Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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31 16 and 17 , that an activity carried out on a permanent basis or , in any event , without a foreseeable limit to its duration , does not fall within the Commmunity provisions concerning the provision of services , but falls within the scope of articles 48 to 51 or articles 52 to 58 of the E.E.C .
32 ‘ They do n't know where the next win is coming from and they can not wait until the season finishes .
33 The council decided the cost of administering the licensing scheme should fall to the cereal growers who burned straw .
34 If one side of the package is replaced by a glass window , so that light can fall on the memory cells , then it is found that the incident light accelerates the decay process in manner proportional both to the intensity and to the duration of the exposure .
35 I wo n't linger on the shingle flats , for I 'd come to climb , and the route of my choice was the first to be recorded in Wales .
36 But the easy way , as I say , is to just concentrate on the man hours .
37 The analysis which follows will concentrate on the Education Departments of Polytechnics , Colleges and Universities running DES approved teacher education courses .
38 The second part of study will focus on the problem areas identified in a number of firms through the initial survey ; the researchers will work with these firms to give small amounts of assistance aimed at easing some of the marketing bottlenecks .
39 This way , he says , developers can focus on the business aspects of their applications rather than the details and complexities of the environment , a productivity advance .
40 Action should focus on the training needs of all new recruits and continually developing and improving the skills of existing employees .
41 The analysis will focus on the policy debates , common law rules , and statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the use and legal sufficiency of the Chinese Wall in resolving problems associated with conflicts of interest and duty in corporate entities .
42 Now , what do you make of the pencil entries at the start of the new year ? ’
43 So what do you think of the Sex Pistols reforming , Suggs ?
44 It was the kind of sound that made you think of the noise lambs probably make when they can smell the mint being brought in from the garden .
45 Or would Eden think of the air marshals , and the children who had lost their parents in a blitz , and former warriors who had seen too much blood on a battlefield , and exercise a silent veto , by going for the second preference ?
46 His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place .
47 If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind .
48 Bishop John thinks that he and the archdeacons are adequately paid ( their stipends are £20,350 and £16,930 respectively ) , ‘ but I would n't dare speak for the parish clergy . ’
49 How do you feel about the way things are going over at Bicester these days Alan ?
50 ‘ I shall do as the Direktor wishes . ’
51 I need one pound for the bus fares .
52 The pressure will grow as the population ages .
53 It may help , with the older child , to write or type out the house rules ( the ‘ standing orders ’ ) and post them up in the kitchen or elsewhere .
54 There was n't much welcome to overstay in the various snack parlours where he lingered ( and where he moreover imagined himself unfavourably recollected from his previous TLM vigils , holding with both hands the creaky Styrofoam container , and watching the light pour past the office windows .
55 No matter how securely the front door might be barred with entry codes and passwords , American operators , holding the key to the secret back door , could break into the PROMIS systems operated by Cyprus , Egypt , Syria , Pakistan , Turkey , Kuwait , Israel , Jordan , Iran and Iraq whenever they wished , access the data stored there and get out again without arousing the slightest suspicion that the security of those systems had been breached — an incalculable advantage , not only in collecting and verifying intelligence data from those countries , but also in assessing the actual , as opposed to the professed , level of cooperation extended by their governments . )
56 However it is still unclear what DEC will do with the marketing arms attached to these units .
57 Increase her painkillers to a dangerous level , make do with the district nurses and hope she does n't fall again , which is , in fact , her best chance to get back in hospital !
58 What did I do with the car keys ?
59 Interior Minister Horacio Serpa Uribe on April 17 confirmed that the government would not negotiate with the drug cartels or give in to their violence and would continue the policy of extradition .
60 They are not as dangerous as MERMAIDS or NIXIES , and on nights of the lull moon will dance in the meadow flats , wafting scarves of silver mist above their heads .
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