Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 2 | Because NMDA receptors are assumed to be located on dendritic spines , it is believed that spines may act to localize the Ca 2+ signal . |
| 3 | I was intrigued to note that Scottish Secretary Ian Lang , in his recent address to the Edinburgh University Politics Society , should choose to cite the Skye bridge development as an example of the great success of this Government 's ‘ non-interventionist ’ approach to the future provision of essential public amenities . |
| 4 | ‘ If there is any fighting in Europe , I should like to see the Bolshies and the Nazis doing it . ’ |
| 5 | I believe that that money has been carried forward , which means that funds are available today if the Minister should decide to pay the Axminster practice . |
| 6 | Once access to all modules is gained , you should attempt to submit the DC again . |
| 7 | The conference should aim to keep the ANC in the peace process , he said . |
| 8 | While the case may appear to support the Woolwich principle it can not be treated as a decision of any weight . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll want to let the Eladeldi give her the once over ‘ |
| 10 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |
| 11 | He 'll decide to study the Pennington report and come to a decision on the recommendations . |
| 12 | The Bruce claimant to the throne had just died , but his son and grandson were determined to assert family rights , even if it meant offering their services to Edward I for as long as it might take to drive the Comyns from the seized lands in Annandale . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll have to ask the DDI . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll try to stop the Dalek Killer slicing you up , do n't worry . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll try to keep the DK on a leash . ’ |
| 16 | Fenella pulled the velvet folds of the cover about her and tried to sleep and not to think about what would happen and whether they would be let out of these rooms and what stories she might have to tell the Gruagach about Star People and the Fire Court and the other fictional places they were supposed to have travelled to . |
| 17 | If I am going to do it , I 'd need to know the English Channel approach backwards . |
| 18 | ( b ) Possession is exactly the sort of book you 'd expect to win the Booker Prize . |
| 19 | Although Kennedy increased the size of US forces in Germany there was nothing he could do to bring the Berlin Wall down , or to stop those who tried to cross it from being shot . |
| 20 | The whole stereotype was a media creation anyway , so nobody in their right mind could claim to represent the Manchester scene . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd like to sail the Amazon |
| 23 | In addition doubts were expressed if the United States could hope to fight the USSR successfully without British assistance . |
| 24 | If you 're convinced that an acoustic amp is the way to go — and not everyone is convinced , by the way — then you 'd have to compare the Lakewood against the £799 Trace Acoustic TA-100R and perhaps the even more affordable , if more basic , Carlsbro Sherwood . |
| 25 | It could aim to copy the Pentagon 's example , devoting a portion of the MOD 's budget to looking after a mothballed version of any production line judged a strategic asset . |
| 26 | No one could fail to understand the Onlooker 's reaction to the tale just unfolded . |
| 27 | In addition to the success of the LDP in broadly maintaining its position , its PKO allies — the DSP and Komeito — also performed well enough to ensure that they could continue to offer the LDP an overall majority in the upper house . |
| 28 | The great issue of the next week was whether Law could agree to attend the Carlton Club meeting which Chamberlain had summoned at short notice for the Thursday morning , 19 October . |
| 29 | They may have to ask the Hong Kong Union for financial assistance in order to summon a replacement from home . |
| 30 | Laing wanted to make such a good job of the London factory that the reverse would be the case — that the Americans would want to cross the Atlantic to inspect the exemplary way the British ran things . |