Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ( Harry had decided that to pay for entertaining Nadine Cunningham would be to add insult to injury . )
2 It may be argued that to focus on social security is to overlook other sources of income in old age .
3 The first one is visual and auditory discrimination — now there 's lovely bits of jargon for you — that means the ability to differentiate between symbols when they 're written and to differentiate between different sounds , particularly highly frequency sounds .
4 The strategy 's objective is to achieve a patient record that will be accessible wherever a patient is treated and to build on that record an entire clinical information system , so its success depends on the support of doctors .
5 1.2 The Distributor hereby agrees to pay for the Publications in accordance with the price and terms agreed and to comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement and as outlined in the Schedule
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7 1.2 The Distributor hereby agrees to pay for the Licence in accordance with the price and terms agreed and to comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement and as defined in the attached schedules .
8 1.2 The Distributor hereby agrees to pay for the Licence in accordance with the price and terms agreed and to comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement and as defined in the attached schedules .
9 ‘ To see where her sister had died and to speak to those who 'd witnessed her death . ’
10 It was noted that to engage in such activities , people needed to feel that they had special areas of competence whether , for example , in knowing how to lift people , in tending the dying , and in knowing your way round the system .
11 Listening involves hearing what is left unsaid as well as the words actually spoken and to hear in that way requires the sort of attention that , sadly , we may rarely offer to our own nearest and dearest .
12 A decision can then be taken whether to revert to oral agents or continue with insulin .
13 The difficulty is that the indicators of this integration which are capable of being treated quantitatively ( to enable such a comparison ) are likely to be culturally determined and to vary from one community to another .
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