Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independent control of water supplies to individual sections would facilitate this and the flexibility and effectiveness of the extinguishing system would be further improved if zones could be triggered by remote manual means linked into the automatic system and terminating at the same point as isolation valves and of venting controls . |
| 2 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 3 | More generally , Arrow ( 1984 ) calls it hidden information or hidden knowledge — the principal does not know all that the agent knows . |
| 4 | This stress on will — " loke what wil is for in al " ( 70r. – 205 ) — is an aspect of the concern he expresses in Mixed Life for the importance of a " continuel desire to God " and in Scale 1 ( 22.295b. – 95 ) for a " hole and a stable entencoun " to please God which must underly all that the anchoress does . |
| 5 | The plaintiff vendors sought to set aside the expert 's decision and to have the court decide the matter , but the defendant purchasers said that the plaintiffs could not do that because the contract bound them to accept the expert 's decision . |
| 6 | They will do that because the Milk Marketing Board has put forward those proposals for reform . |
| 7 | There 's no way they can do that if the person is in Europe . |
| 8 | situation where you why did you do that and the silence is absolutely incredibly aggressive and you feel quite put on the spot . |
| 9 | When the puffer-fish escapes the jaws of the moray eel by inflating itself , we think , ‘ Perhaps I could do that when the moray eel comes for me ’ . |
| 10 | And they must do that as the possibility increases that they might be sucked into a wider Balkans war . |
| 11 | You can tell the solicitor and he will say or she will say to you Good I understand that or Have you thought of this or No you ca n't do that as the case may be . |
| 12 | As she says , you can do this if the pattern is on the mylar sheet by adjusting the pattern width dial , but since she saved the hedgehog she has erased the mylar sheet . |
| 13 | It can do this because the capacity of an input neuron to activate any of the output neurons increases every time the ‘ output pattern generator ’ activates the output neuron simultaneously with external activation of the input neuron . |
| 14 | But now the sun can not do this because the man is dead but his comrades are hoping that by moving his body out into the sun it can use its power to wake him as it used to do . |
| 15 | Secondly , it allowed them to make virtue out of a necessity by pushing law and order once more ideologically centre-stage as another area where the individual could do more than the State . |
| 16 | RESPONSORIAL PSALM : Do not begin this until the group who are leading the congregation in gesture are assembled in the sanctuary and ready . |
| 17 | You may not realize this but the name ‘ Grand Canyon ’ was actually one developed by DisneyWorld who own and run the place . |
| 18 | In which case I will suspend this until the talking starts . |
| 19 | As she walked to it , Huy wished that he could see more than the slit in the dress revealed . |
| 20 | If an established pair is subjected to the presence of a new animal their compatibility may become less and the interaction mode may regress to one of the earlier behavioural stages . |
| 21 | ‘ The only kind of central heating possible would be solid fuel and to install it would cost more than the cottage is worth . ’ |
| 22 | A number of software vendors such as Bitstream , Adobe and Microsoft themselves can supply extra fonts but they may cost more than the budget user can afford . |
| 23 | As there were cars to spare , if one was found with a defect , for which a replacement part might cost more than the cost of a licence , it was withdrawn particularly if the route on which it worked was nearing its closure . |
| 24 | The Chelsea Flower Show is probably not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain — lead lions rampant and Medici urns atop Corinthian columns must cost more than the Governor of the Bank of England earns in a week to transport there , let alone purchase . |
| 25 | And you can control more than the heating , SECURITY LIGHTING , many WASHING MACHINES , DISHWASHERS AND TUMBLE DRYERS can all be programmed . |
| 26 | The description is saved as part of the worksheet , not as a separate file , so the filename you choose can contain more than the regulation eight letters . |
| 27 | The report argues that such environmental subsidies would cost less than the sum earmarked by the Ministry of Agriculture for this year 's CAP , the administration of the proposed scheme being facilitated by the CPRE 's knowledge of the state of Britain 's farmland . |
| 28 | Er and so we are looking at ways in which we can actually erm develop this and the firm as a whole is doing that as well and er we are to a certain extent that initiative . |
| 29 | It is widely known that the new repository will run on AIX and OS/2 , but it may surprise many that the thing is also up under OS/400 as well as on Ultrix , HP-UX and Solaris and that IBM has funded development work internally for it to appear on these non-IBM versions . |
| 30 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |