Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others find in the rose elaborated chemical compounds readily available that they can utilize for colour pigments , their own body structures — and even scents to attract each other ! |
| 2 | This is because its construction did not take account of many of the equivalences that can arise between IF constructs , between ALT constructs , or as a consequence of |
| 3 | It just says that some parts of the business will throw off cash surpluses , that it may well not be worth investing further in those businesses , and that , in that case , the funds can be used to further investment elsewhere . |
| 4 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 5 | Throughout the long evenings she worked in the garden and planned what bulbs she would plant for spring flowers . |
| 6 | And when opening a table you still ca n't browse through directory trees to find the required file ; you can specify a default directory , but for any other directory you have to spell out the name , . |
| 7 | Here the customer can browse through picture boards devoted to each artist , selecting a style and price to suit , much as one might choose an haute couture outfit . |
| 8 | Close , intimate relationships such as may exist between marriage partners , are contrasted with those with other family members , friends and wider social contacts . |
| 9 | To be sure , packs may bud off daughter packs . |
| 10 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |
| 11 | He does n't think about union problems , only about excellent employee relations . |
| 12 | Let's think about opinion poles . |
| 13 | They , they , they exist erm , princ a very common finding in psychoanalysis is that things will , will , will exist as word representations , with no feeling representation , or they wo n't be connected to , to er they 'd be completely isolated . |
| 14 | Costs which do not qualify as issue costs should be written off to the profit and loss account as incurred . |
| 15 | Dunn ( 1976 ) underlines this point and argues that , in some rural areas in Britain , the largest settlements would not qualify as service centres according to some threshold criteria . |
| 16 | The court then went on to say that it was impossible to provide a list of matters which will qualify as business secrets or their equivalent . |
| 17 | If the covariances between changes in the index and changes in interest rates , and between changes in the index and changes in the volatility of stock exchange returns , are zero , then the volatility of futures price changes will fall as delivery approaches , which is the opposite of the Samuelson hypothesis . |
| 18 | Mr Baker also said three MPs would act as campaign co-ordinators in London , Birmingham and Leeds for next May 's council elections . |
| 19 | Mr Baker also said three MPs would act as campaign co-ordinators in London , Birmingham and Leeds for next May 's council elections . |
| 20 | The Conservatives , Winston Churchill predicted , with rather more prescience than Asquith , would not ‘ act as bottle holders to those who kicked us into the street three months ago and deliberately erected this Socialist monstrosity ’ . |
| 21 | In the next few days you will be briefed by your managers who will be picking up issues specific to your particular part of the organisation and who will act as feedback channels for your questions and concerns . |
| 22 | The most common transport host is the common earthworm , but a variety of other invertebrates including slugs , snails and beetles , may act as transport hosts . |
| 23 | The egg is sometimes ingested by earthworms , which may act as transport hosts . |
| 24 | He sees the efficiency centres plugging those gaps : they will act as information banks and , more importantly , set standards and policy for buildings , electrical appliances , labelling , testing , training and education . |
| 25 | The learning that is expected from the accompanying ward experience can be made explicit , and here the names of the staff who might act as resource personnel can help the new learner particularly . |
| 26 | These higher social classes may themselves act as opinion leaders for the other social classes , who , over a period of time , may adopt the change . |
| 27 | They are fast-moving , colourful , noisy , and as good if not better than anything you can buy for home computers . |
| 28 | Which was a very good thing most of the the young apprentices would never know about slip rings . |
| 29 | And what do we know about childhood determinants of adult disorder which might be amenable to preventive intervention ? |
| 30 | Here two out of every three farmers/part-time farmers did not know about training activities . |