Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CEGB could rely on the Treasury to oppose the expenditure to reduce pollution which did most damage in remote Welsh hills , Scottish lochs and other countries . |
| 2 | The political historian , raised from the cradle to insist on the importance of chronology and context , would rather think in terms of intellectual biography . |
| 3 | The crumple-faced star — known for his love of the good life — once said : ‘ I 'd rather stay in the second line . |
| 4 | I 'd rather stay in the Brotherhood and try to persuade them to adopt the national agreements . ’ |
| 5 | I would rather stay in Leith I 'm afraid but |
| 6 | ‘ But , because I am relatively young , I still have the option of aiming for line management , though I would have to decide whether I would rather stay in contact with the patients . ’ |
| 7 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Really I 'd rather stay in my room . ’ |
| 9 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 10 | The majority of elderly people would far rather stay in their own homes rather than live in residential homes , however good that home may be . |
| 11 | ‘ Being so close to Merseyside is a disadvantage , because a lot of Liverpool lads would rather stay in their area where there 's such a good standard than travel into Wales . ’ |
| 12 | Yes provided yes but I would rather stay in one place |
| 13 | Many could successfully survive in a harsh environment , and their bodies enabled them to evolve into larger and more diverse creatures . |
| 14 | If the KGB released those agents Blake had betrayed then in return MI6 and MI5 would unofficially assist in aiding Blake 's escape . |
| 15 | They would rather converse in English . |
| 16 | Whilst fundamental changes may be demanded by Westminster or Brussels , implementation and supervision will foreseeably remain in Chancery Lane . |
| 17 | The black and white lists provide fairly clear guidance to the kinds of clauses which are and are not deemed to violate Article 85(1) , and firms interested in co-operating with each other need only build in an R&D element to their agreement and consult the white and black lists to remove the threat of antitrust action ( ‘ grey clauses ’ require notification , but will be deemed as exempted if the Commission does not reply within six months ) . |
| 18 | I should perhaps explain in the context of your various questions when I say that erm we do want to become involved in these things , that , at this stage , and we 've only held two meetings , we have just identified themes and general areas in which we want to work , and not precise projects or activities . |
| 19 | However , items like lighting , heating and telephone will probably show an increase , and you should perhaps build in some kind of an allowance . |
| 20 | The example of cost shifting between federal and state governments reveals how services for low income patients can inadvertently disappear in such a process . |
| 21 | Still , the taboos have been the source of much mirth : the stand-up 's traditional reliance on smut and mothers-in-law could only exist in a largely sex-negative society . |
| 22 | These relations , which are part of economic practice , can only exist in the context of a legal system which establishes individual agents as buyers and sellers . |
| 23 | Rather , Poulantzas says , ‘ What makes them function concretely as a distinct class , as a social force , is in fact the historical phenomenon of Bonapartism ’ , thus seeming to imply that the two are interconnected in such a way that each can only exist in conjunction with the other . |
| 24 | The requisite consent and authority to establish the relationship could only exist in the International Tin Agreement . |
| 25 | Its concern with adolescent love , and the way in which its idealism and purity can not evade the sullying effects of adult realities , paralleled Minton 's own fear of lost youth , his obsession with adolescence and desire for a love that could only exist in a state untrammelled by adult responsibilities . |
| 26 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 27 | In 1369 , for instance , John of Gaunt took an army from Calais to Harfleur , and devastated the Pays de Caux , while in the following year Sir Robert Knolles led an army from Calais which did much damage in the Ile-de-France ; but Charles V refused to give battle and neither chevauchée achieved anything . |
| 28 | All this was so ludicrous that Jane could only laugh in disbelief , until , by accident , she found out the reason for the hostility of the erstwhile ‘ noble ’ family . |
| 29 | It is a cardinal error , and one to which intellectual historians are especially prone , to suppose that people can only think in terms of one set of assumptions . |
| 30 | Well if you 've got to go in the garage , it 's too cold to go in there to finish the ship off so you 'd better paint in the house had n't you ? |