Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business |
| 2 | The five foolish virgins with no oil for the lamps could neither buy nor borrow from those who had supplied their own lamps . |
| 3 | Yet I am sure that Messrs Noah , Forget and Leconte neither did n't know nor care about that . |
| 4 | Can one person count and cope with that sort of flow ? |
| 5 | And even then you 're a bit dubious and then you say well I 'm gon na wait and see about this . |
| 6 | But they could only wait and listen for any scrap of news . |
| 7 | But if I am going to bring anybody in , then they will have to be somebody I can trust and live in this area . ’ |
| 8 | But it is a necessary price to pay , if we want students to emerge with minds of their own , who do not merely know but understand in some depth what they know , and who are able to form and develop their own ideas . |
| 9 | The accord exists because all promises of a ‘ happy ’ after-life are related to ‘ happiness ’ with the meaning it has acquired in the worldly sense , for indeed , it can mean nothing else , as human beings can neither experience nor envisage with any real conviction , any other kind of happiness . |
| 10 | Who could choose but look on this picture , and on that , and acknowledge and be shocked by the inevitable comparison ? |
| 11 | ‘ I wo n't stay and listen to this ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't stay and listen to another attack … on my … my … ’ |
| 13 | She said to Rachaela , ‘ You can stay and help with this . |
| 14 | He may build and destroy in this life , mostly for his own ends , but through Jesus , and the enlightenment he gives , comes a greater life , a fulfilling love . |
| 15 | He 's fucking mad , Simon , he always makes people think and talk about these mad things that they probably would n't talk about that often . |
| 16 | Then , as trees and shrubs mature , stones weather and acquire the patina of moss , our garden can evolve and improve with each successive season . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't put him next to other horses , but he can see them clearly , only a field away , and he does n't fret or bother at all . |
| 18 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a local authority consider it expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of their area — ( a ) they may prosecute or defend or appear in any legal proceedings and , in the case of civil proceedings , may institute them in their own name … |
| 19 | And can you refute or respond to some of the criticisms ? ) |
| 20 | It implies that , since subjects can not completely understand or communicate with each other , or even themselves , the full ‘ representation ’ of women by female subjects , or of particular , female-identified subject areas , methods or theories , is impossible . |
| 21 | This means that an applicant seeking a first interim order in care proceedings , whether or not it follows upon an emergency protection order , should file and serve on all respondents before the hearing statements of the evidence to be relied upon . |
| 22 | ( b ) Cross-appeal A respondent who wishes to contend : ( i ) that the decision of the court below should be varied either in any event or in the event of the appeal being allowed in whole or in part ; or ( ii ) that the decision of the court below should be affirmed but on different grounds ; or ( iii ) that the decision was wrong in whole or part must file and serve on all parties , within 14 days of receiving notice of appeal , a written notice setting out the grounds on which he relies . |
| 23 | Many people in a locality will follow and talk about such a trial . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do n't you hurry and put on that new outfit before Tom comes ? ’ |
| 25 | ( This is called ‘ open ’ form , for the piece can begin and end at any place . ) |
| 26 | There 's piles of junk and stuff in tins the children should n't touch and stuff like that … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I 've been thinking , why should he ring and ring like that and not come round ? |
| 28 | In such an environment the curriculum would welcome , celebrate and build on all the talents children bring to the lessons . |
| 29 | The Main Library collections are complemented by faculty libraries for Divinity , Law and the Europa Institute , Medicine , Music , Science , and Veterinary Medicine ; all students may use and borrow from these libraries . |
| 30 | The effect is rather like being in a sensory deprivation tank , in that you ca n't move or react at all . |