Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ 1979 ] A.C. 440 , Lord Diplock stated the key principle to be that the general rule may be departed from only where its application would ‘ frustrate or render impracticable the administration of justice . ’ |
| 2 | Bukharin , since he was writing for a somewhat different purpose — at that point in his exposition — did not assume or leave implicit the equilibrium between society and nature , but instead desired to show that it is a necessary basis , precondition , for the situation that Marx dealt with . |
| 3 | Christian Aid is not in a position itself to set up and service all the training which it is envisaged might be useful to supporters . |
| 4 | Well I hope she 'll be interested enough to , but , not really before she 's six , cos I asked him last couple of times ago , he said , what sort of age , cos obviously the size of the hands comes into it , they ca n't do too much , but he said he would n't consider before six and you ough t 'a have to take the parents into consideration , of a child that age you got ta have a parent who 's prepared to sit there and make sure the child does what he 's set them to do , because , oh Amy , you not getting any out of that . |
| 5 | I 've got to try and make sure the petrol lasts till the Texaco garage |
| 6 | Two teams of computer specialists are now at work , one to try and make sure the department 's existing system can cope , the second to have a new computer system at work from 1 January next year . |
| 7 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 8 | He suggests that although manufacturers had an instrumental influence in supporting this act — it helped to rationalize and make predictable the conduct of competitors — they also saw it as having a symbolic dimension , which if anything , was predominant in their minds . |
| 9 | I 've got to go out and buy all the cloth for the new costumes in The Tempest . |
| 10 | Do n't go and buy all the kit until you know what sort of sailing you enjoy . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's true everyone expects me to go out and win all the time , ’ says Gunnell , who has managed to remain as unspoilt as she was before her Barcelona triumph . |
| 12 | Now the Government is to construct , at vast cost , two large new sewers to collect and process all the waste before it enters the river . |
| 13 | See the thing is , what they 've said to me , because I 've been away now for nearly two years erm I 'd have to go back and do all the training again , which is a bit of a pain but its not too bad because I 've done it before sort of thing , she said to me oh yeah when you go I , I might come along and see if I like it , and we can do the training together she said , I manage to put her off that idea , manage to talk her out of that . |
| 14 | Everyone wants us to work and work all the time and not stop . |
| 15 | We the undermentioned agree to cut and secure all the corn grown on the farm in a workmanlike manner to my satisfaction ; make bottoms of stacks ; cover up when required ; hoe the turnips twice and turn or lift the barley once ; turn the pease once — each man to find a gaveller . |
| 16 | The rocks missed him , yet Jack did not give up and set alight the forest . |
| 17 | After three miles Nathan had to turn round and ride all the way home again . |
| 18 | I used to go and hide all the time . ’ |
| 19 | The Attractions of Ryedale need little introduction with something to enthrall and entertain all the family , come rain or shine ! from the grandeur of famous stately homes and historic railways , to award-winning museums and fun parks — Ryedale awaits you … |
| 20 | We worked on gut feeling and it was very difficult to control and manage all the development work because of the technology involved . |
| 21 | 5.9.4 Prior to any permitted assignment to procure that the assignee enters into direct covenants with the Landlord to perform and observe all the Tenant 's covenants and all other provisions during the residue of the Term |
| 22 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
| 23 | I can see , can you sha can you go and get all the grass off your socks ! |
| 24 | If there was a brake , this would not happen and the person would have to stop and start all the time rather than moving smoothly around the supermarket . |
| 25 | The Indians were buried with as much wealth as possible , and so they strove with the utmost diligence throughout their lives to acquire and amass all the gold they could , which they took from their own land and were buried with it … |
| 26 | And all you 've got ta do is , with machine is put petrol or diesel or whatever it is to make and check all the oil |