Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miguel Rafaelo said quietly , ‘ You do n't want to come face to face with yourself , then , Shelley . |
| 2 | Why do firms need to pay attention to quality control ? |
| 3 | Let's all have a drink together , I hope all my girlfriends will meet steady boyfriends , but as Helen organized this party and is going to be my chief bridesmaid , I 'd like to wish happiness to Helen . |
| 4 | I would also like to pay tribute to chairpersons , secretaries and committee members who give many hours of service to our Institute . |
| 5 | The upper classes at Key Stage 2 when asked how they know can begin to make reference to census records , or old maps or photographs to " prove " the truth of what they claim . |
| 6 | At the same time , however , increased taxes on income mean that people derive less income for each hour they work and they may therefore decide to prefer leisure to work , i.e. work less — the substitution effect . |
| 7 | Although Howard did n't actually have to come face to face with Brando , they had to share the same set . |
| 8 | Explain what action you would take to avoid embarrassment to Mr Prentice and the hotel . |
| 9 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 10 | Their rates tend to be lower because they do n't have to pay commission to middlemen . |
| 11 | When this is translated into personal terms , it means among other things that at some point in his or her career a teacher will have to look at its pattern and will have to pay attention to changes which ought to be made in his or her work-role . |
| 12 | The ambivalent attitude of schools towards boxing guarantees that many youths , even those encouraged by teachers in the sport , will have to seek access to boxing facilities elsewhere . |
| 13 | I did n't have to say shit to Jesus Christ if I did n't feel like it . |
| 14 | Well i I 'm not aware of how far he has taken anything on board , what I would expect as a Member of Parliament and the House of Commons , and as the leader of a party in the House of Commons , I would expect that he would want to hear what I would have to say face to face , and tell me face to face what 's wrong with what I have said . |
| 15 | The poem ends by asking if humans and the world were evolved so that they could be destroyed in war then why did the sun bother to give life to things in the first place as it all seems silly and pointless . |
| 16 | Last year the Americans did not bother to renegotiate access to Berbera when their lease expired . |
| 17 | But uncontrollable impulse , caused by mental defect , is not at present accepted as exempting from criminal liability , except that it may serve to reduce murder to manslaughter ( see pp. 167–8 ) . |
| 18 | Now I must go to say goodbye to Tess Darrell , and apologise for half-trained servant girls . |
| 19 | At a press conference on March 7 Prince Saad said that Kuwait would continue to provide assistance to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories , regardless of the stance of the PLO during the Gulf conflict . |
| 20 | It will continue to provide pleasure to readers for centuries and centuries into the future , Charles Dickens was a genius . |
| 21 | If not , the fairness of an election may be suspect ; but to use the senatorial rules is to add a further complication to a system whose misguided ingenuity can in any case scarcely fail to give rise to misunderstandings and doubts about the way in which it works . |
| 22 | GDA will continue to give priority to projects which stimulate tourism and leisure , service industries , retailing in regeneration areas , higher education , culture and heritage . |
| 23 | Trained and experienced social works will continue to give priority to children at risk . |
| 24 | I would n't care to offer advice to gamblers , because I 'm sure that people who bet on horses do things other than purely look at the odds the horse if offered at . |
| 25 | Indeed research from the National Child Development Study clearly identifies public matters where the state could intervene to prevent harm to children : In the 1970s there was concern about the ‘ cycle of deprivation ’ ( Joseph , 1972 ) and the war against poverty ( Jordan , 1974 ) . |
| 26 | But she did not know if she would ever want to make love to Tom . |
| 27 | Well , I shall argue that librarians and information scientists can help to add value to information in the path from when it first becomes publicly available to when it appears on the executive 's desk . |