Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hired the first agent , ‘ Digs ’ , of Oxford Street , to manage as well as to let their flat . |
| 2 | I have argued elsewhere that Pound was prepared to take instruction , as well as to give it ; that when he first came to London in 1908 , he was looking for masters to whom he might apprentice himself ; that he found them in the Irishman W.B. Yeats and the maverick Englishman Ford Madox Ford ( whose professionalism about writing still denies him in England the recognition that he gets abroad ) ; and ( so I have speculated , though I know it can not be proved ) that Pound sought the same relationship with another Englishman , Laurence Binyon , who was too cagey to go along with the idea . |
| 3 | In 1974 , visiting the northern region of the Maramureş , one of the districts richest in the everyday survival of peasant customs and dress , Ceauşescu told a group of folk-artists that adhering to traditions was one way of developing a communist country : ‘ I appreciate … these true works of popular art as an expression of your commitment to maintain the dress and customs of [ your ] ancestors , as well as to weave them tightly with that which is new , … because only in this way will we build a strong socialist society . ’ |
| 4 | Like any good soldier , Colebrooke had the garrison working to break the tedium caused by the freezing weather , as well as to take his own mind off the recent murders . |
| 5 | I believe that continuing to hear the language of books as well as to see it gives developing readers a valuable resource in this domain . |
| 6 | Another typical submissive pattern is for people to cling to their hard luck stories , as well as to put themselves down . |
| 7 | Volvo built its Kalmar car assembly plant to enable the company to recruit Swedish workers in the first place , as well as to retain them ( Gyllenhammer , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Its aim is to do something in the life of the person who reads it , as well as to capture his aesthetic interest and supply him with historical and theological information . |
| 9 | We urgently need funds to be able to respond effectively and to meet the increased demands being made on us as well as to maintain our existing work . |
| 10 | This was a time of real communion , and it was not long before his parishioners began to think of him , as well as to address him , as Father Brendan rather than as Father McGiff , and he began to look on them as his family , and on Cork , their city , as his only home . |
| 11 | All the great hunters and stalkers — whether of white or brown skin — have had the ability to consciously or unconsciously ‘ close down ’ or quieten their mind and body , as well as to conceal their activity while stalking or awaiting their prey . |
| 12 | Neither of these problems seems insurmountable , and it is the purpose of this book to explain the history of the developing relationship between Marxism and anthropology , in a way which the non-specialist should find accessible , as well as to contribute something to ongoing debates . |
| 13 | Since , however , local authorities were enabled to subsidize established voluntary grammar schools as well as to found their own secondary schools , social divisions in secondary education were reinforced . |
| 14 | It is important to leave yourself enough time before the wedding in order to give much consideration as to what you would like to say , to do any research necessary , as well as to write your speech and to perform any last minute pruning . |
| 15 | During 1990-91 Mongolia continued to expand contacts with the industrialized world as well as to develop its relationship with China . |
| 16 | ‘ Sixthly , we have been sent here to find the Grail and Excalibur — though there 's fat chance of that — as well as to assist our two dark shadows to root out the activities of these Templars . |
| 17 | The cost of keeping up a navy was already the really large item in the expenses of empire , but the English needed a navy for their own safety from invasion as well as to protect their trade , so the colonies — and perhaps particularly the West Indian colonies — got some benefit from money the English would have had to spend in any case . |
| 18 | The temptation was that the churches ' social work , begun as a way to win the unchurched as well as to help them physically , would cease being the means and instead become the end . |
| 19 | In man , mammals and birds , however , sound is a major method of communication , while fish use alteration of their colour patterns to communicate their moods , as well as to indicate their status . |
| 20 | The people backing it ‘ bunkered ’ ( disappeared with the money ) and as Producer Tiller felt morally bound to pay off all the artistes himself as well as to find their return fares . |
| 21 | It was on the basis of this document that the Roman Church asserted its prerogative to create kings , as well as to establish itself as a temporal authority . |