Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ? |
| 2 | The task of appointing a new Prime Minister would fall to Cossiga 's successor as President . |
| 3 | While the church dominated governing body of King 's College , London , did not object to Lyell 's geology , it sacked the theologian F. D. Maurice for suggesting that the indescribable torture of the damned might not go on for ever . |
| 4 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 5 | The Democrats did not accede to Bush 's demand , and he returned to Washington from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , Maine , on Aug. 14 in order to hold meetings not only with the Pentagon ( Defence Department ) over the Gulf crisis [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , but also with budgetary advisers . |
| 6 | ‘ In her letter concerning Wilde and Douglas , ’ Minton 's dignified reply begins , ‘ it is indeed distressing that someone of Dr. Marie Stopes 's eminence should refer to Wilde 's homosexuality with such bigoted moral fervour . |
| 7 | Zenith did not refer to Acme 's program further than this and Zenith developed its own methods of performing the purpose . |
| 8 | So he settled for a secure telephone call , indifferent to what that would do to Maxim 's reputation among the Defence Staff at the embassy . |
| 9 | I E to , to , and will contribute to China 's industrialization because once we are in control industrialization will be necessary . |
| 10 | A growing number of staffs within and across schools and the specialist services are now engaged in developing such joint approaches , meeting as teams in school-based discussions and workshops , with the explicit aims of pooling their expertise , sharing and increasing their understanding of the factors that may lead or contribute to children 's learning difficulties , and finding their own most appropriate solutions to them . |
| 11 | Reporting interim pre-tax profits which have fallen from £1.82 million to just over £1 million for the six months to 31 December , the chairman , Trevor Spencer , said the many favourable factors now relating to the housing market must contribute to buyers ' confidence . |
| 12 | This , after all , was the man who had made love to Elise , made an impact strong enough to perhaps contribute to Elise 's death . |
| 13 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 14 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 15 | Faced by such diverse interpretations of the new adversary , the Reagan Presidency in 1985 , rather than return to Kissinger 's ideal of ‘ linkage ’ in a period of détente , decided to pursue a policy of ‘ constructive confrontation ’ with Moscow , accepting that certain agreements with Russia were possible even if she remained a rival on the world stage . |
| 16 | Defender Tony Mowbray could return to Celtic 's side for the first time in ten weeks and silence speculation that manager Liam Brady is willing to sell the player . |
| 17 | Either way , the baby can now return to cow 's milk formula . |
| 18 | They certainly did n't choose to drop out of society like their New York City equivalents who could always return to daddy 's money ; rather , theirs is a quest to reflect the plight of the dispossessed and let them know they 're not alone , to offer the disaffected hope , and to somehow go beyond merely preaching to those who already understand . |
| 19 | Erm it may be that it it is sensible to make that discount and would only ap apply to Scarborough dis district , but as for the rest of the additional elements of er environmental discount that should be applied , I ca n't see why you should apply a discount in relation to agricultural land . |
| 20 | The other potential problem was what would happen to Gloucester 's authority after the young king 's coronation , but even this seems to have been settled to the duke 's advantage and John Russell , in his draft speech for the opening of parliament , assumed that Gloucester would remain in overall control — although he clearly also felt that this was a departure from precedent which needed to be justified . |
| 21 | The other potential problem was what would happen to Gloucester 's authority after the young king 's coronation , but even this seems to have been settled to the duke 's advantage and John Russell , in his draft speech for the opening of parliament , assumed that Gloucester would remain in overall control — although he clearly also felt that this was a departure from precedent which needed to be justified . |
| 22 | Helper Catechist — in SPRED , the person who befriends a mentally disabled person and assists that person , as an equal , to receive and respond to God 's revelation . |
| 23 | Relationships with foreigners , according to the official line , were to be friendly and co-operative , but based on the contribution they could make to China 's modernisation drive . |
| 24 | The venture that did most damage to Jinky 's bank balance was the ‘ Double J Bar ’ in Hamilton , a pub designed to cash in on his name , but destined like so many footballer 's pubs to become a financial nightmare . |
| 25 | It is in the descent of the Son to earth , and his return to the Father , that we learn how we too can relate to God 's happiness . |
| 26 | He waited for a fortnight after the heavy snowfall of late November and still nothing appeared to have been said with regard to Sarah 's move to Leeds . |
| 27 | The research will also help to understand the demosetic constraints of Spanish defence policies , especially in regard to Spain 's role within NATO . |
| 28 | Ashley ( later Lord Shaftesbury ) wrote with regard to women 's labour in the cotton mills : |
| 29 | At least as significant with regard to Leapor 's reputation was her position in Poems by Eminent Ladies ( 1755 ) . |
| 30 | Strengthening the impression of Mustakimzade 's uncertainty is his use of the term ( or the variant in regard to Abdulkerim 's Muftilik . |