Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] in the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor .
2 The Insurer shall be entitled to take over the conduct in the name of an Insured Person in the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of an Insured Person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings and in the settlement of any claim .
3 No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require .
4 No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder or any person claiming to be indemnified without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder or such person the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder or such person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder or such person shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require .
5 ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’
6 The House of Representatives adjourned to enable Congressmen either to watch or to march in the procession of delegates past the east front of the Capitol .
7 Rather they preferred to farm them out at a fixed rent , at leases which , in the fourteenth century , became progressively longer , and to enjoy the freedom to take up offices or to serve in the army .
8 In addition she required government approval to leave Singapore or to participate in the activities of any organization .
9 Like the Rattries , she supposed , who would never have had the money for a marriage licence or to put in the vicar 's collecting plate .
10 If other people in your household smoke , try to persuade them to give up , or to smoke in the garden shed for a while .
11 It can only be up to ourselves to either be seduced by this sly trickster and his façade of grandeur or to laugh in the face of his absurdity and bring forth the somewhat obscured benevolence of God , his son , and our first ancestral parents , to achieve some perspective to the poem as a whole .
12 They too failed to make any significant impact , and many struggling churches have either been forced to close or to relocate in the suburbs following the migration pattern of their members .
13 Ca n't the Watch Committee … rid the police of the hooligan element … gangs of young and hefty idlers squat on the pavement or lurk in subways to annoy passers-by , to play tricks on defenceless shop assistants , or to gamble in the face of the public .
14 The bailees implied duties normally include not to convert the goods nor to deviate in the case of a carrier 's obligation to follow his stipulated route .
15 You have only to think of the situation in which a mother is terrified of thunder and panics whenever she hears it , rushing to close the curtains and to cower in the corner of the room .
16 And of course heating your house in the middle of the night is not what everybody wants , so there has to be an attractive price to persuade people to do that and to invest in the storage heaters , hence the half price electricity .
17 Normally , you will have an opportunity to look over the machine and to sit in the cockpit beforehand to think about all the knobs and levers .
18 He was unable to sleep during the day , and used the dead time to keep up with the newspapers and journals in the reading-room and to swim in the club pool while it was comparatively empty .
19 Whilst there , he stated publicly that Cuba wanted to maintain good relations and to remain in the OAS .
20 And to slip in the mud must have been the last straw .
21 In England , the obligation to own arms and to train in the use of them was shared by all male adults , as the Assize of Arms of 1181 and the Statute of Winchester of 1285 made clear .
22 It was remembered long after Anselm 's death that he had professed himself afraid to die , and to appear in the sight of God , until he had punished the archbishop of York for infringement of the jurisdiction of Canterbury .
23 Most writers of whatever kind know what it is to write and to discover in the process that someone else seems to be standing by .
24 However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules .
25 She said , today : ‘ I am delighted to have an opportunity to meet my European peers and to participate in the debates and the entire programme . ’
26 With significant interests in both Sanga-Sanga and Runtu , LASMO is geographically well placed to benefit from the continued exploration of these two areas and to participate in the development of the LNG business in one of the most robust gas markets in the world .
27 Attica after Kleisthenes , which allowed a man to be loyal to and to participate in the affairs of his deme , and also to join in making the city 's decisions , was another such attempt to reconcile city and countryside .
28 At the same time , the learner must be encouraged to take every opportunity both to learn and to participate in the teaching of others .
29 The boards have extensive rights to be informed and consulted about their schools ' educational , disciplinary and financial policies and achievements , and to participate in the appointment of senior staff .
30 In order to secure the option of a judicial challenge to the Commission 's determinations in such cases , a company would be well advised to complain formally to the Commission at the earliest opportunity , and to participate in the Commission 's investigation , making submissions and offering evidence of the adverse effects on its business of the conduct of which complaint has been made .
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