Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I do n't have to preach or tell our colleagues in England and Wales the effects water privatization 's had on them since nineteen eighty nine , they can see it for themselves every day . |
| 32 | The makeshift bomb lobbed into an upstairs bedroom was packed with nuts , bolts and glass in an attempt to kill or maim anyone in the room . |
| 33 | Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples . |
| 34 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 35 | These sources are here referred to as " evidence " , meaning the sources themselves and the use to which the historian puts them in order to support or prove his interpretations . |
| 36 | In 2 Corinthians 10:12 he says , ‘ We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves . |
| 37 | In this service the middle classes — who might be able to afford private care — are admitted , and the burden of care falls on those least able to cope or argue their case . |
| 38 | Neither the personal circumstances of the patient nor a speculative answer to the question ‘ What would the patient have chosen ? ’ can bind the practitioner in his choice of whether or not to treat or how to treat or justify him in acting contrary to a clearly established anticipatory refusal to accept treatment but they are factors to be taken into account by him in forming a clinical judgment as to what is in the best interests of the patient . |
| 39 | It aims to detect problems , perhaps by screening , as early as possible and then to treat or cure them . |
| 40 | He therefore refused to attend or to allow his wife to . |
| 41 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 42 | Now , with varying degrees of enthusiasm , all these councils have begun preparations to draft or update their plans . |
| 43 | The effect of such imagery is to enrich or enlarge our concept of the male , or of what may truly be said to be ‘ masculine ’ . |
| 44 | They are fairly small , usually flat against the head , and far from being able to swivel or cock them , we can barely move them . |
| 45 | the employer of any person permitted to drive or use your motor cycle if liability is incurred while on the respective employers business , but not while using a motor cycle provided by the employer . |
| 46 | anyone you allow to drive or use your car as long as your policy schedule allows this |
| 47 | anyone you allow to drive or use your car as long as your policy schedule allows this |
| 48 | anyone you allow to drive or use your car as long as your policy schedule allows this |
| 49 | anyone you allow to drive or use your car as long as your policy schedule allows this |
| 50 | This meeting is called by a manager to inform his subordinates or to instruct or to control them . |
| 51 | I do worry about having to retire or remove somebody , particularly somebody close to me . |
| 52 | When you are presenting to high-status people , who have the power to promote or demote you , you can feel justifiably vulnerable and exposed . |
| 53 | Robyn has only the dimmest memories of the country of her birth , and has never had the opportunity to refresh or renew them , Professor Penrose 's characteristic response to any suggestion that the family should revisit Australia being a shudder . |
| 54 | Hotels , restaurants and other local businesses are known to have been deeply disappointed that the city failed to make a suitable offer which might have persuaded the Baron to forestall or reconsider his new arrangements in Madrid . |
| 55 | This is unacceptable , man made them and therefore has the right to modify or discard them . |
| 56 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 57 | If the structures of knowledge that exist do reflect the structures of the real world , then any attempt to modify or erode them is likely to be unproductive . |
| 58 | Hindus revere nature but never feel any need to marshal or mould it into a design of their own : a banyan tree will almost be encouraged to spread its drooping creepers into the middle of any village market , or to block any backwoods track . |
| 59 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 60 | Diana went on to demand that she should be allowed to continue as a full member of the Royal Household , free to accept or reject her own official engagements and free to pursue her own special charity interests . |