Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 2 | Did he appeal to the younger members ? |
| 3 | It was evident that the skilled soldiers would naturally gravitate to the tougher units , like the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , giving the Legion a regiment full of highly-trained soldiers who had received their instruction at somebody else 's expense . |
| 4 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
| 5 | In a message to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali the committee according to the Middle East News Agency on April 9 forwarded a message from Libya : the Libyan authorities would not object to the two men placing themselves at the disposal , via the Arab League , of the UN Secretary-General . |
| 6 | ‘ Or does she object to the coloured races in general ? ’ |
| 7 | They certainly did object to the proposed changes , but they did so in terms of where it is right that the inset boundary should be placed , and as far as I 'm aware there are no references in any objections to the wider question of whether or not the village should be washed-over or be inset . |
| 8 | A solution presents itself : the book will not yield to the hectic temptations , the seductions of the fevered imagination . |
| 9 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 10 | But they would n't take that trouble , but they 'd always speak to the uniform policemen , if or if they heard anyone smashing glass , but they would n't go out of their way . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll just speak to the bigger ones , then I 'll be back to ring the doctor . ’ |
| 12 | What I desired was a grand conception , one which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature . |
| 13 | It is in islands like the one I have been talking of that one can best speak to the emergent nations about their problems in a relaxed , a hospitable and an egalitarian atmosphere , and against the background of a shared experience . |
| 14 | If it is difficult now to concur with the Bioscope reviewer 's judgement that the film ‘ surpasses in technical achievement anything of its kind ever made in Britain , and at times soars to heights of directorial brilliance ’ , it 's still possible to understand how an audience that had been accustomed only to silent films might warm to the various acts on display . |
| 15 | The increasing use of diagnostic information and the requirements of public examinations should bring to the fore teachers ' role in assessment in comparison with their somewhat peripheral involvement hitherto . |
| 16 | Through all these means small bodies can bring to the terrestrial planets volatiles in sufficient abundance to match the observations . |
| 17 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 18 | Ask Ann Jones what a contribution half this size could do to providing coaching and travelling support to her hard-pressed British girls , or even consult with Ian Barclay or Olga Morozova on the dramatic help this could give to the junior squads which , although cosseted , are far too small and elitist . |
| 19 | He was born deaf , dumb and blind and was also mentally-deficient , and died in 1902 before he could accede to the bewildering duties and titles that went with the Dukedom of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England . |
| 20 | Also ‘ areas ’ may refer to a few kms 2 or to whole countries , so that areas or pockets of declining food production may coexist with , and have no social access to , other areas of increased food production . |
| 21 | They do not refer to the 130 parishes in the diocese , each of which operates its own finances . |
| 22 | I shall also briefly refer to the reformed roles that ideology/ knowledge have to play in Habermas 's account of advanced capitalism . |
| 23 | Education about the Third World which does not refer to the socio-economic problems of rural Europe can promote a belief that European development has worked and that failure lives elsewhere in the world , or that there is no relationship between the problems of European DRAs and those of the predominantly rural Third World countries . |
| 24 | The judge referred to the provisions of section 10(9) and the meaning of ‘ harm ; ’ he did not refer to the procedural rules . |
| 25 | By way of introduction to section 38 I should refer to the familiar provisions in section 37 concerning relation back of a trustee 's title . |
| 26 | Fax or telex messages should therefore refer to the standard terms , but the terms themselves be sent by post . |
| 27 | In view of what you have said , Mr. Deputy Speaker , I shall keep my remarks on this subject brief but I hope that other Hon. Members will also refer to the disabled persons transport advisory committee report that I mentioned . |
| 28 | Sometimes the root deed itself will refer to the restrictive covenants and sometimes new restrictive covenants will be imposed in this transaction , for example , if it is a sale of part only of the seller 's property . |
| 29 | There was a dish before the main meal ( could this refer to the bitter herbs ? ) |
| 30 | The " Red Sea " , or " sea of reeds " , can refer to the Bitter Lakes region or to the Gulf of Suez . |