Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His only problem was , would he survive long enough to see through what was in some ways the most monumental task he had yet set himself ? |
| 2 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 3 | People should know exactly how to vote for animal rights in the election and that is for one of the parties that unanimously supported this Bill . |
| 4 | This subject added : " Occasionally I hear the first movement of his Third Concerto , which I do not know well enough to construct in my mind when I am fully conscious . " |
| 5 | If we must be so very careful , then , in using what people write about themselves , would we do any better to turn to what other people have to write ? |
| 6 | Partnerships will do well not to accede to requests for financial support for the bread and butter resources of schools . |
| 7 | I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them . |
| 8 | Do n't use awkward subdivisions of the scale ; stick to units , twos and fives ; computers can calculate accurately how to plot on scales rising by sevens but you will make mistakes . |
| 9 | They seem to be experiments in animal design that did not work efficiently enough to survive in the competition that became more and more intense as time passed and animal life proliferated . |
| 10 | Brisk afternoon winds do blow , exciting passages are possible , and there are many coves where you can anchor alone just to relax in perfect peace . |
| 11 | Well , that concludes the business of the A G M and , er it 's now twelve forty and er we can move straight on to deal with the business of the extraordinary general meeting . |
| 12 | With hindsight , it would have better still to lock in a few more gains . |
| 13 | In general , someone with food intolerance will respond to an elimination diet within a week , whereas someone with candidiasis may take much longer to respond to an anti- Candida diet — the response is also more gradual and less dramatic . |
| 14 | Given that we may have yet more to learn about human reproduction , it must be said that it is not a case of ‘ views ’ which may or may not be right . |
| 15 | It should not , Mr Mayor , definitely not be used simply as an easy option for those who could manage quite happily to provide for themselves , either renting or buying in the private sector but instead choose to let the state provide . |
| 16 | He could make his friend laugh convulsively enough to fall off schoolroom chairs , and once even out of a hammock . |
| 17 | Home video shows him enjoying a family Christmas but detectives believe he did n't live long enough to see in the New Year . |
| 18 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 19 | I 'll find somewhere else to stay for the night , ’ he said softly , rocking the tearful Katarina . |
| 20 | In the meantime , since she could n't physically throw him out , she would find somewhere else to stay for the night . |
| 21 | FA chief Graham Kelly , who was in Spain for England 's friendly , will fly home today to deal with the crisis . |