Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may need counselling to overcome the trauma in the future . |
| 2 | It is obviously much harder to establish an indication of the eventual size and temperament of a cross-bred ( mongrel ) dog , compared with a pedigree ( pure-bred ) animal , and so you will need to try to discover the parentage of a puppy of this type . |
| 3 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 4 | The advantage of this scheme is that you do n't need to remember to save the money which you would have paid to the Government later on ! |
| 5 | Everton will need to sell to raise the cash , but Arsenal have already made an approach for their £2m defender Martin Keown and that deal could hold the key . |
| 6 | A few candidates may virtually eliminate themselves by their hesitancy and you can even consider refusing to continue the interview . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , what else do we need to do to make the thing totally immobile , ’ he said stonily . |
| 8 | You do not need to learn to use the whole of LIFESPAN before you start to use the system ; LIFESPAN provides a comprehensive on-line help facility to keep you informed every step of the way . |
| 9 | But they do need to learn to understand the effect which different styles of communication and presentation have on a congregation . |
| 10 | Similarly , buyers of goods susceptible to being sold without a right to do so also need notice to determine the advisability , as well as the validity of acquisition . |
| 11 | In these cases , we may want to smooth to remove the effect of events which are unique or which are simply not the main trend in which we are interested ; it is good practice to plot the rough as well as the smooth values , to inspect exactly what has been discarded . |
| 12 | Although a verbal apology would probably fit the bill , the offender may feel constrained to act the fool he expects to be accused of being . |
| 13 | But I would equally say : ‘ Why would the defending team want to collapse the scrummage and give either three or six points away ? ’ |
| 14 | Julian did not feel called to reform the church or to take part in public life : she remained a loyal daughter of Mother Church and stayed in seclusion for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | When he gets his way in a new ‘ voluntary agreement ’ ( which is likely once the industry gets over its panic on finding a Minister for Health rather than a Minister for Tobacco in the DoH ) he may feel bound to reject the ban . |
| 16 | Besides , it is a cardinal principle of law that an innocent party may choose to accept repudiation and sue for damages for breach of contract , or he may choose to refuse to accept the repudiation so that the contract will remain in full effect . |
| 17 | But the Labour Party dislikes this prospect , and avoided it in 1967 because of the fear that an elected House might feel entitled to challenge the supremacy of the Commons . |
| 18 | I say , I 'll I 've got to walk the end of the street , get a bus . |
| 19 | Alternatively you might like to wait to see the proposal first as she is a most serious person who struck me as a likely author . |
| 20 | Arrangements may have to be made for existing £6 membership who genuinely can not afford more but who would like to continue to receive the magazine . |
| 21 | Some will enjoy looking round the class for things that are the same colour , or might like to try to copy the pattern of a simple fabric , if provided with similar shapes and colour paints to enable them to experiment . |
| 22 | I should n't mind going to see the King and I , but you do n't like that do you ? |
| 23 | There are several things we would like to do to improve the readability of this value : ( a ) Leading zeros should be suppressed and replaced by blanks . |
| 24 | When someone is regularly and edifyingly prophesying with fruitful results , then it may be he will become known to have the ministry of a prophet . |
| 25 | He bellowed with laughter after she had said it , but later was serious and said , ‘ I would n't like to have to see the suffering . ’ |
| 26 | It must be a nice spot to live , though I would n't like to have to pay the window-cleaner 's bill . |
| 27 | Before she had managed it , she heard Glyn 's voice , and it seemed of the utmost importance that he did not begin to get to know the man who had come here and turned her small world upside-down so quickly . |
| 28 | Will simply must keep trying to get the message across . |
| 29 | erm but that , the fact that there were managerial farms in the north might erm have er er important implications for the kind of land reform document we would want to draw to accommodate the situation in the north as well . |
| 30 | I almost thought the birds would stop singing to hear the name he was going to say . |