Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions . |
| 2 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 3 | Even though some minor changes may subsequently be necessary in order to conform with the directive , the government does n't want to risk a further period of delay before bringing these necessary measures into effect . |
| 4 | Speaking reviews the different approaches which have been adopted to teach this important skill and suggests ways in which teachers can act to acquire a better understanding of the way speaking is learned . |
| 5 | However , we should strive to include a greater variety of complex carbohydrates in our meals ; more grains , pulses , vegetables and fruit on a daily basis . |
| 6 | Thus , because its shares trade at a low price the company will need to issue a larger number of them to raise a given amount of capital than would otherwise be the case . |
| 7 | Perhaps more importantly , in the search process the searcher may need to retrieve a wider range of documents in order to make a relevance judgement in the first place . |
| 8 | You can also vary the number of rows knitted for the pin tuck itself , but if you want more rows knitted with the front bed needles alone , you may need to use a thinner yarn and/or pushing down wheels to help knit the stitches correctly . |
| 9 | My first impressions were an exciting mixture of scenes that seemed familiar but were so different in detail : I could n't wait to get a closer look at it all ! |
| 10 | In Chapter 14 we saw that risky activities on average will need to earn a higher rate of return to compensate for the higher risks involved . |
| 11 | I would expect to see the lower figures resulting in as indeed they themselves imply , lower migration movements to North Yorkshire and indeed I think the figures from er might end up by the end of the period as net outward movement from North Yorkshire to be achieved , given the level of commitments we have up front . |
| 12 | Obviously there was not much that any Government concerned in governing the United Kingdom could do to meet the wilder demands of the " Left is Right Group " , but , since it was never clear whether these were immediate demands or merely long-term hopes , Cabinet office for Carolan and Under — Secretaryships for one or two of his more articulate followers contrived to keep the group within the Parliamentary fold . |
| 13 | A qualitative interpretation of the fact that mixed sequence single strand oligomers ( Table 1 ) have smaller ΔH and ΔS terms than the oligo or polymeric homo sequences , would appear to reflect a closer analogy in the latter case with the order found in a crystal . |
| 14 | We may expect to generate a better estimate by using pseudo-costs . |
| 15 | The education convener , Mervyn Rolfe , said that although Tayside did not appear to have a greater bullying problem than elsewhere , anything which impeded a pupil should be tackled swiftly and methodically . |
| 16 | Apart from these and some other editions and issues remarkable in one way or another , the collector can expect to have an easier time financially than in many other fields of collecting . |
| 17 | He will want to avoid a further decline for fear that import price rises will push up inflation . |
| 18 | It is our feeling that the council needs to be encouraged to take that attitude because if we have a change of policy as the District Council are asking , so that the number of sites released from industrial use is compensated by new green field sites being allocated , then it seems a little bit like a blank cheque to us and we should like to see a firmer control on the amount of land that is lost to development and in seeing that firmer control we 'd like to put pressure on the District Council by not offering them compensation |
| 19 | Instead , we would like to see a clearer indication of the circumstances in which car use can be reduced through different shopping patterns . |
| 20 | All the shares will be offered by the company as part of a comprehensive refinancing plan to reduce debt , strengthen the capital structure , increase financial flexibility and improve profitability by reducing interest costs and increase the market liquidity of the common stock — most of the shares are currently still held by former parent Perkin-Elmer Corp , which would no doubt like to see a better price before it sells . |
| 21 | When I told him that I would also like to buy a smaller Popova , he objected , ‘ No , I 'm keeping this because it 's small and it can always be hung anywhere , but these big ones … where can they go ? ’ |
| 22 | Even given the briefest of sketches we can begin to glimpse the wider significances of design activity considered in this manner . |
| 23 | If the calculated starting rate does coincide with a resonant rate the designer can either elect to use a lower frequency clock or try to reduce the resonance with additional damping . |
| 24 | If you still have some money to spare after this , then you might like to consider the riskier investments . |
| 25 | I 'd like to have a younger-looking face , but do n't like the idea of plastic surgery . |
| 26 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 27 | It could be that the outer estates are approaching some kind of basic ‘ subsistence , level , where disposable income has reached such a low level that future increases in unemployment will begin to have a smaller effect in reducing local incomes per head , simply because so many people are already dependent on state benefits . |
| 28 | They see him as a possibility for the future and they would like to take a closer look at him . |
| 29 | One could not hope to find a better medium for escape than a pair of metaphorical , spiritual wings . |
| 30 | Indeed , newly issued bills will have to carry a larger discount to match the higher market rates . |