Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 2 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 3 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 5 | mm , just I just rub it down and to keep it moving another salt for a week or two in it , the icy roads , bound to put salt down are n't they ? |
| 6 | Quite a number of speakers stressed the importance of events like this to bring people together and to help us recognise our collective strengths . |
| 7 | Styles and designs vary greatly but to help you make your choice please note : |
| 8 | As it went down it tripped two levers or weighbridges which by means of linkwork connections released a gate at the top of the wheel so as to let it move on by just one scoop . |
| 9 | I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring . |
| 10 | Delegation of management responsibilities will be needed : ( 1 ) to avoid having to take day to day problems to full partners ' meetings for decision ; ( 2 ) to free individual partners from onerous administrative tasks so as to allow them to concentrate on fee earning ; ( 3 ) because it is inherently more efficient . |
| 11 | By a summons dated 30 April 1991 the defendants applied to the judge in chambers for directions as to whether notwithstanding the order of Morland J. , they were at liberty to comply with the notice and , if so , on what forms if any ; and , further or alternatively , variation or discharge of that order so as to allow them to comply with the notice . |
| 12 | However , by retaining his flexibility of action the Secretary of State has drafted the Bill so as to allow him to weaken the necessary protections . |
| 13 | Thus , where at the outset it has been decided ( Clause 12.01 ) to leave the goodwill of the firm out of individual account so as to allow it to enure for the benefit of the continuing practice , or where , for similar reasons , revaluations of partnership assets have been ruled out , this should be specified ( Clause 12.02 ) . |
| 14 | In one way the Chancellor is already brought into relation with the administration of justice , though not so as to enable him to modify the law at his pleasure . |
| 15 | try to redefine the way that the opposition sees its own position so as to enable it to shift away from that position to your benefit |
| 16 | In the case of the Single Currency , the weak country is forced into similar deflationary policies in order to try to depress its unit costs so as to enable it to compete against the strong countries . |
| 17 | The applicants , Coventry Newspapers Ltd. , ( ‘ C.N.L. ’ ) , defendants in a libel action brought against them by David Woodley and Roger Clifford , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that C.N.L. were at liberty to receive from Michael Thomas Bromell copies of all such witness statements , notes , notebooks and other documents which had come into existence in the course of an investigation by the Police Complaints Authority into the conduct of David Woodley and Roger Clifford as had been read to or by the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) or had been referred to in open court during the hearing of Reg. v. Bromell ( unreported ) , 22 June 1992 , C.A. , on a reference , dated 10 May 1991 , of his case by the Home Secretary under section 17(1) ( a ) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 ; and/or ( 2 ) variation of the implied undertaking pursuant to which Michael Thomas Bromell had received the documents under the order of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) on 9 July 1991 , so as to permit him to disclose copies of all such documents described in ( 1 ) above to C.N.L. for the purpose of defending the libel action . |
| 18 | New books and dictionaries are expected to contain the new spellings , while Proust , Racine and the rest will gradually be re-edited so as to make them conform . |
| 19 | Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell . |
| 20 | A statement may be made in writing , orally or even by contract , for example , by making the goods tell a lie about themselves as in the case where the seller patched up a crack in the barrel of a cannon so as to make it appear unfractured , Horsfall v. Thomas ( 1862 ) . |
| 21 | However , 11 stated that it was poorly written , and all but one of those 11 rewrote the passage so as to make it conform to Hankamer & Sag 's parallelism condition — some changed the antecedent from are critical of to criticize , others changed the form of the ellipses ( e.g. … anyone who is … ) or eliminated it ( e.g. … anyone who was openly critical … ) . |
| 22 | The other is an insider 's , told so as to make us understand what the events mean , in a sense distinct from any meaning found in unearthing the laws of nature . |
| 23 | Write so that he can not twist your meaning so as to make you agree to opinions the opposite of those you hold . |
| 24 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 25 | But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit . |
| 26 | Perhaps illogically , if there is to be any ‘ indulging in personalities ’ , voters prefer to do it themselves on the doorstep rather than to have it done for them . |
| 27 | So we had the end cut off and to stop him ripping the bandages off we |
| 28 | But things progressed from there , and Hugh began to ask her to take her clothes off and to let him touch her . |
| 29 | The republicans , in other words , were keen to push the civil rights agitation further and to use it to build a radical coalition which would set its sights , eventually , on a united Ireland . |
| 30 | ‘ I want you to withdraw all your people from the streets , to send them home and to tell them to stay at home , until at least after the Moulid . |