Example sentences of "and [to-vb] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of withdrawing and being generally anti-social , as I had been , I began to argue with people — teachers and pupils alike — and to disrupt other people 's activities for the sake of disruption . |
| 2 | The capacity of a body corporate with which the International Tin Council had been bestowed by the English Parliament allowed it to acquire and hold property , and to perform other actions in its own name . |
| 3 | The Committee has been given powers to give directions and to perform other duties in relation to the televising of the House . |
| 4 | To liaise with other education and training organisations e.g. Local Government Training Board , Provincial Councils , Local Authority , Central Training Officers , Library Association Groups etc and to coopt other members as appropriate . |
| 5 | Rape victims are entitled to anonymity , to mitigate their humiliation and to encourage other victims to come forward . |
| 6 | You 're paying somebody to like you and to encourage other people to like you , which is a bit of a bizarre concept . |
| 7 | This requires it to have paid-up capital of at least £5 million and to meet other requirements about its asset structure and the range of banking services it offers . |
| 8 | The committee should be ready to attend lectures , courses and events devoted to the principles of worship , and to visit other churches in order to exchange ideas . |
| 9 | For practical and economic reasons , therefore and in general , the main objective of systematic cleaning will be to reduce the use of manual labour as far as possible and to substitute other forms of energy mainly chemical . |
| 10 | The UDF proposed instead that by-elections should be held in May to fill the seats left vacant by the expulsion from the Assembly of the disgraced former BCP leader and head of state Todor Zhivkov and his closest associates , and to replace other deputies who were most discredited by their record under the Zhivkov regime . |
| 11 | Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other molecules in their own image , elephants , and things resembling elephants , will in due course be found roaming through the countryside . |
| 12 | It would not be difficult to extend this analysis and to identify other types of interaction . |
| 13 | And to let other people , all the lazy , sulky , hopeless ones like you , know that someone cares . |
| 14 | A new defence doctrine began to take shape at the same time : it was intended to be non-offensive in character and to give other states no reason to fear for their security , notwithstanding the immense size of Soviet armed forces and the perceptions of those forces that were entertained particularly in Europe . |
| 15 | The Lateran decree had an immediate and lasting effect on the English Common Law for the king soon ordered his travelling justices to suspend the practice in trials and to use other methods of proof . |
| 16 | They sometimes find it difficult to see other people 's point of view and to interpret other people 's behaviour . |
| 17 | It likes the deal in the medium term , since US West plans to finance the investment in large part with equity and to pursue other objectives that will enhance its credit quality to offset the increased business risk inherent in the investment , so that it is likely that ratings will be reaffirmed at their current levels , but in the short term , the business and financial risk will be increased . |
| 18 | To be able to give parents all our attention while we are with them , and to shed other responsibilities during that period , may be more help than longer visits undertaken in a hurried and half-attentive way . |
| 19 | We live with a double command : to love God , and to love other people too . |
| 20 | control — using a computer to capture data from its environment and to control other equipment . |
| 21 | This can again serve both to confirm their assignment and to allow other modes in the same region to be distinguished . |
| 22 | It is legal under the terms of these licenses to specify selling prices and to place other restrictions on sale , for example geographical area . |
| 23 | Like a scene from a pantomime , he asked if they wanted a single currency and to have other countries interfering in Britain 's immigration controls . |
| 24 | Its approach will be to guarantee participating companies ' anonymity so as to obtain as much information as possible , to analyse companies ' experience in implementing the code , and to investigate other methods employed in furthering corporate governance . |
| 25 | It makes sense to see what the crucial contribution of the teacher is , and to test other models of the learning process which may from time to time be proposed to see what help they can give . |
| 26 | They were people with connections , interests , obligations and they had to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages and to take other people and other possible futures into account . |
| 27 | Provide the interviewee with opportunities to make points which have not been covered in questions and to ask other questions on matters important to him . |
| 28 | Unfortunately good judgement must mature through hard experience , but it is basic commonsense to check the freezing levels on the forecast , and to ask other climbers , and particularly hut guardians for information on the condition of your proposed route . |
| 29 | Each patient kept a daily diary to record and score symptoms ( nausea , flatulence , pain , bowel openings , etc ) and to note other life occurrences ( family or work stress , coincidental illness such as flu , menstrual perioc , etc ) . |
| 30 | Mr Kinnock appears to have been preparing the ground for a possible arrangement with the Liberal Democrats by stressing his party 's commitment to proportional representation in a Scottish assembly , and to involve other parties in a review of alternative voting systems for the House of Commons . |