Example sentences of "[verb] to perform the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , public authorities do not usually commit illegal acts deliberately , and if an atmosphere of opinion were created in which compensation for illegality were seen as being simply compensation for loss and not as carrying any stigma of fault or as being designed to perform the function of deterring illegal conduct , public authorities might be able to put the chance of an award out of their mind in deciding the applicant 's case the second time round . |
| 2 | But Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen elect to perform the work in Reger 's later transcription for piano duet which restores the original orchestral variation . |
| 3 | I then proceeded by recording a keystroke macro — that is I used the Record option on the Macros section of the Tools menu , typed in the filename BLOCKCNT into the dialog box that appeared and ran through steps needed to perform the task while the macro recorder was on . |
| 4 | It is only through the influence of individuals who can set an example , and whom the masses recognize as their leaders , that they can be induced to perform the work and undergo the renunciations on which the existence of civilization depends . |
| 5 | I might like to perform the tracing . ’ |
| 6 | It is possible that an IC will eventually emerge to perform the function but , until then , the following description should allow people to develop their own system . |
| 7 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 8 | St Mary 's chose to perform The Nativity , which was appropriate for the time of the year . |
| 9 | In return the purchaser will undertake to perform the vendor 's obligations under such contract . |
| 10 | For all of these reasons , and unlike the earlier biblical period , only men were allowed to perform the operation ( see Kidd . |
| 11 | In general , the rule of thumb was that one 's peers were seconded to perform the role . |
| 12 | As the number of possibilities of selecting the cards and thus the number of bits of information involved increases , the amount of time taken to perform the task increases proportionally . |
| 13 | Unfortunately this method has a number of drawbacks , notably the time taken to perform the analysis . |
| 14 | So it seemed to us that the the general sense and purpose of the policy was was not in a sense disputed but that er in order to avoid a leng what was considered at the time to be perhaps unnecessary detail and going into erm too much detail that er we felt that the agricultural land policies could be left to perform the sort of main objective that we were seeking through , I think it was E three at the time , was was the proposed policy . |
| 15 | I wo n't give my children the satisfaction of burying me until there is only one of them left to perform the ceremony . ’ |
| 16 | Thus where the buyer commits an anticipatory repudiation which the seller fails to accept as terminating the contract , the seller will be liable if he himself subsequently fails to perform the contract . |
| 17 | The importance of acceptance is that once it has taken place , the buyer can no longer reject the goods , claim that the seller has failed to perform the contract , and refuse to pay the price . |
| 18 | access to information and personnel : setting out a list of the general or specific information required to perform the work . |
| 19 | No great manual dexterity is required to perform the technique , in that all these reactions go on by simply automatically heating and cooling without ever opening the reaction tube . |
| 20 | Yet there may be genetic information encoded on the construction of the particular physical sense and motor organs required to perform the deed . |
| 21 | Stamina , flexibility , sharp reflexes and general physical fitness are required to perform the fighting movements with ease . |
| 22 | Later the Emperor Frederick I ( Barbarossa ) was to maintain that this ceremony had gone out of use and he refused to perform the office for the English pope , Adrian IV , at Sutri in 1155 . |