Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The phone will automatically dial the number of a local taxi firm .
2 v. Kantner ( Case 38/81 ) [ 1982 ] E.C.R. 825 the Court of Justice held that a plaintiff may invoke the jurisdiction of the courts of the place of performance of a contract in accordance with article 5(1) even where the existence of the contract on which the claim is based is in dispute between the parties .
3 We do not invoke the use of every single management procedure and every single quality procedure on all projects .
4 One need not invoke the authority of the law over the defamer to justify such action .
5 We will design the sequence in the timetable to give priority to :
6 However , a party can not evade the Act by a choice of law clause providing for the contract to be governed by the law of some state other than the UK .
7 It also has the advantages that it will not absorb the water in the paint , and is easy to clean after use — simply wash out in water .
8 The middle-class children 's toy is never intended for mere amusement or pleasure ; its prime interest is its educational value , the child must absorb the toy as a challenge , something from which it will learn in order to improve itself .
9 Some solvent misusers may absorb the product onto a rag ( which they carry in their pocket ) or onto a piece of their clothing .
10 Although a well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot , claims about miracle technology , making your feet feel fantastic while helping you to attain Olympic standards , should be taken with a pinch of salt .
11 I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses !
12 I was surprised she could spare the time in the middle of an election campaign and concluded it was genuinely urgent .
13 Nor , in the end , did he spare the leader of the Conservative party to which he first attached hirnself , Stanley Baldwin , ‘ the steel merchant metamorphosed into a squire by casual experiments in pig breeding … .
14 We had arranged with the agents that if we were interested we would stay the night in a local hotel and the next day meet the builder who had done much of the reconstruction of the place .
15 Er on the spindle side , you know , it 's gon na stay the way of the hydrostatics cos of the damping ab capabilities of it so There 's not it 's not an area where
16 We can only presume the allocation for the current financial year is the first element of a rapidly expanding budget over the full five years of the scheme .
17 yo for a start you need those two , th these end two you need bli you need blinds on because you ca n't utilize the screen in the summer without these I mean we got , we got blinds for all those windows , I mean
18 If you are holidaying in a hot climate , do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods , and take a neutral density filter along with you if the light is likely to be particularly brilliant ( sunlight on snow , for example ) to avoid the risk of spoiling shots through over exposure .
19 Do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods .
20 A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail .
21 They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant .
22 However , the Committee did emphasize the need for a much wider range of accommodation than had been provided before the war , and so they were drawn into the sharp debate about densities and preferences as between flats and houses — and this is where the link with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning proved so important .
23 The question of whether the non-Japanese should imitate the bow of the Japanese is controversial within Japan itself .
24 It did not imitate the variability of the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain .
25 What is needed is that disability arts ( and the disability movement ) does not simply imitate the view of the world that pleases white , middle-class males .
26 The agreement stated that ‘ in consideration of such dfesire ’ the executors would convey the cottage to the widow for her life or so long as she should continue a widow .
27 The word ‘ departed ’ , used in the RSV and other versions , does not quite convey the sense of the Hebrew verb , which means ‘ gone into exile ’ .
28 The civil service recognises this : ‘ Reception staff will convey the image of the office to the public , and they should therefore be carefully selected for the task . ’
29 It was made more in jest than seriousness but it does convey the nature of the Nicholson 's operation .
30 A statement from R U C headquarters tonight says that no words can fully convey the feeling of the force and all decent people at the manner of the murder .
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