Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance . |
| 2 | I WILL endeavour to promote scientific research in the problems affecting embalming . |
| 3 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |
| 4 | As noted , major users will probably prefer to establish direct links with their databases of choice , but if you 're handling , say 100 credit checks a month , and a few other services ( airline timetables are available on Telecom Gold — solve your boss 's travel problems and got to the top of the class ) , information delivery via Prestel or Telecom Gold could be for you . |
| 5 | But , instead of feeling sorry for yourself and resentful towards others , you should endeavour to find permanent solutions to problems that have overshadowed your day-to-day existence for some time . |
| 6 | We will endeavour to provide helpful advice on finding partners and submitting proposals . |
| 7 | Special deposits would continue to be used as a means of regulation , but the Bank indicated that in the future it would consider using special deposits in a more flexible way . |
| 8 | … first of all … they do need to acquire manipulative skills in order to play a xylophone , french horn , synthesizer , whatever … so they learn these as and when they need them … through to recording techniques and so on and so on , but always when they need them … |
| 9 | His predecessor , Edwin Basset , moves into the newly created role of vice president , technology , and will explore using emerging technologies like ATM networking and multimedia in NCD products . |
| 10 | But it also believes that the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) , which is officially responsible for the whole food chain , should now consider accepting overall responsibility for institutional catering , but in consultation with the Ministries of both Health and Education . |
| 11 | You may need to conduct special research among consumers , the client 's own employees , the trade whom he serves , and among the media . |
| 12 | They do not need to kill large animals in order to live . |
| 13 | Apart from these specialist tools , you will also need to borrow general-purpose tools from other sections of your tool kit for many plumbing projects . |
| 14 | Another study suggested that a subject would need to breathe aerosolised air around a shower for 227 minutes to inhale one bacterial cell . |
| 15 | As subsequently printed , the purpose of aid programmes in Southeast Asia was ‘ to demonstrate that the local national governments are able to bring benefits to their own people and thereby build political support , especially among the rural population ’ , or in the words of the Country Report prepared for the director of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program : ‘ to ensure the existence of governments … which represent the legitimate nationalist aspirations of those Indo-Chinese people who do not desire to see communist-orientated governments in Indo-China ’ . |
| 16 | Does the organisation seek to publicise beneficial aspects of working in the health service ? |
| 17 | To achieve this , the translator will need to adjust certain features of source-text organization in line with preferred ways of organizing discourse in the target language . |
| 18 | I begin by repeating the point that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made in a letter to my hon. Friend the Member for Devon , North on 14 January , that in an organisation the size of the health service , which deals with so many patient contacts , it should not be surprising — indeed , it should be welcomed — that we do not seek to impose total uniformity on every single decision that is made about the treatment of patients across the country . |
| 19 | If you do n't know say white type of shoes or white something , he had white |
| 20 | As with the Personal Accident and Sickness policy , the claims handler may need to obtain Additional Certificates of Medical Attendant ( PAC 8/SC 8 ) ; make unannounced visits or seek independent medical advice where the nature of the claim requires further investigation . |
| 21 | They did not seek to attract new customers by the excellence of their pitches or facilities as music-hall proprietors did through the plushness and extravagance of their theatres . |
| 22 | There is a promise , and strength of quality in their songwriting , but The Prayer Boat appear to have some way to paddle before they find a grasp of the studio techniques they will need to coax real spirit from their music . |
| 23 | Western manufacturers will need to find new markets in the Third World , he says . |
| 24 | It would need to find private land on which to meet and other hunts across the region may find themselves with similar problems . |
| 25 | Through discussion or role-play , teachers should seek to provide frequent opportunities for this type to writing to occur , and should respond to the meanings that their pupils strive to convey . |
| 26 | You will also need to provide mechanical ventilation in rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms to prevent serious condensation problems . |
| 27 | Pupils do ask questions of truth , do seek to establish moral foundations for their lives , do quest for a spirituality which will assuage their own sense of rootlessness and hunger for meaning as well as teach them how to live compassionately and courageously on our fragile planet . |
| 28 | This does not suggest that schools would need to amass great quantities of pupils ' work for an audit . |
| 29 | I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class . |
| 30 | We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives . |