Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , the Audit Commission recommended that for mentally ill people the NHS should continue as the main authority responsible for care , but the possibility should remain for developing a central budget similar to that proposed for elderly people ; alternatively , the NHS should have the ability to purchase local authority services on a contractual basis . |
| 2 | Even if these were surmounted , two fundamental questions would remain about using the average wealth of a country as an index of the well-being of its citizens . |
| 3 | If you answer yes to even one question , you should seriously think about buying a new bed . |
| 4 | If you yearn to watch the late-night movie in bed , or ca n't bear missing your favourite soap opera while cooking supper , then you might think about buying a portable TV . |
| 5 | Apart from my own pride , what on earth would the public think about seeing the European champion and double sprint winner at the European Cup running in the reserve relay team ? |
| 6 | Bedi said India should think about introducing a better batting line-up . |
| 7 | The western powers have an interest in seeing how we can assist with dismantling the nuclear arsenals of those three republics . |
| 8 | It called for the special representative " to recommend , after discussions with the parties , measures which would assist in bringing an effective end to violence and in creating conditions for negotiations leading towards a peaceful transition " to democracy . |
| 9 | Er , at the same time , the voluntary sector can assist in developing a new shared morality . |
| 10 | While this will assist in allowing a better layout arrangement for the forest industry tents it will mean having to break through the landscape planting which was established by the Commission as a boundary for the present area . |
| 11 | This will assist in completing the large re-signalling scheme here and , apart from the run-round when required , will assist with bi-directional operation at the station . |
| 12 | The Encomiast alleges that Swegen Forkbeard took his elder son Cnut on the conquest of England , leaving Harald , the younger , in Denmark , and that after Swegen 's death Cnut returned and asked Harald to divide it between them , while offering him the eventual choice of Denmark or England if he would assist in subjugating the latter ; but Harald refused both requests and , after jointly bringing their mother back from among the Slavs , Cnut sailed for England alone . |
| 13 | Banding is acceptable , but some of the bands are too wide and a further band within the £12,500 to £19,499 range should also assist in reducing the adverse impact on cars in the higher price range . |
| 14 | The second is to develop the promotional materials which can assist in conveying the main , general arguments for teaching history . |
| 15 | One has elongated jaws for picking between the coral stems , another may specialise in cropping a particular kind of small crustacean . |
| 16 | I certainly did n't count on having a bizarre looking pooch as a companion — I just could n't get rid of her . |
| 17 | ‘ He taught me that you could win without having the fastest car , by tactics and organisation . |
| 18 | While some linguists may concentrate on determining the formal properties of a language , the discourse analyst is committed to an investigation of what that language is used for . |
| 19 | For example , researchers may attempt to obtain a series of lengthy in-depth interviews with senior buyers or decision-makers in industrial organisations , whilst consumer market research might concentrate on getting a limited amount of specific information from as large a sample as possible from the relevant population . |
| 20 | If you 've got big heavy strings on an acoustic , you ca n't bend them around , so you 'll concentrate on getting the best possible tone from those big strings . |
| 21 | ‘ There is a lot of work still to do in this match and we must concentrate on getting the right total in our second innings . |
| 22 | Instead , companies should concentrate on tapping the growing flow of new technology coming out of Japan . |
| 23 | The use of time out from direct managerial responsibilities , and a system of rotation for perhaps several weeks at a time , would ensure the practitioner could concentrate on developing a clinical teaching role without the burdens of service demands . |
| 24 | This consortium will concentrate on establishing an integrated urban and regional infrastructure data base for London and the South East . |
| 25 | The Centre 's activities in this area will concentrate on providing the appropriate user interface for already available software for econometric analysis , and establishing required links with Package X. In addition , in co-operation with the ESRC Data Archive , the Centre is particularly anxious to provide software for accessing the publicly available data bases such as the General Household Survey and the Family Expenditure Survey for use with Package X and the Centre 's software . |
| 26 | The received wisdoms that to restrict the use of secure accommodation we should concentrate on refining the relative legislative criteria must be challenged . |
| 27 | The task was a blessed diversion ; he could n't stop her going , he could only concentrate on turning the bloody old things till they loosened . |
| 28 | NOW that the Queen has agreed to pay tax can we concentrate on scuttling the creaky old royal yacht , running the royal train into the buffers and grounding the Queen 's flight ? |
| 29 | Your main efforts should now focus on establishing a firm home base . |
| 30 | Filip said the Personal RISC unit would focus on implementing the single-chip PowerPC 601 , 602 , 603 and its architecture . |