Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I would hope that you would see beyond that , and issues like it , the primary claims of Christ in his Church , to love him and to promote him as Lord of the Church .
2 I have written to Professor Vessey to request permission to film at the Radcliffe Infirmary and to interview you in part of our Project Video English language teaching video programme .
3 The effect of that test would be to pick out those reckless killings which occurred when D had already manifested substantial moral and legal culpability , and to classify them as murder .
4 In the same debate Mr Mellor restated the government 's intention of encouraging local authorities to make greater use of the private and voluntary sectors and to see themselves as enablers rather than providers .
5 When Oldham Magistrates granted summonses against Brady and Hindley for the murder of the child following a private application , the Director , having already decided that in all the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to institute proceedings against them , used his statutory powers under Section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to take over the conduct of the case and to discontinue it under Section 23 .
6 Once installed , tenants were regularly visited by voluntary lady rent-collectors whose task was to advise tenants on the management of the household or other aspects of their lives — how to sweep their floors , wash their children and clothing and to conduct themselves with propriety .
7 ( Later ) They wanted to give Lenin tea and to treat him to speeches of welcome , but he made them talk about tactics .
8 Mr Keegan said : ‘ We want to personally thank the people who have contributed to this memorial and to thank everyone in Kirkby for their support and kind wishes over the months . ’
9 The obvious concern is to facilitate capital formation and to channel it into sectors and areas capable of using it most efficiently .
10 He wanted to forget for a while — to escape from the prison of his real life , and to lose himself in dreams .
11 There can be no question but that the people of Belfast are showing , by returning day after day to work , to shop and to enjoy themselves in Belfast , that they are the people who are succeeding .
12 I went on tour frequently from Simla to most of the main cities of India , speaking to Indian audiences and getting together groups of refugees from Burma to give them the latest news and to encourage them with hopes of victory and return .
13 James finally agreed to 70 , and signed a requisition form , agreeing on behalf of the appellants to pay for the services of the men provided at certain specified rates per diem and also for their travelling expenses and to provide them with food and sleeping accommodation .
14 Dementia sufferers therefore need people to help them with personal and house care ; to safeguard them ( and others who may be affected ) from risks such as gas or road traffic , from harming themselves or others , or from being harmed by others ( for they may become vulnerable to attack , theft , etc ) , and to provide them with companionship and emotional support in their frequent loneliness and depression ( see Norman , 1982 ) .
15 An important role of the office is to alert researchers in UK higher education establishments to the opportunities available , and to provide them with advice on the programme most relevant to their research needs .
16 Friends literally reason together in order to organise experience and to define themselves as persons .
17 Mrs Frizzell fumbled with handbag , parcel and gloves , and finally managed to pick up the teacup as well , and to serve herself with sugar .
18 The first thing is to expose the legends and fairy tales and to replace them with facts .
19 It was the policy of Henry III , moreover , to dislodge ecclesiastical and lay magnates from the great offices of state , and to replace them by Household officials who would make the central administration a more pliant instrument of his will .
20 They are designed to be equivalent in standard to existing qualifications , such as those of the RSA and CGLI , and to replace them in Scotland .
21 Often there are letters in the papers from parents who have sent off for T-shirts and pictures from a band 's fan club , only to have their cheque cashed and to receive nothing for months .
22 Two days later the Marquis ' wife , a good woman , who has learned with horror something of what has happened , comes to Manette , hoping to be able to contact through him the sister she knows to survive from the murdered family , and to help her by way of making some atonement for her husband 's and her brother-in-law 's evil behaviour ; Manette can give her no information , however .
23 A series of contacts with the CNAA from 1965 produced the controversies over the attempt to introduce full-time courses in various disciplines , and to combine them with sandwich courses , with Brighton 's first full-time courses in engineering being approved at the end of that year .
24 It is a pleasure for me to announce the inaugural International First Turkey , and to award it to Mr Kaneo Nakamura , recent chairman of the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) .
25 Grunte had written back to say that he would be delighted , and to expect him at mid-day .
26 As problem-centred evaluation is rather less common than methods so far discussed , an attempt will be made to locate discussion within a theoretical framework , and to illustrate it with examples of studies which have actually been carried out .
27 Duty solicitors are subject to the control of the Legal Aid Board which requires them and their authorised representatives to have relevant experience and to submit themselves to selection by a local committee .
28 The instructor is advised to encourage the trainees to generate others and to submit them to group discussion .
29 to restrict the buyer 's remedies ( e.g. to prevent him from rejecting the goods and to confine him to damages for breach of condition ) ;
30 Provided , therefore , that the House is careful to avoid mention of any determination of whether or not a particular privilege exists , and to confine itself to statements which are consistent with it 's merely having decided that a breach has occurred , it can make its will prevail ( Case of the Sheriff of Middlesex ( 1840 ) 11 A & E 273 ) .
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