Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 On March 8 , 1991 , Defence Minister ter Beek announced a 10-year plan to reorganize the military which would cut the size of the armed forces but improve their mobility and flexibility .
2 It 's always been on my mind — I suppose it always will — and I 've always said that if I got the opportunity to kill the man I 'd do it , and I would take the consequences .
3 ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ I think to preserve the rainforest it would be better to begin in the Andes .
4 To spot the synergy you must focus on the manufacturing process , not the product . ’
5 ‘ Thousands of people pass through our doors every night and whilst we continue to do our best to combat the problem we can not be held responsible for the actions and intentions of each individual ’ .
6 To see the man I must put my faith in .
7 I projected the child 's face into his own vanished future and attempted to see the man he would have become , the man I intend to find . ’
8 We all want to see the dance you can do .
9 If you 'd left well alone and not tried to see the child you 'd 'ave saved yerself a lot of heartache .
10 Feargal reckoned that if tourists would pay to see the castle they might very well pay to see his garden . ’
11 I wanted to see the rainforest I 'd read about , a place where vast trunks rise up like the pillars of a gloomy cathedral , where lianas hang down , where bright parrots chatter in the sunlight of the tree canopy .
12 However , and it also has a down- side because now the contractors will be able to see the information which used to be confidential that local authorities will be putting on the table , but the point is it 's a chink , it 's a way forward we need to build on this .
13 Some Health Authorities already employ a Nurse Recruitment Officer who is a member of the Nurse Education Department but this level of commitment is completely inadequate to mount the assault which will be required ill an average health district .
14 A special 30-day session of the Diet was convened on Oct. 12 in order to debate the bill which would have allowed the corps to be dispatched to the Gulf .
15 A computer programme allows them to plan the food he 'll have to take for the 12 man crew on the Group 4 yacht .
16 And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been .
17 Some leading exponents of the popular movement believed that if large quantities of money were sent to support the Uprising they would , instead , destroy it by creating political jealousies and deflecting the Uprising from the central theme of self-reliance .
18 My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements .
19 The playhouse in the Harlow is about the people in Harlow and about the people that come in from outside of Harlow I 'm very conscious that we do serve a very wide community and I am pleased that people with other sounds come and support the theatre has been rightly said if they did n't come in to Harlow to support the theatre we would have major problems .
20 If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively .
21 The hat and coat had been delivered the previous evening by an officer of the Kha-Khan 's guard , and since the news of Jehana 's betrothal had been spread through the court hours earlier it had to be assumed that Artai had heard of it , and that either he was inclined to forgive the offence which might be supposed to exist , or else he was pretending that he was aware of none .
22 He gave a little sigh of resignation as he thought of it : to continue the search he would have to go to Italy .
23 The two students who were watching over her told her very sensibly that if she tried to drive the car she 'd probably kill herself .
24 But I suppose if you do n't want to miss the start you could just go straight in . ’
25 The question was which would be the Nth power to acquire the bomb which would also be irresponsible enough to start the holocaust .
26 Whether the payment is made within or after fourteen days of service , if the plaintiff elects to accept the sum he must within 21 days after receipt by him of the notice of payment into court or , if the notice is received less than three days before the return day , then before the hearing of the action begins , give notice of his acceptance to the court and to every other party ( Ord 11 , r 3(1) ) .
27 But most seemed intitially content to accept the restructuring which could take six months to negotiate .
28 Dr Paul Alexandre died in 1968 without having been able to write the book he would have liked to dedicate to Modigliani .
29 ‘ Your lordship desired to meet the man who can carry messages freely into Wales , and out again .
30 If possible ask to meet the person who will provide the support .
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