Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ For to obviate the inconveniencies that might result from the too frequent communication with the out pupils the Professor will demonstrate to the latter only what might be useful to them as Surgeons and Physicians to the human body , such as the most important demonstrations of comparative anatomy as likewise experiences [ experiments ] on several animals , which could not be attempted on Man without imminent danger , and lastly , a comparison between epidemical and epizootic diseases — therefore the out pupils ought to be considered by the Society [ College ] as a separate Class : the consideration of which ought not to have any influence as to the situation of the establishments . |
2 | She was not so far gone in the sinful practice of dissimulation that she felt free to claim that she meant to ask them because she knew Betty would be pleased , and she could think of no other remotely credible reason for doing so . |
3 | ‘ I — I mean , I thought — it was — it could do with a clean so I- ’ |
4 | Yeah they have to be deep littered all winter but they could perhaps do with a clean though that 's not bad in there . |
5 | The appointment of Article 11 Tutors and the blurring of distinctions between Chapter II and Chapter III provision in rural areas meant that university extra-mural departments could encroach upon the earlier explicitly legitimate function of the WEA as the main organiser of student demand through its branch structure . |
6 | Free migration will result in an optimum only if that is , if the total tax bill for a marginal individual is the same in the two regions . |
7 | Some of honest and good heart would not even speak to a Christian as late as the mid-third century , by which date the Christian story and way of life had become well known , because they suspected them of enormities . |
8 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
9 | Uniscan could persist throughout the 1950s without much difficulty since it in no way threatened national independence . |
10 | AT LAST the electors have an opportunity to put in power a government that will look after the needy instead of the greedy . |
11 | I do n't know anything about Wallaces goal even though I heard the match report on the 12:00 A.M. BBC 5 sports news . |
12 | Waking up at night I ca n't actually differentiate between the two very easily . |
13 | will meet after the 7.00 pm evening Mass at the Priory on Wednesday . |
14 | The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs . |
15 | And a lot will depend on the 27-year-old tomorrow when he gets his first taste of League of Ireland football . |
16 | Reservations about this course will already be taking shape , so instead of describing it further I will guess at the two most likely criticisms . |
17 | Alas , there is little reason to be optimistic that this will develop into an influential enough movement to provoke radical change . |
18 | Then , indeed , existence will not need to resemble our past life , and a person can die with a vague yet justified hope . |
19 | The other radicals who were present argued that they should join with the eleven newly elected people , ‘ reasoning that since we held the initiative we would be able to force the pace , drag some of them along in our wake and force the others quickly to resign ’ . |
20 | But all that could change with the latest EG models . |
21 | Strictly speaking , this second is not a proper rule because it does not end with a single well defined action . |
22 | He 's coming tonight to stay , to bring the benches which are gon na go on the outside here . |
23 | JOHN Major will go on the offensive today to try and save his job after the Tories virtually put him on probation . |
24 | The making of a bankruptcy order may effectively lead to a professional no longer being able to practise in his or her profession , and therefore all possibility of income generation would be lost . |
25 | However , by the autumn of 1992 , both the government and other experts were predicting that the continuing recession would lead to a still more rapid slow down in the growth of government revenue . |
26 | He prophesied that the triumph of communism would lead to the withering away of the state . |
27 | When this happened , as it did in the golden age of cotton hand-loom weaving for instance , it could lead to an eventual oversupply of labour and restore the advantage to the hirer . |
28 | So he said he did n't care where he went so as much as to say so I thought right then we 'll go to the Regal tonight . |
29 | What does he mean by the all then ? |
30 | The trouble with this and other moralistic creeds is that they do not allow for the righteous manifestly not enjoying the fruits of their exemplary conduct . |