Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I do n't want necessarily to equate the two of them . |
| 2 | Would it seek merely to codify the existing case law or to reform on the existing case law ? |
| 3 | While imports increased , exports did not flourish sufficiently to fill the growing gap . |
| 4 | Rather than revel in the recovery in house prices , therefore , a bold government would act now to prevent the next house-price boom , and thereby help make the longed-for economic recovery more durable . |
| 5 | They 'll jump to your tune , but it 's unlikely that they 'll hang around to hear the final Act of the opera . |
| 6 | We do not need here to rehearse the contentious issues which surround integration , but it is sometimes aimed that the placement of a child in a mainstream school constitutes integration , or , in any event , that we all understand the same meaning of this term . |
| 7 | Following this , we shall consider how to detect the right generic strategy . |
| 8 | Although under no illusions , therefore , that reactionary French and British governments would act resolutely to counter the imminent fascist threat , Nizan remained confident at this stage that international security could be maintained . |
| 9 | After all " no Gordon would know how to wear the Black Watch tartan " . |
| 10 | At the same time they should know how to order the right meal and whether , when work is done , they should take their client to the opera or a night club or let him go home . |
| 11 | Well , I mean , I do n't know how to find the other one out . |
| 12 | And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects . |
| 13 | He did n't know who he was anymore , and neither did the Earthlings , hence his name , Doctor Who ; he did n't know precisely where his home was ; he did not fully know how to operate the time-space machine . |
| 14 | So said to me yes carry on you 're doing fine you know and he went up and er well he did n't know how to start the poor fellow doing smashing and he said , Well erm imagine this hall , he said , this hall we 're in now as a big cavern underground . |
| 15 | And the following Wednesday , she just did n't know how to tell the old lady but it 's odd how fate takes a hand occasionally . |
| 16 | She did n't know how to make the poor chap feel at home . |
| 17 | Having put a jumper on I do n't know where to clip the blinking microphone now . |
| 18 | How can the individual prepare best to manage the personal impact of the forthcoming upheaval ? |
| 19 | they 'd carry on getting the reduced rate prior to the period of disallowance . |
| 20 | No but they know the form , you know , we ca I ca n't erm I 'm not sure and then , now I 'm learning , you know , and it 's li I 'm learning the hard way and I 've got ta carry on learning the hard way cos I ca n't break it , you know ? |
| 21 | Really , are you gon na carry on taking the those red bombers |
| 22 | For the time being Jonathon will carry on cleaning the empty theatre in the hope that one day he 'll be on the stage and the seats will be full . |
| 23 | However , one has to bear in mind that at the last meeting of the West Essex Health Authority erm they are saying that they ca n't carry on treating the same amount of people erm , because they 're overspend already this year and that they will not treat these er , extra contractual referrals without prior funding being approved and that was co , that was actually stated at the meeting last week . |
| 24 | As you can imagine , I did n't do much sleeping the first two or three nights I was there . |
| 25 | The need to carry out ‘ proper ’ audits has been spelled out to firms , and those that do not do so run the serious risk of losing their right to act as company auditors . |
| 26 | Instead of coming down on players who , like Bryan Gunn , the Norwich goalkeeper , give rational views of incidents to newspapers , the FA might do better to examine the irrational attitudes created by some of those running the teams . |
| 27 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 28 | However , Townsend 's response would be that true deprivation is indicated by the fact that choice in matters of style of living is an issue that does not arise among the poor : for example , three million people presumably do not choose not to heat the living area of their homes in winter ( see Mack , 1985 ) . |
| 29 | WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO YOU FEEL BEST REFLECTS THE DISTINCTIVE POLITICS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY ? |
| 30 | However , the areas he must address do not concern the first team alone . |