Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want to go to rotten old Glasgow . |
| 2 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 3 | So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done . |
| 4 | Intel Corp has 960CF , a version of the i960 RISC that offers reversible byte-ordering so programmers do n't need to write to specific big endian or little endian parameters . |
| 5 | On a practical and tactical level it suggests that groups with common aspirations should seek to engage in broadly-based political alliances to further their shared interests , through a combination of lobbying , pressure-group activity and litigation . |
| 6 | To move successfully to a market society the Soviet Union will need to draw on latent entrepreneurial values among its citizens . |
| 7 | The consequences for the vendor are that it will need to account for unpaid advanced corporation tax on the entire amount of the distribution unless there is a group income election in place . |
| 8 | Some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism , and a genuine desire to work with this age group . |
| 9 | Male and female do appear to diverge in certain identifiable and significant ways . |
| 10 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 11 | Last month we looked at the Dorian , Aeolian , Locrian , Melodic and Harmonic Minor scales ; today I 'd like to look at other minor scales which are widely used in today 's music . |
| 12 | The selling division is thus motivated and the buying division has information it can use to arrive at proper economic decisions . |
| 13 | Most of us would like to think of growing old gracefully , enjoying the years of retirement , surrounded by family and friends … but as we get older , it becomes more and more difficult to get about and meet others . |
| 14 | He goes on to say ‘ The pastness of the past , then , depends upon a historical sensibility which can hardly begin to operate without permanent written records ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 15 | The relationship of literacy to these supposed changes from limited to more developed states is described in terms which implicitly tend towards determinism , despite explicit denials : literacy ‘ fosters ’ a ‘ spirit of enquiry ’ ( 1968 , p. 14 ) ; it ‘ can not but enforce ’ a more ‘ objective definition of what was and what is ’ ( ibid. p. 34 ) ; historical sensibility ‘ can hardly begin to operate without permanent written records ’ ( ibid. ) ; the existence of an elite group ‘ followed from the difficulty of the writing system ’ ( ibid. p. 37 ) ; ‘ logic ’ seemed to be ‘ a function of writing ’ ( 1977 , p. 11 ) etc . |
| 16 | Any sociologist has to accept that there are some differences in values between separate groups in society and that people must adapt and innovate to cope with changing social circumstances . |
| 17 | If they stay below , the issuers will have to borrow at current higher interest rates to repay the bonds . |
| 18 | Or , to put it another way , how long would we have to wait before random chemical events on the planet , random thermal jostling of atoms and molecules , resulted in a self-replicating molecule ? |
| 19 | The organizing secretary of the Popular Front , Maj. Arsène Ye Bognessan , said that the formation of grass-roots structures in the country would have to wait until late 1990 or 1991 when elections would be held . |
| 20 | Having a slot meter means that you pay for your fuel as you use it and do not have to worry about large quarterly bills . |
| 21 | Because Beinn Alligin is owned by The National Trust For Scotland , there 's no access restriction in the stalking season which means you do n't have to worry about disturbing rich , fat dick-heads out to kill things for fun . |
| 22 | We do not have to look for conventional biological survival values of traits like religion , music , and ritual dancing , though these may also be present . |
| 23 | One reason for the conflicting results may have to do with other uncontrolled , variables in some of these studies . |
| 24 | They do not therefore have to deal with great daily variations in these conditions . |
| 25 | You will have to put in fresh leafy stalks every day , take out the old stripped stems , and clear out the prodigious amounts of droppings the caterpillars produce . |
| 26 | But as the dangerous fighters increased in numbers they would increasingly have to fight against other dangerous fighters rather than against timid , restrained fighters . |
| 27 | But it says with it has a limited budget and Touchdown will have to compete with other deserving projects . |
| 28 | There may be more enquiries from tenderers outside the UK and specifications will have to refer to relevant European standards . |
| 29 | ‘ It was an attempt to get bigger ratings but I said Boon would have to stay with ordinary social issues or I was out . ’ |
| 30 | Even if , as one study asserts , the USSR pays 50 per cent more for CMEA products than these products command in world markets , the question which matters to the Soviet Union is what she would have to pay for equivalent Western equipment ( and how she would pay for it ) . |