Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 2 | It takes a bit of time to learn to use these more specialized sorts of graph paper but it is worth the effort . |
| 3 | Instead , I shall draw on some of what has evolved over the last half century as ‘ curriculum theory ’ in education to try to suggest some frameworks and perspectives for analysing the wealth of detail which the system displays . |
| 4 | As my hon. Friend would expect , my right hon. Friend had considerable success in his negotiations with Commissioner Millan , who agreed in principle to help to fund those two crucially important infrastructure developments . |
| 5 | A complete review of what is now a vast , varied — and sometimes idiosyncratic — literature would take us well beyond our available space and our aim here will be to summarise the main approaches to the topic , in order to try to disentangle some arguments in the debate and draw some general conclusions from it . |
| 6 | In order to try to elucidate this controversial argument , we can return to the well-known remark in the essay ‘ Différance ’ : |
| 7 | But in order to try to keep some of America 's weaker carriers in the air he has decided to increase the limit on the stake a foreign investor can hold in an American airline from 25% to 49% . |
| 8 | Pegs are limited on the day so in order to guarantee to fish this popular event please confirm attendance with Dave Gunson on Ipswich 716530 . |
| 9 | He started attending regularly in order to get to know more people . |
| 10 | SAD should begin to seek a partnership between statutory and private care in order to begin to explore all of these issues . |
| 11 | In order to learn to master this sort of mismatch , simple context drills must be prepared such as the following one , in order to become accustomed to the way the word is used in German : N.B. ( to me ) indicates that it is implied in the English sentence , but not usually stated ; if stated , it would be followed by the preposition " in " , as in " Bring the books to me in the library " . |
| 12 | Trainer David Nicholson yesterday confirmed that the nine-year-old is on course to attempt to emulate Half Free , who gained back-to-back successes in the jump season 's first major handicap chase in 1984 and 1985 . |
| 13 | And it 's certainly not available in sufficient detail for for all of the sectors to make a fair comparison and I think Mr has made this point in in when you 've questioned him a number of times today that the information is just not available or to hand to make to make that comparison . |
| 14 | At this point there is apt to be pressure on R&D to agree to undertake more projects than is rational . |