual layers within the roof . |
| 12 | It is feared that the process will lead to overbidding by outsiders hungry to get into television , which will oust existing contractors intending to invest more money in a wider range of programmes and with a more realistic view of the cost of running a service . |
| 13 | Cash profits are necessary ; but the nearer a community can come to providing its own basic requirements of food , shelter , and energy , the less cash is needed for the luxuries . |
| 14 | There are some purists who would argue that this is no bad thing , and that those interested in the human brain and human behaviour should stick to studying humans . |
| 15 | Perhaps the Health Service should stick to dispensing free condoms . |
| 16 | As spraying is out of the question , the pool owner must resort to gathering all damaged floating foliage . |
| 17 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
| 18 | It is likewise a matter of unsettled controversy how far the kinds of neuronal mechanisms identified in Aplysia 's non-associative learning could apply to learning in general . |
| 19 | I wonder if Father would agree to getting a shepherd at t'Martinmas Hirings , ’ he mused . |
| 20 | Erm my reference was in part to the Secretary of State 's notice of approval of the last alteration of the structure plan , where he said he accepted that some of the provision York provision would have to made outside the ci city boundaries . |
| 21 | The letter filled Lucy with indignation , and although she answered it politely she longed to ask whether the writer would agree to allowing a similar number of plants to be dug from her own property . |
| 22 | Ask Ann Jones what a contribution half this size could do to providing coaching and travelling support to her hard-pressed British girls , or even consult with Ian Barclay or Olga Morozova on the dramatic help this could give to the junior squads which , although cosseted , are far too small and elitist . |
| 23 | The Black Consciousness Movement asserted that negotiations with the government would amount to negotiating blacks into a " subtler form of subjugation " . |
| 24 | fin erosion of that openness and honesty , a muddling of those accountabilities and a restriction on clear communication will lead to demoralizing fears about those sinister elements " up there " in the organization . |
| 25 | FAST expect that biotechnology will contribute to resolving or reducing such problems . |
| 26 | In the context of the transfer of businesses the former approach can amount to forcing the worker to work for someone he or she has not chosen . |
| 27 | But if if if if you are saying that calculation of housing provision includes conversions , I 'm somewhat some guidance on how much provision will have to made from new built sites , and somebody 's going to have to make an intelligent assumption about how much is coming forward from conversions . |
| 28 | The truth of the matter is that , conceptually , rhythm occupies that grey area of learning that few students of the guitar will admit to having any desire to explore . |
| 29 | But , um , the money will go to redeeming the body , you know . ’ |
| 30 | No one in the case will admit to knowing where the barrels are except Paringaux , who languishes in jail refusing , as a point of honour , to talk . |