Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important that user groups do contribute to the change and that their suggestions are not merely dealt with by paying lip service . |
| 2 | Riots , staff unrest , the malaise in the probation service and the political problems caused by the penal system are not the direct results of a high prison population or a lack of money or of decent prison buildings ( although these do contribute to the crisis ) , but result from what people believe and how they feel — from the moral reactions of people within and outside the penal system to the material situation . |
| 3 | You will have heard that if you do stick to a diet and lose weight , then your metabolism will drop so dramatically that the weight piles on all the more easily in the future . |
| 4 | Simon Folkard and Tim Monk have suggested that it may be the individuals whose rhythms do adjust to the regime who experience the most difficulty . |
| 5 | Partly because of the lack of predators , many island birds have lost the ability to fly ; after all , flying requires enormous energy , and on islands , those that do take to the air could in theory be blown out to sea . |
| 6 | And if the miners of northern Bavaria do respond to the strike call for next Monday , the regime 's social contract with them will be shattered . |
| 7 | And if the miners of northern Bavaria do respond to the strike call for next Monday , the regime 's social contract with them will be shattered . |
| 8 | Perhaps you 're not conscious , you 're unconscious of the hook , but you do respond to the hook . |
| 9 | Every community will have its secrets , and every individual in it will have views that they would not normally express to others , but do express to the researcher . |
| 10 | He is a boy of very good promise and will I have no doubt ( if he continues to work steadily ) do credit to the School . " |
| 11 | Well , yes , I mean Green politics do go to every area of life , obviously er we ca n't devolve the er environment from the rest of our activities . |
| 12 | ‘ Now , ’ he said , pacing in front of the blackboard , ‘ if you do go to the toilet , and if you do a number two — ’ |
| 13 | One piece of research which I contemplated some years ago , but did not actually carry out , was a comparison between people who do go to the theatre and those who do not . |
| 14 | You need to get that , need to keep that down because if you do go to the hospital , and they did decide to take that out , they would ne d they would check your blood pressure and they would chase you . |
| 15 | If you are very keen to try pressing wild flowers , do go to the trouble of checking which species are protected and be strong-willed enough to leave them well alone . |
| 16 | In some children this may be due to small functional bladder capacity , or to incomplete voiding when they do go to the lavatory ( Berg 1979 ; de Jonge 1973 ) . |
| 17 | Although writing on behalf of cycling interests , these do coincide to an extent with the interests of walkers and horse riders . |
| 18 | However , several studies have shown that aggressive toys do lead to a rise in anti-social behaviour , but that this is short-lived . |
| 19 | The results so far suggest that although meters are expensive to install they do lead to a drop in consumption . |
| 20 | But you do come to a limit with long sentences . |
| 21 | Do come to the hall for a cup of coffee or tea while you are waiting ’ help to maintain a positive atmosphere when timing goes awry ? |
| 22 | She felt that it was up to her now to protect her mother : Mama , do come to the House of Commons with me . |
| 23 | And when we do come to the end of it , we can take our rest — our eternal rest . ’ |
| 24 | Sir , if you do come to the view , however , that one or both of these sites may have some as it were residual greenbelt functions , then we ask you to bear in mind the matters raised , in particular Mrs 's appendix nine , about the need in the longer term , that is , beyond two thousand and six in particular , for a strategic reserve . |
| 25 | So again , although Girobank loans do add to the consumer 's potential credit armoury , they are only a small addition . |
| 26 | The significant number of colour photographs , although they must contribute to the price , do add to the information content . |
| 27 | You 're you 're proposing Tony that we do write to the bus company again and ask if the buses can come through just say through Halam rather than go down Station Lane at Edingley ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do get to the point of what I asked . ’ |
| 29 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 30 | Do n't use too many transparencies and do talk to the audience and not to the screen . |