Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although many babies pull off hats , socks and booties in their first year , they do n't really try to dress or undress at this stage . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , perhaps , I find that walking with no means to draw or paint at all often has the effect of revelation at a particular place and time along the walk . |
| 3 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 4 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 5 | When the communicative support system with which they have grown up fails to function in the usual way , the effect , arguably , will be to make the children regress or behave in some other aberrant manner — for instance , to stop asking questions or to agree with whatever the adult suggests . |
| 6 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 7 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 8 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 9 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 10 | I doubt if it 's fashionable , and it 's probably not politically correct to espouse or approve of this kind of attitude these days . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , even the poorest or smallest countries can , theoretically at least , frustrate the expansion plans of any one of these TNC giants by the simple , if often costly , expedients of refusing permission to trade or manufacture within that country 's territory or by nationalizing ( expropriating ) the property of a TNC already in business there . |
| 12 | A guide for those wanting to rent or buy in another area |
| 13 | if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business |
| 14 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a local authority consider it expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of their area — ( a ) they may prosecute or defend or appear in any legal proceedings and , in the case of civil proceedings , may institute them in their own name … |
| 15 | Keep to the outer side of pavements and be prepared to walk or divert past any dodgy dog . |
| 16 | Desiderius refused to obey or accommodate in any way . |
| 17 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 18 | Thus the pronoun this does not name or refer to any particular entity on all occasions of use ; rather it is a variable or place-holder for some particular entity given by the context ( e.g. by a gesture ) . |
| 19 | There were things all three of them knew , and things all three of them were wondering , but no one cared to question or acknowledge at this hour . |
| 20 | Leavis always laid claim to the subtler view of controversy , but his doctrine was always easily open , as he knew , to cruder interpretations , and the fire-and-brimstone of his prose sometimes made it hard to interpret or understand in any other way . |
| 21 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
| 22 | The effect is rather like being in a sensory deprivation tank , in that you ca n't move or react at all . |
| 23 | How are we to reconcile or decide between these competing and very different accounts of the basis of support between kin in the past ? |
| 24 | It implies that , since subjects can not completely understand or communicate with each other , or even themselves , the full ‘ representation ’ of women by female subjects , or of particular , female-identified subject areas , methods or theories , is impossible . |
| 25 | Staff had been employed , he claimed , who were grossly inexperienced and ‘ who would not be in a position to question or disagree with any actions being taken by Randolph Fields ’ . |
| 26 | You may agree or disagree with these decisions ; the important thing is that we learn to appreciate the influence that the grammatical system of a language has on the way events are presented in that language . |
| 27 | Do you agree or disagree with this view ? |
| 28 | The concept of alignment recognises how one member of a family system may oppose or join with another in carrying out some task . |
| 29 | The ancestral lady was not , however , to be put off , and hardly a week went by when she did not telephone or call on some pretext , bringing her gardener in tow to take cuttings or dig up bulbs , and keeping up her barrage of accusing questions , inquiring , for instance , in her peremptory manner , what Jane was going to ‘ do about ’ the long-neglected yew hedge . |
| 30 | And can you refute or respond to some of the criticisms ? ) |