Example sentences of "[vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 2 | Children who find it hard to write with paper and pencil can compose in alternative ways : difficulty in writing need be no barrier to poetry . |
| 3 | This makes the sensation much worse and , believing the aircraft is still stalled in spite of their recovery action , they are liable to panic and become unable to think or act in time to avoid diving into the ground . |
| 4 | The existing constitution stipulated that in the event of the president 's death , the vice-president must act in place of the president for the ninety days which would elapse before an election could be held . |
| 5 | GPs who volunteer to hold practice budgets will act in a similar way for those services for which they are responsible . |
| 6 | At the other extreme , many historians believe that the Labour Party had simply inherited working-class support from the Liberals owing to the fact that trade unions had changed their allegiance when it became obvious that only an independent Labour Party would act in their interests . |
| 7 | The dominant and bureaucratic-technical classes benefit from the system , but how do they act in this privileged position ? |
| 8 | Nor does the thesis claim that authorities should always act in the interests of their subjects . |
| 9 | This does not mean that adultery is the one legal basis for divorce among Christians , because Jesus never encouraged his followers to think or act in legalistic terms . |
| 10 | Although used to the scorn of pop stars , I was saddened that The Smiths should act in this way ) . |
| 11 | Only a parent has such a right , and even then the parent may only act in the best interests of the patient . |
| 12 | In speaking for him , they may only act in his best interests . |
| 13 | A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area . |
| 14 | It is necessary , therefore , for each part of the universal Church to act ‘ as it believes the whole Church should act in obedience to Christ ’ . |
| 15 | your employer should act in good faith . |
| 16 | He is required by statute , before he can act in the office of councillor , to make the declaration of acceptance of office . |
| 17 | Trade unions have a statutory right of notice and governors must always act in accordance with employment law . |
| 18 | In particular , it attempts to assess how rational decision-makers will act in certain situations : ‘ It takes the tools of economics and applies them to the material of politics . |
| 19 | They will act in a facilitating role to help in focusing on more general social and economic need . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed . |
| 21 | But the steroids in the Pill are of a different sort — they are the female sex hormones ( or closely related chemicals ) and they do not act in the same way as corticosteroids . |
| 22 | This was an extremely important distinction that Bukharin was making in his debate with Preobrazhensky , since it entailed the question of how the Soviet state should act in its relations with the peasant population . |
| 23 | In normal development , the cells may act in this way so that the developing baby is not attacked by the mother 's defence system . |
| 24 | the management of the target company must act in the interest of all the shareholders and not frustrate the bid , |
| 25 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 26 | So when he claims to have had glimpses of absolute Truth , it may be reasonable to assume , not that he has caught a glimpse of some kind of hypostasized Ultimate or extra-mundane entity , but rather that through his participation in a particular form of life he is made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain religious and ethical criteria and is informed by the spirit of what might be called dharma ( law ) , or ta ( moral law ) , or tao ( way ) but which he prefers to call Truth ( Satya ) or God . |
| 27 | As we have seen , he claims to have had glimpses only of absolute Truth and we have interpreted this to mean that he is often made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain ethical and religious principles and to travel in a certain spirit . |
| 28 | It was within his own mode of religious discourse that he was made aware of the need to travel in a certain spirit and to think and act in accordance with specific religious and ethical criteria to which he gave the name Truth . |
| 29 | It is possible for a man 's commitment to his fundamental principles to remain firm even though he may act in certain circumstances in a way contrary to those principles . |
| 30 | ‘ You need n't act in it . |