Example sentences of "[det] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So , I would expect that to continue and expect erm , revenue to get ahead of last year . |
2 | They turned this way and that to hie or wheesh or tcht tcht or whoa ; and of course , I have no doubt the horses were so tired they would have found their way home any way . |
3 | One of the problems with habits is that they become so ingrained , so much part of the horse , that to try and stop the habit may make the horse extremely anxious and resistant . |
4 | Maybe you want to be cautious , knowing that to try and do a work of God by the flesh is to court disaster and possibly a nervous breakdown for good measure . |
5 | Sometimes erm given me the questions and sometimes answering the questions for me , its always informing me and over the last few years I 've erm , I said that to try and understand erm , how to use this information in my own work as , as a writer , and I see , I see parallels in all forms of art , communication is of course one , erm and the need to recognise and respond the plight of others is , is another area and the area that as a writer I 'm particularly drawn too . |
6 | The sounds produced by this rack are certainly impressive , although I must say that to try and get away from the overall processed sound was almost impossible . |
7 | SARFU had done little to try and rectify the damage created at Ellis Park so French and Fordham took the initiative prior to the special ANC meeting . |
8 | We then phoned the police , the mayor and the newspapers , inviting each to come and see . |
9 | They straggled lamentably along the road , bent in two by the weight of their packs , streaming with water , and all this to go and become mashed to pulp in muddy trenches . |
10 | ( 2 ) For purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains ownership , possession or control of it , and ‘ obtain ’ includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain . |
11 | By s.15(2) " … a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains possession or control of it , and " obtain " includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or retain " . |
12 | just so many bits and pieces to do , I need to come and get this to come and give me some further comments |
13 | She had simply eaten one after another to try and stem the feelings of anxiety within her . |
14 | We 're doing this to try and make the mothers our allies in caring for their children , ’ explains Manning . |
15 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
16 | ‘ If you 're driving like this to try and prove something , do n't bother on my account , ’ she said . |
17 | How may the message be disentangled from the original imagery through which it was conveyed , or is this to distort and change its meaning Farrer has been criticized by Ian Barbour who writes : ‘ By his appeal to authority , Farrer makes ‘ authorized images ’ immune to criticism … . |
18 | ‘ one who helps another to recognize and to follow the inspirations of grace in his life , in order to arrive at the end to which God is leading him ’ . |
19 | If the ability to ask , to trust another to respond and to feel gratitude are three of the main derivatives of an early partnership and the basis of love , envy is one of the strongest antidotes to loving . |
20 | It is surely wrong to draw a line between the right of another to live or die . |
21 | I hope to encourage some to seek and find . |
22 | This means that if one sibling helps another to survive and reproduce then it is ensuring the further spread of its genes within future generations . |
23 | If a church finds itself divided but comes together in spite of this to pray and fast and repent and seek God for a renewal of love , then unity and power can be restored from within and a breakthrough occur . |
24 | Huy took this to mean that Merymose still needed his help . |
25 | The first time one person whispered in the ear of another to make or break a third person 's reputation , then public relations was born . |
26 | You may well have more , but not less time than this to correct and co-ordinate your results . |
27 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
28 | At the same time she remains ‘ isolated from the very social structure which her courage and vitality have done so much to enliven and renew ’ ( Rose , ‘ Women in Men 's Clothing ’ , 389 — 90 ) . |
29 | It 's that sort of change that I think is extremely significant , and I think it happens for women very much at that stage , when they have been through those sorts of experiences themselves , so one way in which I think that we can change things is — and help people to change things for themselves — is very much to support and develop those kinds of second change erm access , returning to education , returning to work , type projects as very much part of mainstream education and employment , and I would like to see a much greater range of those sorts of projects available for people and erm a lot more government resources into supporting that kind of provision . |
30 | It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues … |