Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie tried to grasp how dreadful it would be if Finn were dead but she could not think coherently because of the terrible sound of Aunt Margaret 's silence . |
| 2 | I do n't think so except for the relation to domestics . |
| 3 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 4 | A quiet dignity pervaded its saintly stations but we could never stay long because of course we were late … |
| 5 | Rights at Work exist because problems can arise in and from employment . |
| 6 | Regulation can have potential societal benefits , as I shall demonstrate below and in more detail in chapter 2 . |
| 7 | He could discuss effortlessly and at length the breeding and points of his patients ; he rode , he hunted , he even looked the part with his long aristocratic face , clipped moustache and lean frame . |
| 8 | The patient is lifted if he has not recovered his ability to balance , that is , if he tends to topple and fall backwards and towards his hemiplegic side when he tries to sit or stand up without any support . |
| 9 | Companies with a problem should act promptly and with legal advice , because delay could affect their legal rights . |
| 10 | As with any other interlocutory application , the applicant must act promptly and with frankness . |
| 11 | It is not that people should be righteous in the expectation of some reward but rather they should behave righteously because of an inherent desire to do so . |
| 12 | They do not discuss clearly whether in class society they consider all aspects of cognition to be moulded by false consciousness or only certain aspects . |
| 13 | In the same product lines where foreign investors generally specialize , national firms do not necessarily behave differently and in some cases they might promote the direct use of less labor . |
| 14 | It does so by applying assumptions about the utility maximizing behaviour of individuals to the arena of governmental decision-making and , as a result , challenges the assumption that government will act efficiently and in the public interest . |
| 15 | She saw him as he listened attentively to Sir Anthony ; she caught his eye , waved at him across the sea of heads , abandoned him to the tide : he was an old friend of Otto Werner 's , whom he could seek out if in need of relief . |
| 16 | Okay , I 'll just jump out and post this letter |
| 17 | ‘ Some better bedtime reading for you , which you can enjoy now and over the next two days . ’ |
| 18 | I would be grateful if you could let me know immediately whether of not you can help by providing an article . |
| 19 | He could photograph marvellously and at times the camera ‘ loved ’ him . |
| 20 | By drawing General Managers ' attention to the British Gas environment publications ; ensuring they have an adequate supply along with display holders [ similar to that outside the Public relations office ] and letting them know how and from whom to obtain additional information . |
| 21 | I said I did n't know either but between us all we could find out . |
| 22 | the pages should be bound together so that they can not easily fall apart and in a form which is easy to open and handle |
| 23 | I would not dream of staying here and making Shelley stay just because of me . |
| 24 | Any additional support or special tuition that a pupil needs as a result of defective sight must be given tactfully by the teacher or teacher 's aid , with an emphasis on what the pupil can do rather than on difficulties . |
| 25 | Although he wrote just after the Great Depression of the nineteen-thirties , he rejected the idea that capitalism would break down because of a lack of investment opportunities and a reduction in the real rate of profit . |
| 26 | The investigation he 'd instigated would , by its nature and scope , prove far more efficient than anything either of them could do alone or in tandem . |
| 27 | Shortage of resources remains a crucial determinant of standards of care , particularly at long-stay hospitals , and there is little sign that resources will improve much if at all in the next few years . |
| 28 | The Secretary of State was thus granted a discretionary power to release a person serving a sentence of life imprisonment subject to two conditions : ( 1 ) He must be recommended so to do in a particular case by the Parole Board ( which was constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and ( 2 ) He shall not do so except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice together with the trial judge if available . |
| 29 | In fact all ordinary telescopes would do so but for the addition of an extra lens-system to turn the image the right way up again . |
| 30 | We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational . |