Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And certain things are going to happen in his body to help him to cope with that situation .
2 Mortimer swore that he intended no harm to Lancaster , and the Bishops of Winchester and London were sent to persuade him to attend after all .
3 ‘ Either you increase my husband 's wages to reflect the work he does on your behalf , or I might find it my duty to persuade him to look for other employment , perhaps with one of the many property owners hereabouts . ’
4 A major reason for a manager to understand something about statistics ( and to overcome his fear of numbers ) is to enable him to cope with other managers who use this method of proving a point or presenting a case .
5 The problem this poses for the educationalist is formidable because , as well as designing curricula that will help the surveyor cope with future changes , he has also to provide the basis of a training experience to enable him to cope with contemporary practice .
6 The purpose of the application is to allow him to die through natural causes which , it was thought , would take two weeks at most .
7 The Democrats had no obvious candidate once Teddy Kennedy had decided that Chappaquiddick was too close to allow him to run in 1976 .
8 Because he was frail it was thought unwise to allow him to mix with other children or to spend time out of doors , and in consequence he became an avid reader .
9 Schofield , who had threatened legal action to force Leeds to allow him to play for Manly in the close season , revealed : ‘ Manly have withdrawn their offer in view of the problems . ’
10 What we really want to do is to get him to respond to some of our press releases and to comment from his perspective of what the press is actually looking for .
11 ( i ) Does the applicant have a sufficient interest within R.S.C. , Ord. 53 , r. 3(7) to entitle him to apply for judicial review ? ( ii ) Is the exercise by Lautro of its power to serve an intervention notice subject to judicial review ? ( iii ) Is , or was , Winchester a member of Lautro ? ( iv ) Whether or not Winchester was a member of Lautro , did it have a right to appeal under Lautro 's rules to the Appeal Tribunal ? ( v ) Did the failure by Lautro to give Winchester an opportunity to make representations before the service of the intervention notice invalidate that notice so that it should be quashed ?
12 You may already have written to Mr Popham to ask him to act in this way .
13 Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously .
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