Example sentences of "[verb] this [be] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To assert this is merely to reiterate a point that should be obvious : that science , however sophisticated its instrumentation , can not generate observations that somehow enable us to look at the relationship between experience and the world as it were from outside of experience . |
| 2 | To do this is also to go ‘ beyond ’ the unconscious , and it seems impossible to do this , as Urwin hopes , without reducing the unconscious , the last resort of subjectivity 's difficulty , to a discursive product . |
| 3 | It is usually convenient to enter all the fieldnames and the easiest way to do this is simply to use the /Copy command to copy them . |
| 4 | The strength of a well made glued joint in good condition is not increased by nailing or screwing the joint in addition to the glue , On the other hand , all glues need to be tightly clamped while they set and the simplest way to do this is generally to assemble the wet joint with nails or screws ; having once done this , there is no particular benefit in taking the fastenings out afterwards . |
| 5 | The only methods available to do this were either to find cheaper sources of raw materials , squeeze labour 's wages or increase the technological composition of the productive process . |
| 6 | The object of doing this is both to disguise your foot movement and to make the opponent shift his weight back slightly . |
| 7 | The best way of doing this is perhaps to follow the advice of Ruth Rendell ( Read her books ) who once said , " I try not to make errors in my descriptions of police work : I accomplish that largely by leaving it out . " |
| 8 | His best way of doing this was somehow to lead the client into suggesting it himself . |
| 9 | I suppose this was partly to do with the heat — it is very hot here at present — but to tell you the truth I do n't remember very much about it . |
| 10 | I suppose this was originally to give a sterile wife a period of grace — she could tell her husband she was pregnant but owing to the machinations of some female rival , the child was ‘ asleep ’ . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , but you see this is just to give you some idea of his mentality . |
| 12 | Director Peter Smallridge claims this was less to do with ideology and more for the benefit of service users . |