Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor . |
| 2 | Nowadays there are still tourist boats taking visitors to see Cabo Girâo or Machico or to swim in the sheltered coves , but Madeira now has a fine road network stretching to every small hamlet , whether it be on the top of a mountain or in the bottom of a valley . |
| 3 | The Insurer shall be entitled to take over the conduct in the name of an Insured Person in the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of an Insured Person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings and in the settlement of any claim . |
| 4 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 5 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder or any person claiming to be indemnified without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder or such person the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder or such person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder or such person shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 6 | As a result , you may have little practical alternative but to agree to increased working hours or to work in a different area , despite the fact that the contract does not provide for such things , if they are commercially necessary from the point of view of the business . |
| 7 | ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’ |
| 8 | This leaves women in a catch 22 ‘ whether to exhibit those positive characteristics considered desirable for men and adults and have their ‘ femininity' ’ questioned … or to behave in the prescribed feminine manner [ and ] accept second class adult status ' ( Broverman et al . , |
| 9 | The House of Representatives adjourned to enable Congressmen either to watch or to march in the procession of delegates past the east front of the Capitol . |
| 10 | Rather they preferred to farm them out at a fixed rent , at leases which , in the fourteenth century , became progressively longer , and to enjoy the freedom to take up offices or to serve in the army . |
| 11 | In addition she required government approval to leave Singapore or to participate in the activities of any organization . |
| 12 | Here a solicitor would work in a department with several others and can choose whether to remain a generalist handling a range of legal problems , or to specialise in a specific area of law such as employment law or intellectual property . |
| 13 | Like the Rattries , she supposed , who would never have had the money for a marriage licence or to put in the vicar 's collecting plate . |
| 14 | Where a purchase of licensed premises was made subject to the purchaser obtaining a transfer of the certificate , and the purchaser undertook to do all in his power to obtain a transfer , and the transfer was refused by the licensing court , and the purchaser refused to appeal or to concur in an appeal against the refusal , it was held that he had failed to do all in his power to obtain a transfer , and was found liable in damages to the seller : Skinner v. Breslin ( 1905 ) 13 S.L.T. 91 ; cf. |
| 15 | If you have serious drain or waste blockage problems , you may need to use specialist equipment or to call in a specialist drain clearing firm . |
| 16 | If other people in your household smoke , try to persuade them to give up , or to smoke in the garden shed for a while . |
| 17 | It has power to request further information from the parties and to inspect documents at the parties ' premises and failure by the parties to provide the information required or to co-operate in an inspection may cause the four month period to be extended . |
| 18 | It can only be up to ourselves to either be seduced by this sly trickster and his façade of grandeur or to laugh in the face of his absurdity and bring forth the somewhat obscured benevolence of God , his son , and our first ancestral parents , to achieve some perspective to the poem as a whole . |
| 19 | They too failed to make any significant impact , and many struggling churches have either been forced to close or to relocate in the suburbs following the migration pattern of their members . |
| 20 | Creating curves in paths is n't too difficult if you use bricks , paviors or cobbles , as they are small enough to cut easily , or to lay in a tight curve . |
| 21 | Ca n't the Watch Committee … rid the police of the hooligan element … gangs of young and hefty idlers squat on the pavement or lurk in subways to annoy passers-by , to play tricks on defenceless shop assistants , or to gamble in the face of the public . |
| 22 | This booklet is designed to help those who want to buy a low-cost home or to rent in a new area in England and Wales . |
| 23 | Members of the Royal Family have long been aware that to remain in the public conscience requires coming to terms with , and feeding , the needs of the media . |
| 24 | The bailees implied duties normally include not to convert the goods nor to deviate in the case of a carrier 's obligation to follow his stipulated route . |
| 25 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
| 26 | What could be more refreshing , for instance , than to sit in the sun sipping a glass of one of the latest fruit wines ? |
| 27 | ‘ What better note to end it on than to win in a team situation and when you are playing for your country ? |
| 28 | Marx argued that to compete in the market for commodities , capitalists had continually to increase their productivity and efficiency . |
| 29 | For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . ’ |
| 30 | No doubt those whom we so recently persuaded to seek their bread elsewhere are hungry because they are idle , vicious , and ill-conditioned and think it easier to rob such innocent and harmless passers-by as I than to toil in the fields . ’ |