Example sentences of "to [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives .
2 If there is a rash , such as shingles , or an infection on the face close to or involving the eye in any way .
3 We tended towards a view that when there is a possibility that one part of a district might meet the criteria , but another part of the same district would either be contrary to or prejudice the objectives of the criteria , we might need to specify which part of the district we meant .
4 That the financial parameters adopted can be related to or inform the levels of payments for services that will support alternative arrangements for some individuals assessed as requiring residential care services .
5 The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution .
6 The country can not be properly served by a Government who pretend that they can somehow call a halt to or defer the agreed purpose of the rest of the Community .
7 It was held that volenti did not apply on these facts as the plaintiff had not consented to or absolved the defendant from subsequent negligence on his part .
8 More importantly , the different types of phonetic , metrical , syntactic and semantic parallelism in poetic language indicate iconically a connection of meaning between the terms involved , and thus point to or reinforce the analogies between disparate elements from which , in his opinion , so much of the effect of poetry derives .
9 A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) .
10 If for any reason you are not satisfied with the service you receive you may write to or contact the Client Services and Complaints Officer , at the same address , .
11 The alternative is to use the wind generator or the solar panel as the primary source of recharging , in which case its output must correspond to or exceed the power drain being placed on the battery .
12 Here , " understanding " means to respond to or experience the concrete reality of a work of art .
13 5.4 On expiry or termination of this Agreement neither nor shall continue to use imprints , logos , trade marks or any other devices that belong to or allude the other party .
14 It is possible to add to or realise the investment at each quarterly dealing day .
15 In his view , the court could intervene only if the minister ( a ) failed or refused to apply his mind to or to consider the question whether to refer a complaint to the committee or ( b ) misinterpreted the law or proceeded on an erroneous view of the law or ( c ) based his decision on some wholly extraneous consideration or ( d ) failed to have regard to matters which he should have taken into account .
16 Specifically it suggests that something about how we respond , react to or construe the stressful situation has a lot to do with how stressed we feel , and how we feel stressed .
17 This figure is the total expenditure in visits , excluding air fares paid to get to or leave the UK .
18 In the standard form the contractor must pay to or allow the employer the liquidated damages .
19 Send a stamped addressed envelope to or ring the following for further details and a brochure : Edwardiana , Unit 1 , 41 Church Road , Bexleyheath , Kent DA7 4DD or Kiss ‘ n ’ Cuddle , Handels Smithy , High Street , Edgware , Middlesex .
20 The judge having reviewed the relevant authorities said that a contract which contains an unenforceable provision nevertheless remains effective after removal of the severance of that provision if the following conditions are satisfied : ( a ) The enenforceable provision is capable of being removed without the necessity of adding to or modifying the wording of what remains .
21 Up to and including the 1988 social security changes , the basic policy response to the growing numbers of lone-parent families has been to add to or modify the existing system of benefits rather than make any fundamental changes .
22 I do n't really know who yo to direct to cos do the fire marshals not meet regularly ?
23 They need to gain access to and influence the work of the whole institution .
24 The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied .
25 However , the panel ruled that the protestors have a right to speak to and harass the women who come to the clinics to obtain abortions .
26 Draw a line exactly 5cm long Open your compasses to and name the ends A and B. 5cm .
27 On the airwaves the talk is packaged to appeal to and persuade the mass market — a topic that will be dealt with later .
28 The former is a descriptive term used to refer to and to denigrate the work of the Young Hegelians who see philosophy as an emancipatory force operating through the criticism of ideas .
29 I shall then fourthly look at the various ways in which Christian feminists try to relate to and to appropriate the biblical material .
30 However her state of health is extremely relevant to and overlaps the question as to the extent to which the decision was entirely hers .
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