Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be stressed that the concept of The Smiths will remain the same and the group will continue to promote their forthcoming single and album releases and are eager to plan live dates once a new guitarist has been selected . ’ |
| 2 | If a card is introduced [ which will depend on developments in technology not yet available ] the rules will remain the same and the total amount of discount available will be limited . |
| 3 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 4 | For instance in setting a pamphlet or a book , a half-page would count the same as a full page . |
| 5 | He had about a pound on him , in small change , which would buy no more than a chocolate bar and a couple of packets of crisps . |
| 6 | Even the most significant unions could recruit no more than a small fraction of the workers in their industry . |
| 7 | It may need no more than a discussion session , or a change of emphasis introduced at an appropriate point to allow this to be covered . |
| 8 | The very circumstance , however , which made the public schools a perfect vehicle for propaganda — their isolation , through the boarding system , from the outside world and the idiosyncratic influence of families — ensured that Dr Arnold , in his crusade for the personal salvation of his charges , could enjoy no more than a limited success . |
| 9 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 10 | Overcrowded conditions meant that families could rent no more than a ‘ corner ’ of shared accommodation . |
| 11 | Although her brother , Bert , was now employed by a local fisherman , Arnold Spence , and could do no more than a few day 's work at Four Winds now and then , nevertheless her new arrangements left Harriet free to work outside herself and this regular exercise had a calming effect , releasing her from a great deal of inner tension . |
| 12 | Public authorities are creatures of statute and can do no more than the statute permits them to do . |
| 13 | Prost , meanwhile , can do no more and the pressure is now with his team-mate to repeat yesterday 's performance . |
| 14 | It is to the netting of that protean reality that Joyce now bends all his energies , and my mixing of metaphors can give no more than the faintest hint of what that strange act entails . |
| 15 | I deliberately reverse patterns which require an amount of hand stitching as the knitted picture will look the same as the chart and thus make following the embroidery instructions a lot easier . |
| 16 | I am afraid the above formulae are wrong because our new solenoids do n't look the same as the old one . |
| 17 | to me this is , a square does n't look the same as the round |
| 18 | Strength , it turned out , is n't a prerequisite ( lucky thing , since tenor bells can weigh the same as a Mini ) ; in skilled hands the bell does most of the work , but a full ringing circle demands that the ringer first gets the bell moving and gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or ‘ set ’ with the mouth uppermost , ready to be rung on . |
| 19 | If we play about with this expectations model right this is the erm , this describes the expectation of prices in T it can also use the same as a decision rule alright to find out what prices would expectation of prices were , right in in P T minus one , okay T minus one , right here . |
| 20 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 21 | ‘ Show me , ’ whispered Wynne-Jones , but when he looked through the mask he could see no more than the darkness . |
| 22 | But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best . |
| 23 | I myself would claim no more than the natural store of a questioning mind . ’ |
| 24 | The view is also heard that the suburban bureau staffed by middle-class middle-aged women wearing twin-sets and pearls can provide no more than a signposting agency and can not provide the in-depth advice , casework and tribunal representation that full-time paid staff can . |
| 25 | In fact , financial targets might be seen as equivalent to constraints imposed by shareholders in a public company who require dividends of a certain level ( or indeed as related to constraints on regulated companies who must earn no more than a certain return on capital ; see chapter 5 ) . |
| 26 | Though they were much used in Baroque times for aria accompaniment , they have largely fallen out of use , and as the chaconne construction is an art and study in itself we can make no more than a passing mention here . |
| 27 | a tin of beans in the south will cost the same as a tin on beans in the north . |
| 28 | In an effort to increase Coupe sales , this traditionally more expensive bodyshape will now cost the same as the hatchback . |
| 29 | A single township would contain no more than a fraction of the estates of a nobleman or other great landowner . |
| 30 | It need contain no more than a sideboard , table and chairs and can be decorated in its own individual way . |