Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had any guts I 'd walk out of the front door now , this minute , and I 'd hitch my way to Italy and rent a shack in Tuscany , and I 'd paint trash to sell to the tourists in the Piazza della Signoria , and I 'd paint … |
| 2 | Third , and less depressing than the first two , Corinth is not completely excavated ( most of what the modern visitor sees is Roman ) and there is still hope that the classical agora may produce evidence of the kind we want ; though to get it , the excavators ( the American School in Athens ) will need permission to dig under the main square of the modern town . |
| 3 | But many farmers will need help to adapt to the new conditions , and we will continue to provide assistance . |
| 4 | The method is very costly and there are fears that a proportion of PCBs may survive incineration to escape into the atmosphere . |
| 5 | All must seek leave to appeal from the special adjudicator who is to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor . |
| 6 | This is partly because the memories uncovered may well trigger off others quite spontaneously , and also because the patient will need time to mull over the situation at his leisure . |
| 7 | The staff will need time to meet during the school day , as well as in after-school sessions . |
| 8 | Ideally one needs to subdivide the original low-ROI businesses into those at the beginning of their life-cycle and those at the end , because one would expect ROI to increase in the former but to fall in the latter . |
| 9 | Mills does n't expect REM to go on the road until after their 1993 record is released . |
| 10 | When I say that you can expect evolution to jump from the insect to one of its immediate neighbours , but not to jump from the insect directly to the fox or the scorpion , what I exactly mean is the following . |
| 11 | I hope your excellent paper will bring pressure to bear on the media and make April 23 a special day , and make the English realise they want to be ruled by their own countryman . |
| 12 | He then put it to Mr and Mrs Singh that they would have to think about whether they would like Balbinder to come to the school . |
| 13 | Let us use SENSE to refer to the basic logical , conceptual , paraphrasable meaning , and SIGNIFICANCE to refer to the total of what is communicated to the world by a given sentence or text . |
| 14 | I did n't have money to go to the laundrette . |
| 15 | For the mother of toddlers or babies , you may have plenty to do during the day but your mind needs stimulating too . |
| 16 | We must take action to deal with the changed situation we presently face . |
| 17 | Forasmuch as Mr. William Lambarde hath deserved universally well of his Commonwealth and country , and likewise of the fellowship and society of this house , and is likely hereafter to win greater credit to himself and the society of this house , it is therefore agreed , that he shall have room to sit amongst the Society of the Fellowship of the Bench , as other assistants do , without paying for the same : Provided always that this be no precedent to any other that shall be called to the like place hereafter , but they shall pay for the said room such sums of money as shall be assessed by the Bench . " |
| 18 | Again , we do not have room to delve into the fascinating area of population changes , but it is clearly true that in the Western world there is an older and ageing population that is radically altering the shape of the population curve . |
| 19 | They may have access to video outside the classroom in their own homes or perhaps there is some arrangement in the language school which allows them to use the video player when it is n't in use in the classroom . |
| 20 | The rigidities and continuities of the planning and design process may constrain ability to deal with the unanticipated and often press purpose built systems into unlikely roles . |
| 21 | To the alarm of his companions , he stopped , knelt down and said to them , ‘ Let us take time to pray to the Lord . ’ |
| 22 | Will he take time to explain to the House why , in the past year , 177,000 fewer people were in training in Britain — a reduction of 5.4 per cent ? |
| 23 | The court would have power to dispense with the non-owner 's consent if justified . |
| 24 | D , otherwise we 're not gon na have time to go on the computer |
| 25 | I thought it filled in the , the kind of , some of the biographical kind of things we do n't have time to do in the course . |
| 26 | Will you have time to talk in the morning ? ’ |
| 27 | 1 he student will then have time to act on the report , and the ward sister will then be able to evaluate the ward teaching and rectify omissions in the student 's experience . |
| 28 | Er , Mr Deputy Speaker I do n't have time to deal with the other points but if I 've missed anything in particular I will write to honourable members concerned . |
| 29 | This may mean you will have time to spare at the airport before boarding your flight . |
| 30 | He did not have time to dwell on the finer points of policy detail , and despite Kirk 's Ron-concurrence " he would have to send his telegram . |