Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , notwithstanding the general principle that a trading or non-trading corporation was entitled to sue in libel to protect so much of its corporate reputation , as distinct from that of its members , as was capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , a local authority , as a corporate public authority , was not entitled at common law to sue for libel to protect its governing reputation ; that to allow it to do so would impose a substantial and unjustifiable restriction on freedom of expression , since an action for malicious falsehood , or a prosecution for criminal libel , provided the local authority with the sufficient and necessary protection it required in a democratic society ; and that , therefore , the local authority could not maintain its libel action for any words which reflected on it as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in that county ( post , pp. 41H , 48F–G , H — 49B , 56B–C , 58A–B , 59F–G , 65B–C , F ) . |
| 2 | But Ramsden 's ( illustrated ) did n't have to wait for television to make its name . |
| 3 | Leonora dreamed of the fierce rapture they 'd shared on the island and began to long for Penry to want her violently , to stop treating her like a younger sister , and sometimes after he 'd gone she 'd stare in the mirror in discontent , wishing she were tall , or voluptuous , or blonde . |
| 4 | Mr Delors is now likely to come under pressure to quit his Pounds 120,000-a-year job as commission president . |
| 5 | Over what distance do cells have to communicate in order to establish their position ? |
| 6 | The offeror should be clear as to what minimum percentage of the target 's share capital it is willing to accept in order to meet its key objectives . |
| 7 | Should you feel that you are stagnating in your abyss of boredom , use your mind by studying something which has always interested you instead of something you needed to know in order to keep your job . |
| 8 | It tells us what we need to know in order to understand ourselves and the world around us : |
| 9 | Compulsory retirement places older people in a no-win situation ; they are not allowed to work in order to earn their living , nevertheless , their enforced lack of productivity makes them a ‘ burden ’ , and serves to devalue them . |
| 10 | Many salesmen , for instance , are in practice entitled to be allowed to work in order to earn their commission . |
| 11 | Nor was the Treasury convinced by the repeated arguments for the costly increases in police manpower which most Home Secretaries felt they had to secure in order to demonstrate their credibility . |
| 12 | But , as he had anticipated , he was forced to lecture in order to finance his stay there . |
| 13 | The research department is often involved again at this stage when the advertising starts to appear in order to judge its effectiveness . |
| 14 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 15 | She had to stand on tiptoe to reach his lips . |
| 16 | Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables . |
| 17 | The public is less familiar with the consequences for prison management of the battles in which those former prisoners had to engage in order to establish their innocence . |
| 18 | A forlorn hope that the US might make concessions on its demands for Japanese withdrawal before dwindling stockpiles compelled Japan to engage in war to renew them , prolonged negotiations after the decision for a southward advance was reached in September 1941 , but by November few were convinced there was any alternative to attacking the US . |
| 19 | Others sip nectar during their brief lives to renew their energies and to provide sustenance for egg production , but none need to feed in order to build their bodies ; their growth has come to an end . |
| 20 | In their initiation into both the craft and culture of pedagogy , it is in the interests of novice teachers to conform in order to place their relations with pupils and fellow teachers on a secure base and so to get established in their role . |
| 21 | It is as though we had to talk in order to reassure ourselves that we were living . |
| 22 | They tend not to explore what difference it makes who takes part in the public-policy process , or else they assume that the beneficiaries of public policy can simply be " read-off " from information about group participation because of uncomplicated assumptions about all groups being able to participate in order to advance their own interest . |
| 23 | This too was the strongest argument offered in favour of one Sandy Forbes , who hoped for the office of surgeon 's mate of the Sutherland Fencibles in 1779 , though in his case he clearly intended to be an officer in name only for he intended to apply for leave to complete his degree at Edinburgh University and to sail for India as an officer of an East Indiaman at the first suitable opportunity . |
| 24 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 25 | But the main problem with defectors is that they quickly run out of crown jewels and then inevitably resort to inventing what they think their new-found paymasters want to hear in order to extend their usefulness and avoid being discarded to end their days washing dishes in a Hungarian restaurant in downtown Washington . |
| 26 | And what about the agents Blake had been allowed to betray in order to prove his sincerity ? |
| 27 | There are some things we have to assume in order to know anything . |
| 28 | This perception was heightened by his decision to focus the closing stages of his campaign not in the crucial mid-west " swing states " — those states which he had to win in order to retain his hold on the White House — but in an attempt to shore up his support in hitherto safe Republican states such as Florida , a pattern of behaviour widely seen as indicative of his desire to avoid being defeated by a landslide . |
| 29 | If your skin is dry and you have to slather on moisturiser to soften it , check your cleansing routine before you buy a heavier moisturiser . |
| 30 | Although the USA has always tended to look to education to solve its national problems , education in the UK has traditionally been viewed more as a benefit to the individual . |