Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Piggott , Hannon is convinced Geisway will stay the one and a half miles at Epsom . |
| 2 | And eventually after a period of time that ins outer insulation will wear down , it will fray and it will break and it will expose the live and the neutral wires until , unfortunately sometimes , it will be a little bit too late . |
| 3 | Most people can only influence the local and the familial , so if people are parochial it 's probably because they 're relatively powerless elsewhere . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At least two responsible adults must supervise the burning and a mobile container(s) with at least 1000 litres of water must be on hand at the site . |
| 7 | No I , I would think the black and the white were one , but mind you it goes a long blinking way do n't it ? |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Nine times out of ten we do not know the deceased or the grieving family . |
| 10 | Marcus Leatherdale 's photographs look downright mainstream by comparison , though his subject matter may include the bizarre and the theatrically far-out . |
| 11 | For instance in setting a pamphlet or a book , a half-page would count the same as a full page . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Even the most significant unions could recruit no more than a small fraction of the workers in their industry . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He attributed the group 's resilience to the fact that it had stuck to its specialist glossy ‘ how-to ’ books and continued to ‘ eschew the topical and the trendy ’ . |
| 18 | Downstairs a Disco will bring the tired and the weary in from the cattle drives and down from the cash tills. the Saloon will stay open late . |
| 19 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |
| 20 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |
| 21 | So that 's , and later on when you get to level two you can sometimes do the first and the second |
| 22 | And if Jesus is consubstantial with God , the Kingdom of Heaven need not be something that will be inaugurated on earth in the immediate future , but something external — another realm , another dimension , in which one can expect a welcome and a reserved place on one 's death . |
| 23 | Overcrowded conditions meant that families could rent no more than a ‘ corner ’ of shared accommodation . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Public authorities are creatures of statute and can do no more than the statute permits them to do . |
| 26 | Prost , meanwhile , can do no more and the pressure is now with his team-mate to repeat yesterday 's performance . |
| 27 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Talk of the 17th prompted the comment in the 1913 suggestion book as to whether the 2nd hole might not become the 17th and the 3rd hole the 2nd , a not uncommon suggestion today . |
| 30 | 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 . |