Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the teaching does treat adultery and divorce with the seriousness it deserves . |
| 2 | Foster care is not permanent and many children will return to their natural parents , and here again foster parents will need support and help in easing a parting . |
| 3 | Purchasers will normally seek guidance and answers to their queries by telephone to MAS . |
| 4 | Coordinator and parent and playgroup will seek advice and support from the professionals involved with the child when this is appropriate — health visitor , social worker , physiotherapist , speech therapist , community mental handicap team . |
| 5 | Reckon I 'll catch flu and work on the boat . ’ |
| 6 | Pupils do need encouragement and help in making the best of them , and these expensive items should be returned to the clinic if they are not being used . |
| 7 | In spite of being well fed and cared for , some dogs will steal food and scavenge at every opportunity . |
| 8 | Shall we soon abolish death and refer to someone dead as having a life problem ? |
| 9 | However , lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision and make for a slowly changing scheme . |
| 10 | Speaking in Moscow Tun Razak denied that he had arrived to obtain the official approval of the USSR for the neutralisation of Southeast Asia ‘ because the responsibility for this rests with the countries of Southeast Asia themselves , acting on a collective basis ’ but he hoped that ‘ according to the extent of progress of the countries of Southeast Asia on this path towards our goal the Soviet Government will show sympathy and understanding towards us ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ If we do not act then thousands more will come floating in on the early spring tides , maybe tens of thousands , even hundreds , and they will bring chaos and suffering on a scale far larger than anything we have seen so far , ’ he warned . |
| 12 | Kautsky himself defended the orthodox case in Neue Zeit — namely , Polish national liberation , while not as strategically important as before , was still revolutionary and anti-Tsarist ; any compromise on the issue would give aid and comfort to the Tsars . |
| 13 | Journalists sought to divide universities into ‘ premier league ’ universities which would do research and teaching at a high level , and the others . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say here that , during enculturation , individuals acquire , first , an image of themselves as helpless and dependent in a hostile and malevolent world that it is largely beyond their ability to control and , second , a set of habits and expectations that lead them to seek and expect aid and comfort from others in times of distress . |
| 15 | The best thing about Christmas is buying well thought out gifts that will give pleasure and use for many years to come . |
| 16 | Engineers must prevent sand and grit from getting into the well water . |
| 17 | The country 's only hope for economic recovery , he claims , is for it to turn to the highly skilled , ‘ sunrise industries ’ that will generate wealth and cope with an expanding welfare bill . |
| 18 | But it 's a way of life which Julie admits can bring stress and strain to a partnership . |
| 19 | Pearson hoped that the sense of authenticity in his films would ‘ carry feeling and understanding to an audience , ’ but it was odd to imagine he could achieve genuine popularity by avoiding suspense and dramatic conflict . |
| 20 | And when in 1863 the Co-operative Wholesale Society was set up , it was on the basis that participating stores should contribute capital and share in the profits . |
| 21 | It can not simply withhold performance and wait to be sued : if it does , the other party merely has to wait until expiry of the contractual time bar period and then sue . |
| 22 | ‘ A fundamental task of financial intermediaries is to appraise and assume risk and to charge for it appropriately . |
| 23 | It is introduced as a hypothesis which can bring coherence and understanding into this area — a piece of speculation which has continued to worry empiricists ever since it was first developed since it does not seem to be based on facts . |
| 24 | In one way or another a great many people owed much to this benevolent physician and he gave to Philip Miller an opportunity which would ultimately benefit botany and horticulture throughout the world . |
| 25 | Discourse is reciprocal when there is at least a potential for interaction , when the sender can monitor reception and adjust to it — or , to put it another way , where the receiver can influence the development of what is being said . |
| 26 | Lord Forte will become president and remain on the group 's board . |
| 27 | We will provide guidance and help to any British company encountering a trade barrier illegal under European law . |
| 28 | As relations between Edward II and Charles IV of France deteriorated in April 1324 , Queen Isabella was urged to use her influence with the French monarch by asking him to ‘ have regard for us and our children who are so close to him , and for the alliances between them , and especially for the alliance made in our own person , which all the world knows was concluded to nourish and sustain peace and love between the two kingdoms , and to prevent wars and disputes ’ . |
| 29 | They may well provide insight and help for other behavioural disorders but not for addictive disease as such . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the investor may seek to include a provision whereby if the investor wishes to sell a specified percentage of the equity , then the other shareholders must follow suit and sell at the same price per share . |