Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He therefore concentrated his attention not on the Kent coast but on the Isle of Wight , where the French had actually landed in the past and which , once occupied , could serve as a base to paralyse and capture Portsmouth . |
| 2 | Learning that your loved one is having an affair is a body-blow to trust and poison to self-esteem . |
| 3 | In the case of a building society mortgage , it may be useful to ask for a " daily interest rate " in case there 's some slight delay in completion ; this will save writing another letter , and will enable you in such a case to disburse and account for the completion monies as soon as you receive them . |
| 4 | The Law of Property Act 1925 s84 makes provision for application to the court in such a case to modify or discharge the restrictions , and now , under the Law of Property Act 1969 , similar powers are given to the Lands Tribunal on grounds that the restriction impedes a use of the land that would be reasonable . |
| 5 | I 've made a decision to go and say , hey , this might be worth having . |
| 6 | A decision to cut or pass the dividend will be especially painful for Costain because of the blow it will be for the 91 per cent of shareholders who took up last year 's rights issue and because Costain will be only the second major contractor , after John Laing , to cut the pay-out . |
| 7 | Suddenly , the common achievements of unknown people in the past were seized as the artefacts of a national genius , part of a struggle to invent and impose a cultural consistency both on the past and on the present inhabitants , in contrast to the heterogeneity of benighted foreigners . |
| 8 | So erm and another thing I was going to suggest erm I need help really erm for the meetings , I need somebody who will help , a social secretary say somebody who will help with the raffles and somebody who will organize meetings , what 's going on at meetings because it 's getting , the job is getting most difficult and I work part-time and it 's , it 's , I 'm not getting any younger and I 'm finding it a struggle to try and get everything fixed , the raffles and the what 's going on and everything organized , so if you , if you if you could see the way clear , perhaps we could create a social secretary or an assistant secretary where we could have somebody who can give a hand with the organization of the meetings |
| 9 | By ‘ magnanimity ’ the last thing one means is a willingness to forgive and forget . |
| 10 | The advisory attributes to which teachers responded most positively were : ready availability , especially in a crisis ; visibility , especially in the classroom ; credibility at both classroom and managerial levels ; preparedness to give a clear lead coupled with a willingness to listen and acknowledge that the schools , too , had expertise ; a combination of authoritativeness with humility ; an open , friendly and supportive manner . |
| 11 | Ahmed : What I found really exciting and stimulating about our Working Party was that there was a great deal of openness , a willingness to listen and learn on the part of all the people . |
| 12 | It can not be easily defined except for a willingness to experiment and change direction , a confidence , perhaps , in hesitancy . |
| 13 | They should be taught to use the evidence in a text to interpret and form judgements about characters ' motivations , and be able to quote that evidence in support of their views . |
| 14 | He spoke in stories or parables , so that the simplest might understand if they had a heart to see and hear . |
| 15 | Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ? |
| 16 | IBM is selling a license to use and modify AIX plus compilers with the PowerPC . |
| 17 | Today 's multimedia systems use a computer to control and mix sound , video , text , graphics and animation on a computer or television screen . |
| 18 | For instance , in a contract to build and supply machinery , the supplier might expressly undertake to manufacture the machinery in accordance with the agreed specification using the materials specified by the specification and to perform the work with reasonable care ; the supplier has then undertaken absolute obligations that the machine and materials used will conform to the specification . |
| 19 | Do you know of any cases where the desire for success has led a scientist to falsify or misinterpret , either unintentionally , or deliberately . |
| 20 | Lee made a dive to try and stop him but it was no good without the collar and he fell sprawling on the gravel . |
| 21 | This varied selection of international work gives an insight into the policies of cultural decentralisation in France whereby each region has a responsibility to create and make available a collection of contemporary work . |
| 22 | The profession accepts a responsibility to encourage and facilitate the self-realisation of each individual person with due regard for the interest of others . ’ |
| 23 | She provides for the physical needs of the family , she is its emotional organizer , mediator of feelings , with a responsibility to dampen and absorb confrontations and generally keep the family running smoothly . |
| 24 | While most magistrates are keen to prevent people from serving custodial sentences for minor offences , inevitably some such offenders do end up in prison and the probation service , which has a responsibility to assist and supervise many of these individuals after their discharge from prison , is usually unable to do its job properly because of a lack of appropriate accommodation , and an inability to provide close personal supervision . |
| 25 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 26 | His light-hearted and amusing banter hid a serious and thoughtful approach to work and to life in general , and one became aware that it was a privilege to know and work with him , both at Woolley Hall and in the early days of Bretton where he came one day each week to teach painting . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to feel like an idiot if someone comes and opens that door right now , ’ she muttered , using words like a shield to try and hide her real distress , the real reason she was feeling like an idiot . |
| 28 | Again , using a processor to fatten and delay the sound I could add in enough mid and bass to produce a real American sound with great harmonics . |
| 29 | Like most of the new fast chargers the Makita 15 minute charger uses a microprocessor to measure and monitor the level of charge in each battery , so it can be used on the range of Makita batteries 7.2 or 9.6 volt . |
| 30 | It was due to become effective following its formal ratification by North Korea , which had signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985 , but had not previously discharged its obligation as a signatory to negotiate and sign a safeguards agreement which would allow international inspection . |