Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The union called on teachers in certain schools to take action by refusing to supervise in lunch periods , or to attend meetings outside school hours . |
| 2 | The Commissioner has no power to conduct formal investigations , to obtain information , or to issue codes of practice , unlike the EOC and CRE . |
| 3 | Do we have a need to eat meat or to conduct experiments upon animals ? |
| 4 | Also what opportunities are there for people to have fun , to keep physically fit , to play games or to discover things of interest ? |
| 5 | It may be appropriate , for example , to apply for a care or supervision order or to provide services under Part III of the Act . |
| 6 | Subsections ( 3 ) , ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of section 6 enable the Secretary of State , or the S.I.B. , to obtain orders against ‘ a person … carrying on investment business in contravention of section 3 ’ requiring that person to disgorge profits thereby made ( subsections ( 3 ) ( a ) and ( 4 ) ( a ) ) or to compensate investors for losses they have suffered ( subsections ( 3 ) ( b ) and ( 4 ) ( b ) ) . |
| 7 | The choice of economic incentive ultimately depends upon the purpose of this strategy , whether it is to reduce specific types of pollution generally or in given geographical areas , to reallocate funds for investment in pollution control or to compensate victims of air pollution . |
| 8 | There are several books available that are full of ideas and information on using stencils , whether on walls or to decorate pieces of furniture . |
| 9 | The demanding processing requirements imply very fast , high performance computers , probably equipped with special chip sets either to compress and decompress the fast-changing , high volume information flows or to digitise sources of information drawn into the multimedia environment which are not initially in digital form . |
| 10 | He liked to work away at Latin or Greek , or to pick books of history or biography off the shelves . |
| 11 | Farm workers are usually the last to receive the protection of safety legislation , for example , or to receive benefits like sickness pay , pension schemes , paid holidays , a five-day week or even a written contract of employment and itemized pay packets . |
| 12 | Applications for mandatory approval under s 590 , TA 1988 and authorisations for schemes to invest in exempt unit trusts or to receive dividends without deduction of UK tax should also be sent to the Nottingham office . |
| 13 | It is not in the nature of partisan warfare to produce victory in the field : loth to leave their territories or to receive orders from soldiers , guerrillas were difficult to use in strategical combination . |
| 14 | It has been said that we can regard ATP as a common currency which must be spent to provide energy whenever it is needed — to drive chemical reactions , to cause muscles to contract , or to pump substances across membranes . |
| 15 | Indeed , it is a mistake to use hymns simply to fill spaces or to cover movements of ministers and musicians , except in the case of a liturgical procession . |
| 16 | It also has rather unfortunate connotations of self-styled guerrilla activists prowling the Dales ready to plunge daggers into the tyres of quarry wagons at night or to fire catapults at drivers daring enough to run their gauntlet during daylight hours . |
| 17 | Thus a 10-month-old baby who failed to respond to its name , or to betray signs of recognition towards its mother , twin sister , or even its rattle , might well give therapists cause for concern ; which is not to say that the normal baby , who does succeed in reacting appropriately , is thereby yet self -conscious . |
| 18 | Persons wishing to be considered for appointment , or to suggest names for consideration , are invited to write to Dr. Stephen P. Newall DL , Chairman of Court , c/o The Acting Registrar , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , G XQ ( Fax : 041– ) by 20 April 1990 . |
| 19 | For , if it is easy to discover or to devise connections between puritanism and capitalism , as a large literature bears witness , those between nineteenth-century family structure and bourgeois society remain obscure . |
| 20 | The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Bill provided for fines and imprisonment for those found guilty of heightening tension between members of different faiths , of inciting others to defy or challenge secular government policies , or to mobilize followers for subversion . |
| 21 | We fail to design pedestrian-friendly cars , to enforce slow speeds in housing areas , or to educate drivers in pedestrian safety . |
| 22 | Her ostensible job is something in advertising or public relations , but this is laughable : people are always rushing off to catch planes or to have showdowns with clients or engage in unmotivated conspiracies to deceive the public . |
| 23 | Therefore , we would wish to maintain the scope for competition policy authorities to propose structural remedies , e.g. divestment , or regulation , or to seek undertakings from firms , even where there is no identifiable abuse . |
| 24 | A licence then would be required to exceed that number , or to advertise animals for sale . |
| 25 | That same year there was a school strike in the small town of Września , near Poznań , among Polish pupils who refused to receive religious instruction or to say prayers in German . |
| 26 | Gouache paintings completed on site become records of intense sessions of work , capable of being taken back to the studio to exist in their own right or to become resources of ideas for larger-scale studio canvases . |
| 27 | ‘ Irrespective of its ability either to discourage certain forms of behaviour , or to bring offenders to justice , the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent . |
| 28 | Do n't forget you can now ring in for offers , or to enter competitions in BBC Good Food . |
| 29 | paragraphs last five er and six er identify identify the number of options for , for change which allows you to er determine the authority budget and to either go for growth to within the overall particular areas , savings in particular areas , or to make switches of resources between services or within services . |
| 30 | And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ . |