Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voter may of course reject the outcome ; e.g. , with local public goods he may migrate to another community ( in this sense , the minority may have an element of veto power — see Lecture 17 ) . |
| 2 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 3 | Such courses which may relate to graphic design , fashion/textile design , interior design , and product design are usually of similar duration to those leading to CNAA degrees , that is three years full-time , and the numbers taking them have grown gradually over the years . |
| 4 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 5 | There is no geographical restriction ; the information may relate to any part of the world . |
| 6 | Improved economic status now gives more elderly people the option of a fairly comfortable retirement which they may prefer to continued employment in unattractive work . |
| 7 | South Africa majority rule may wait to next century |
| 8 | Alternatively , if used as part of the external audit process , a contract audit may demonstrate to one party that the contract is being managed efficiently and effectively . |
| 9 | While accepting that officers must adapt to political reality — by , for example , being prepared when invited to attend party groups subject to certain safeguards — it rejected any move towards a ‘ spoils system ’ in local government , and recommended that principal officers should be prohibited from engaging in political activity , including standing for council office . |
| 10 | For Quine there are data and there is theory , and whatever desirable internal characteristics the theory may have , its justification is achieved , if at all , in the way our verificationalist semantics taught us that it should be ; that is , by appeal to the difference that the truth of the theory should make to possible experience and by direct ( strong ) verification of whether experience does in fact go the way the theory says it should . |
| 11 | I asked Mrs a question about the appropriate approach that I should make to this site in her opinion . |
| 12 | For its part , the government insists that ‘ the establishment of broadly agreed objectives would not mean that the curricular policies of the Secretary of State , the LEA and the school should relate to each other in a nationally uniform way . |
| 13 | He had been a little surprised that Miriam should surrender to this sort of jealousy , but perhaps he was not altogether displeased , because he found it feminine … in an attractive woman even faults and weaknesses are endearing . |
| 14 | Then , fastening his zip , he said , ‘ One must trust to that star in man which is the visionary imagination . |
| 15 | My Lords , that concludes my analysis of what I perceive to be the important British cases but before seeking to draw conclusions therefrom I must refer to certain Commonwealth and American cases . |
| 16 | For successful anaphor resolution , it is important to co-ordinate the contributions of system components embodying different types of linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge , such as configurational constraints in ( ‘ He examined him ’ , the two pronouns can not co-refer ) , sortal restrictions ( in ‘ She drank it ’ , ‘ it ’ must refer to some liquid if ‘ drank ’ is interpreted literally ) , focusing ( as in ‘ He examined its legs ’ above ) , and reasoning ( as in the second sentence of ‘ John told the waiter he had no money . |
| 17 | She circled ‘ unnecessary ’ in one effort , wrote in the margin of another ‘ participal phrase must refer to grammatical subject ’ . |
| 18 | Each nomination should refer to one nominee only and no member may subscribe to more than one nomination for national member of Council , and one in respect of any other vacancy . |
| 19 | 15.32 For pupils working towards levels 2 and 3 , teachers should refer to relevant material in the programme of study for key stage 1 . |
| 20 | 15.35 For pupils working towards level 3 , teachers should refer to relevant material in the programme of study for key stage 1 . |
| 21 | 16.37 For pupils working towards level 3 , teachers should refer to relevant material in the programme of study for key stage 1 . |
| 22 | We appear to value the things which education can bring but are in danger of losing , through an ever-tightening grip on schools , the value and respect we should show to each child . |
| 23 | Perhaps the better answer would be that all three phases should contribute to such knowledge , and that the initial training phase should have an appropriate contribution rather than try to carry out all the work independently . |
| 24 | It was used to argue that all members of the household should contribute to local revenue if they used local services . |
| 25 | It is their duty to hear and determine according to law , and they must bring to that task a fair and unbiased mind . ’ |
| 26 | The workplace manager should report to senior management on any measures considered appropriate to improve security . |
| 27 | He spoke a message which the country has heard before — that taxation is too heavy , that unemployment ( 1½ million ) is too high , that we spend far too much on armaments and must get disarmament in Europe , that we must stick to Free Trade … |
| 28 | The point serves as a corrective to behaviourist tendencies in general , and therefore to Behaviouralism in International Relations , since it undermines a main reason for holding that science must stick to observable behaviour . |
| 29 | It is reasonable to assume that ancient people were sensitive to the reality of these other levels of existence , living their lives accordingly , and it may be that we should look to this awareness as the origin of much folklore . |
| 30 | The Tobago offers a combination of speed , style , some luxury , but still offers a basic simplicity with a fixed undercarriage , which should equate to modest maintenance costs . |