Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [to-vb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far easier to let the fry feed naturally than to have to mess around with infusorians . |
| 2 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 3 | ‘ You should know me better than to have to ask that . ’ |
| 4 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 5 | By this time , the trade was completely unionized , and the existence of the women 's section of the union gave the group a certain coherence and identity ; so much so that to avoid overloading the present chapter , the union 's creation and activity is discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 6 | Awareness , although aided by propositional knowledge , is primarily of the concrete situation , to which one can not attend without being causally affected , so that to have become aware of it at all one must already be responding to it in ways which vary with the range and degree of awareness . |
| 7 | There is also now ample research to show that children whose parents listen to them reading at home tend to read better and to enjoy reading more than other children ( Topping and Wolfendale , 1985 ; see also Sheila Wolfendale 's Primary Schools and Special Needs , in the present series ) . |
| 8 | Provide help for families to stay together and to continue to care for their children at home . |
| 9 | He was also alleged to have dragged or thrown their sister by the neck so as to cause bruising to the upper arm and neck . |
| 10 | One of the key differences between this type of play and educational drama is that the latter is specifically structured so as to create learning opportunities . |
| 11 | It also criticises the occasional approach of police and magistrates in ‘ stretching the interpretation of different criminal law provisions so as to attempt to criminalise what are essentially lawful and peaceful acts . ’ |
| 12 | I risked them seeing me so as to try to hear , but in fact by the time I could hear them they were shouting , which meant I could listen through the doorway without seeing them or being seen . |
| 13 | Held , granting the application , that the coroner had wrongly precluded himself from considering whether the cause of death had been aggravated by lack of care ; that where the medical cause of death was accompanied by concurrent events which themselves might be a cause of death , there was a case for considering the death ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 , and an inquest should be held ; that the statutory duty imposed by section 11(5) of the Act of 1988 to investigate how death occurred prevailed in any conflict with the provision in rule 42 of the Coroners Rules 1984 that verdicts should not be framed so as to appear to decide any issue of civil liability ; that it was in the public interest to investigate by means of an inquest whether the deceased 's death might have been avoided had an ambulance been available earlier ; and that , accordingly , the coroner 's decision not to hold an inquest would be quashed and an order of mandamus granted for an inquest to be held ( post , pp. 491E , H , 493C–D , E–F ) . |
| 14 | He claimed that millions of dollars were being spent by the SADF to promote " moderate " black parties and organizations including churches , so as to help ensure continuing white minority domination in post-apartheid South Africa . |
| 15 | In every way possible let us discipline ourselves so as to help feed a hungry world . |
| 16 | As they rolled on to the pound meadowland , Gabriel climbed down inside the cart so as to stay hidden until the right dramatic moment . |
| 17 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 18 | Changes in the ways employment , training and welfare policies operate need to be brought about so as to get rid of the many disincentives that exist for women wishing to return to training or employment . |
| 19 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 20 | All advertising and promotional literature will be written so as to avoid misleading you in any way . |
| 21 | Maurice sprang to his feet , slightly bending his head , so as to avoid stunning himself on the roof . |
| 22 | I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes . |
| 23 | He knelt down and , so as to avoid leaving fingerprints , felt the barrel with the back of his hand . |
| 24 | This chess game works on all graphics boards and the pieces are drawn well so as to avoid straining the eye . |
| 25 | Surley the changes were not designed to shift debit figures into the past in Mr Young 's time as stewardship , so as to avoid burdening the new management team in the future ? |
| 26 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 27 | The commonly-held view that good teachers are ones who can pass on their expertise through clear explanations so as to avoid confusing their pupils has some interesting implications . |
| 28 | In previous years he had forbidden staff to bring their own booze ‘ so as to avoid making an invidious distinction ’ . |
| 29 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 30 | I even had to resort to missing seminars and tutorials , so as to avoid having to speak to her . |