Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 To predict the universe , you 'd need a computer many times bigger than the universe . ’
2 Okay okay just so I ca n't I need a couple more calls to finish off the programme and take a couple more records er O nine O four six four one six four one would you ring me .
3 Judith Hurwitz , now head of the Hurwitz Consulting Group , says the whole tone of SCO Forum was different this year and obviously indicates they are jockeying to go public — even though they 'll need a couple more quarters at least to get the kind of track record they need to do it .
4 I might buy a couple more odds from Marks .
5 Now suddenly she could feel the pleasure such imaginings had aroused uncurling in a warm spiral in the pit of her stomach .
6 Because the flow of companies coming to the market is outside of MAS 's control , we can not give the acquiror any assurances as to how many opportunities will be identified within a certain timescale .
7 The introduction of a telephone will give the railway more opportunities to advise visitors of steam dates ( every Sunday until the end of October ) and forthcoming special events like the Santa Special trains running this year on December 8th , 15th and 22nd from 12 until 5pm .
8 Can he give the House more details about the important review of wave energy and will he also tell us which other projects it will cover ?
9 All you have to do is send a couple more things by messenger . ’
10 It seems that girls may be given fancier names because this fits in with a traditionally feminine image while the common masculine-sounding names for boy babies , like Richard , David , James and Alexander , would ostensibly give a boy fewer problems than Tarquin or Marmaduke .
11 The coordinator assists with loan and grant applications and may see the client several times in order to develop a sound business plan in stages .
12 ‘ I 'd see a lot more stars when Carmen hit me over the head with it .
13 you 'd see a lot more things of interest and maybe say oh I 'll take it from minus fifteen to plus fifteen .
14 The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province .
15 ‘ I have told Peter Davenport that if he was a bit greedier he would score a lot more goals . ’
16 they would have a lot more customers whatever the price .
17 Burma is very sick and we hope that he will produce a lot more apples like this one . ’
18 Now this will affect a vast area of atmosphere , because the air moving over that sea surface tends to take up the characteristics and if the temperature 's higher on the sea surface than normal , the air becomes warmer than normal , and this sets up all sorts of reactions , it will probably produce a lot more clouds , for instance , and erm this in turn will cut off the sun 's rays from that area of atmosphere , and this will have an effect on the whole erm heat engine of the atmosphere as we know it so erm we 're now studying how far afield this is affecting the weather .
19 Reminiscence can produce a lot more responses , because you 're tapping into a person 's past which is theirs alone .
20 Yeah , mate , I 've just got in myself change stations but er Richard 's just talking about some kid who died from meningitis but it does n't mean a lot these days does it ?
21 Cycle parking is actually I wish they 'd actually pay a bit more places to actually put your bike and you did n't have to sort of tie it up to some lamppost or something
22 So I mean people ca n't say that we 're just like er blind bats batting wheth we 'll you 'll lose the situation these lads are in .
23 ‘ I had an aunt who said once , ‘ Derek ’ , ’ he quavered like Flora Robson , ' ’ Derek , dear boy , I thrive on Things on Toast , d' you know , one ca n't get the help these days . ’
24 I do n't like Oxbridge men , do n't trust ‘ em , they do n't always play the game these days .
25 So let's add a couple more columns in and then back here you can have a look at whether they actually gain those , whether they got what they wanted .
26 ‘ You ca n't get a plumber these days , not for love nor money . ’
27 This is a country that can support a lot more natives if properly settled .
28 There we stood , two rivals as yet quite unaware they were rivals , each grasping his membrum virile — should I offer the groom some tips as to its deployment ? — and peeing virtually unamended , rebottleable Mumm NV on to a little violet cube of toilet-freshener .
29 Thus instead of writing If the Seller shall have given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , and the Buyer shall fail to collect them within seven days from service of such notice , the Seller shall be entitled to make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage the drafter could write If after the Seller has given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , the Buyer fails to collect the goods within seven days , the Seller may make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage .
30 Thus instead of writing If the Seller shall have given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , and the Buyer shall fail to collect them within seven days from service of such notice , the Seller shall be entitled to make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage the drafter could write If after the Seller has given the Buyer notice that the goods are ready for collection , the Buyer fails to collect the goods within seven days , the Seller may make arrangements for the storage of the goods and the Buyer shall reimburse the Seller all costs and charges incurred as a result of such storage .
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