Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] well as [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If the family finances have been badly affected by the patient 's stroke , you may have to go to work as well as making provision for caring for the patient .
2 You will see that this has been written to inform as well as to influence , in order to widen debate on sustainable development in Wales .
3 The religious work centred on evangelism : George Cadbury supported ‘ Free Church parishes ’ in order better to coordinate as well as to encourage evangelistic effort .
4 Parents need to listen as well as to talk and to let it be seen that they recognize the teenager 's viewpoint , even when they take an opposite view .
5 It may seem at times that there is little common ground between the two generations , but if a parent is patient and ready to take an interest , and to listen as well as to give advice or pass criticism , there is plenty to talk about and share together .
6 In the building accounts of the Queen 's College , Oxford , Townesend is referred to as ‘ architecto ’ whereas his father , who had worked there previously , was described as ‘ lapicidae ’ , a distinction which reflects the fact that , like others of his kind , he was certainly able to design as well as to build ; but the extent to which he did so unaided is not entirely clear , many of the projects in Oxford at this time evidently being the work of more than one mind .
7 Although more resilient , and easier to handle as well as coming in a far higher range of breaking strains ( up to 200kg or over 400 1 b ) , braid is still vulnerable to kinks and twists .
8 It was a dispiriting affair , and since the material was being auctioned on behalf of the gallery 's creditors , there were no reserves and auctioneer Ian Mackenzie was forced to lower as well as raise his bids in order to find buyers for each of 144 lots which raised £97,070 ( $166,300 ) .
9 Practice and research are intertwined ; good doctors have an obligation to inquire as well as to provide a clinical service , and codes of conduct and ethical guidelines that recommend different rules for practice and research create an undesirable dichotomy that itself has ethical implications .
10 But if his aim is to justify as well as to interpret Marx 's theory , the point becomes more pressing .
11 Old people who are not in frequent contact with younger people may lose confidence in their ability to give as well as to receive : Younger people , anxious to please , to give and , often , ‘ not to worry mother ’ may not realise the part which they play in creating a one-way traffic .
12 You 'll know that when you select NI products you 'll be buying gifts that are a pleasure to give as well as to receive .
13 They hired the first agent , ‘ Digs ’ , of Oxford Street , to manage as well as to let their flat .
14 There was an enormous amount of planning to do as well as writing the various protocols and policies which would enable me to function as an ENP .
15 Particularly this will show itself in the gift of availability to another , a conducive meeting-place , the courtesy of taking the phone off the hook , keeping confidences and having grace to forget as well as remember things people tell us .
16 Around it , people do their work and linger to chat as well as eat : ‘ Tea passed pleasantly ’ for Emma 's guests , ‘ and nobody seemed in a hurry to move ’ .
17 ‘ We intend to reform as well as spending more money in order to get the most out of that money for the patients .
18 Nor was it in 1967 , when decisions to disenfranchise as well as to enfranchise were a possibility .
19 We feel that this is the ideal opportunity for students to study as well as enjoy a holiday visiting new places and meeting new people .
20 She was terrified that one day he might try some moral blackmail and pretend he had come to love as well as respect her .
21 I think you need a great variety of experience to build your work and need to fail as well as succeed sometimes .
22 The article returns on research evaluation of a ‘ field experiment ’ in the use of multi-disciplinary teams to develop as well as to deliver services .
23 Kerry ) , deliberately developed the breed as a small animal able to fatten as well as to give house milk , probably by selection from the local mountain dairy cattle , and gave his name to the breed by the early nineteenth century .
24 The fact that the language acquired in this way often has English grammatical rules added to it , may be indicative of the adult 's need to learn as well as acquire .
25 It was these brilliant architectural triumphs which so much impressed foreign visitors , many of whom had a professional interest and who came to learn as well as admire .
26 But groups of people are identified not just by language and food , but by location , appearance , kinship , mythology , tradition , custom , music , clothing , symbols , rituals and all the details of everyday life , and all these characteristics serve to unite as well as divide them .
27 He 's come a very long way to see what you 've got to say as well as hear the stories .
28 Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas .
29 Sue also has a few of her own knitting machines on the premises and makes garments to order as well as to sell to the tourists !
30 Informal research in classrooms has shown that students prefer to see as well as hear a storyteller or lecturer .
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