Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His broad culture , his knowledge and understanding of Roman law , his extraordinary gift for cutting through technicality to perceive and define principle , would surely have drawn him towards this result . |
| 2 | It is therefore very important that schools provide a forum for employers to express and explain their concerns . |
| 3 | If however , the stress is maintained for a sufficient time , there is a general tendency for chains to unravel and slip past one another into new positions where the segments can relax and regain a stable coiled form . |
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| 5 | On this basis , it was Anselm 's most consistent aim as archbishop to preserve and extend the primatial authority of Canterbury . |
| 6 | No executions had been carried out since 1984 , and there were currently 287 people in prison waiting for parliament to confirm or commute their death sentences ( mostly handed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 7 | Historically , people appear to have been more philosophical about inability to conceive and bear a child , and most childless people did not question themselves about it , unless they felt it was a kind of punishment . |
| 8 | Without a word to anybody , I banged on the door , and asked once again for permission to go and wash . |
| 9 | In Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , the plaintiff , although believing that he was not liable , for some years paid fees under protest for permission to recut and repaint tombstones in a cemetery . |
| 10 | On receipt of an application from the member for permission to purchase and use these chemicals on the same basis as farmers and commercial growers , supported by the RSC statement , MAFF would issue a licence to do so . |
| 11 | In 1949 , Amaldi wrote to the Italian prime minister asking for permission to produce and sell sealing wax for letters , ‘ so that we may raise needed funds for our physics lab ’ . |
| 12 | All the files of which LIFESPAN needs only one copy are placed here : this includes command files for the LIFESPAN Manager and users to use , for instance to start and stop LIFESPAN Processes , or to put a LIFESPAN header on a source file . |
| 13 | It may be simpler for utilitarianism to neglect or ignore the demands of justice and equity , but that is no argument for maintaining that there should not be justice and equity . |
| 14 | These in turn have implications for attempts to predict and prevent the problem and particularly which families and sections of the population are seen as ‘ high risk ’ . |
| 15 | It 's big enough for birds to come and make their nests in it . |
| 16 | Outside , Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him . |
| 17 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 18 | Lower inflation and a stable climate for industry to plan and prosper will lead to long-term prosperity . |
| 19 | Before they embark on LMS , it is vital for schools to clarify and articulate their educational philosophy as the basis of their School Development Plan ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 20 | Even so , I was rather surprised that a family must pay 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for kids to visit and listen to the BBC 's exhibition of favourite old radio programmes at Broadcasting House . |
| 21 | Under ‘ mass-production ’ conditions the industry was obliged to keep its labour-teams steadily employed , moving in a planned succession from one undertaking to another , and progressively brought down its costs to reach an ever-widening circle of demand for homes to buy or rent at economic figures . |
| 22 | The prestige of Oswiu 's family , or else its capacity for intimidation , must have been very considerable for Aldfrith to return and rule in what seems to have been domestic peace . |
| 23 | The agreement calls for BPX to operate and maintain facilities to process production from the well and for BPX to operate the well via hydraulic controls which run from the platform to the subsea well . |
| 24 | She was now damp and depressed , longing for spring to arrive and have someone to talk to again . |
| 25 | Never leave keys for intruders to find and use . |
| 26 | ‘ Making a room for Josh to sleep and play in , with bunks for visiting children . |
| 27 | Throughout the 1980s the government made attempt after attempt to control and curb local government expenditure through cash limits , rate-capping and grant withdrawal . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the cessation of major hostilities left the northern English border exposed to endemic raids and marauding : the northern magnates looked to the crown for help to repulse and extinguish these threats . |
| 29 | Sounds as if IBM Corp has thrown in the towel and acknowledged that it will never make it with a word processor of its own : it has become a member of Wordperfect Corp 's Customer Advantage Programme , a fancy name for a company-wide licence for IBM to distribute and use Wordperfect products throughout the company with ‘ significant savings ’ and simplified licence administration . |
| 30 | Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times . |