Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal .
2 We will assume for the time being that this has a well-defined minimum .
3 You just tip it carefully that will do for the time being and eat those first
4 Geoff Allen , who has served Northampton as player and official for 30 years , said : ‘ What does stick in the throat is that Shelford , who has made our leading players better players , will probably have to sit on his backside while apparently some other overseas players can come and go as they please . ’
5 ‘ We have discussed the possibility of doing an album or EP of covers ; the only problem I can see at the moment is that we tend to approach them all exactly the same way — speed them up . ’
6 The reason why some of us have voted against the Second Reading and will vote against the guillotine is that , unless we put into effect this procedure of opposition , there is no proper way in which objections can be fairly and adequately considered .
7 " I 've seen enough to convince me that the only recommendation I can make to the bank is that they should withdraw all financial facilities to the Ingard group forthwith .
8 His main principle with regard to the past was that nothing once given to God or the saints could be restored to the kingdom of this world without injustice .
9 Tennis Courts The planning position with regard to the site is that the site should continue to be used as tennis courts .
10 Tennis Courts The planning position with regard to the site is that the site should continue to be used as tennis courts .
11 Another reason why you should never go near the line is that many of them are used by electric trains .
12 The local authority , on the other hand , say that ‘ the care given to the child ’ in section 31(2) ( b ) ( i ) means the care given by the mother to the child in this case and that , in any event , it is not clear that the child would go to the grandmother 's if a care order was not made , because the mother is still claiming , or was still claiming , that the care should be given to her .
13 ‘ You do n't go to the dentist 's because you 've got toothache any more .
14 ‘ What I did not realise at the outset was that this overlap of business and politics was not something episodic or occasional , but something which permeated the whole system from bottom to top , the very top .
15 What we did n't realise at the time was that one of the main reasons that Malcolm was so keen on John was that he was so like Richard Hell — who was one of Malcolm s mates in New York .
16 What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise .
17 Perhaps the most that one can say of the bureaucracy is that it is a force for inertia in public spending since , once created , agencies programmes and projects are very difficult to dismantle .
18 The only flaw I can find with the Alpamayo is that the hipbelt wo n't fit small waists ( those much below 80cm ) .
19 He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’
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