Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | The western powers have an interest in seeing how we can assist with dismantling the nuclear arsenals of those three republics . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The second is to develop the promotional materials which can assist in conveying the main , general arguments for teaching history . |
| 8 | ‘ He taught me that you could win without having the fastest car , by tactics and organisation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Instead , companies should concentrate on tapping the growing flow of new technology coming out of Japan . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The received wisdoms that to restrict the use of secure accommodation we should concentrate on refining the relative legislative criteria must be challenged . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Filip said the Personal RISC unit would focus on implementing the single-chip PowerPC 601 , 602 , 603 and its architecture . |
| 18 | For one thing , the government may baulk at giving the financial guarantee . |
| 19 | But the remaining 43 were to be elected by local and national politicians on a vocational basis : that is , they had to be elected to five panels for which they would qualify by having the requisite vocational expertise — administrative , cultural — educational , labour , industrial and commercial , and agricultural . |
| 20 | This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances . |
| 21 | I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name , which he did by deed poll . |
| 22 | She turned back to her hostess to confide , ‘ My brother 's living in India , ’ and quickly , before anyone could make a meal of that , she laid a possessive hand on Naylor 's and queried , ‘ Did you never think of entering the wine-importing business , darling ? ’ |
| 23 | I suppose the choir at Beverley should be thankful he did not think of performing the nine lessons and carols up there on top of the tower . |
| 24 | And what would you say to a fourteen year old girl who might be watching this who might think of doing the same thing ? |
| 25 | Here an inner momentum brings us face to face with ourselves and we can choose between perpetuating the old pattern or learning from our experience . |
| 26 | I had to make do with stewing the old tea leaves . |
| 27 | However , what the emperor could not achieve in neutralizing the working-class challenge , the right-wing Social Democrats did for him . |
| 28 | Since these measures were to be accompanied by a tight control over the supply of bank credits , there seemed to be a reasonable chance that the new policy would succeed in bringing the foreign balance closer to a state of equilibrium . |
| 29 | EPA administrator Carol Browner described the auction as a success , claiming that it proved " utilities and the public are taking emission trading seriously and that a market-based approach to environmental policy can succeed in meeting the dual goals of environmental protection and economic growth " . |
| 30 | The implications for raising standards of care in the profession are tremendous if employing authorities can succeed in meeting the desired out-comes of the UKCC in centres throughout the UK . |