Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have already had many changes of home in their comparatively short lives and it would unquestionably confuse and disturb them to leave England now only to return again in a matter of months should the Australian Family Court consider it right that they should make their home here . |
| 2 | Grace had tried to persuade John long before to go to ballet classes , because she thought him small for his age and hoped the exercise might encourage growth , but he refused , saying ‘ Oh no , mummy , the boys will call me a sissy . ’ |
| 3 | We had wanted to persuade Rick once again to don his mouse disguise for a series of public road safety commercials for the Mongolian government . |
| 4 | The initial emphasis was on speakers and their ability to encode messages sufficiently clearly to enable listeners to identify the target object . |
| 5 | Eliot is able to recall Shakespeare closely enough to suggest at first sight that an ironic contrast is aimed at , but also to present the possibility that the allusion functions as the poetic equivalent of a legal fiction . |
| 6 | WHILE this approach undoubtedly has advantages in that effort is directed to areas where a known interest exists — TO my way of thinking it fails to stimulate growth sufficiently quickly to satisfy what I consider SHOULD be a market led approach , nor does it satisfactorily communicate our case to the potential customers . |
| 7 | Stars & Stripes now shares a first-place tie with Kanza , America 's sister ship , with four victories apiece in the defenders ' semi-final , and Connor said : ‘ We have to beat America once more to assure that destiny 's in our own hands , but we 're going to keep our feet on the ground . ’ |
| 8 | At some stage teachers will also wish to take groups further afield to see examples that are some of the best of their kind . |
| 9 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |