Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This Article does not affirm or imply the converse : that actions which can be sufficiently achieved by Member States should be performed by them . |
| 32 | ( Abelson et al. , 1980 ; P.M. Churchland , 1984 ; Flanagan , 1984 ) I have little doubt , however , that the objections will elicit or reinforce a fundamental conviction in readers , a conviction as good as universal . |
| 33 | They can double or treble the two-match suspension and £1,800 fine that Northants imposed immediately on skipper Lamb for exposing the ball-fiddle by speaking out without his county 's permission . |
| 34 | They were the supreme embodiment of sovereignty ; the army owed obedience to them personally ; the debts of the State were their personal debts ; they could override or anticipate the decisions of any court of law . |
| 35 | Do they enhance or diminish a sense of self-esteem and a feeling of personal security or are they intimidating ? |
| 36 | The question is , do they enhance or impair the church 's evangelistic ministry ? |
| 37 | Its mandate would include technology transfers and the encouragement of investment in projects which would enhance or safeguard the environment . |
| 38 | Similarly , any proposed redevelopment or new building must actively enhance or preserve the character or appearance of the conservation area . |
| 39 | Throughout the eighteenth century and well into the following one , politicians could aid or hinder the career of a revenue officer , and they did not hesitate to employ that ability for their own ends . |
| 40 | One that , in addition , can influence or control the target organisation , group or individual is even better . |
| 41 | Paragraph one point four , legislation , figures prominent in here and Mr , legislation of course is currently a changing scheme in our service and perhaps the most important new act for several years is the New Road and Street Works Act , which is scheduled to be in action on the first of January next year and this will have two main effects for us , firstly the Local Highway Authority that is ourselves in Suffolk will be in a far stronger position to manage or influence or control the work of public utilities in public highways . |
| 42 | A more appropriate model of academic goals , one which does not construct or require a ‘ great divide ’ between an ‘ objective ’ , written , academic language and a ‘ context-dependent ’ , oral , lay language , is offered by Godfrey Lienhardt , in his attempts to find a language for describing concepts of ‘ self ’ in different cultures . |
| 43 | If punishment is to be inflicted , it is surely better that the punishment should directly benefit the victim or society than that it should merely hurt or restrict the offender . |
| 44 | The practical effect of the amendment is to make it clear that an RFL can not supervise or manage the office of a multi-national practice , except where no right of audience or right to conduct litigation is exercised from the office or supervised from it . |
| 45 | Here they are totally secure , for though the orcs can splash across the Nimrodel — ‘ curse their foul feet in its clean water ! ’ says Haldir — it seems they can not wade or swim the Silverlode . |
| 46 | He moved gingerly about the kitchen , putting away crockery , as if he were afraid his touch might damage or contaminate the pristine glory of its equipment . |
| 47 | Linlithgow 's Labour MP , Tam Dalyell , has aligned himself with local people fighting the proposed workings and has expressed concern that they could damage or destroy a line of beech trees bounding the site . |
| 48 | But he must not wilfully damage or destroy the thing . |
| 49 | This means that a static discharge such as the spark you sometimes see , and feel , between a key and a door handle , will damage or destroy the component . |
| 50 | In the same way , if you place thin flower petals on top of any lumpy plant material , its uneven shape can damage or crease the petals , and so mar the finished result . |
| 51 | Anyone between five and 11 can enter , and the task is to draw , paint or model a green dragon . |
| 52 | It is thus proposed that the view representation need not be as complex as the analysis model , but only of sufficient detail to fully explain or show the requested solution . |
| 53 | At a level above that there is what is called machine code : one whose lines are normally instructions to add or subtract or shift the contents of whole registers ( themselves strings of binary numbers ) . |
| 54 | Moreover , it is important to note that an SRO may modify or waive the core rules ( on a case by case basis ) in order to adapt them to the circumstances of a particular firm . |
| 55 | It is not difficult to see why in unplanned discourses speakers interested in successful communication should modify or correct the interpretation of utterances they have already made . |
| 56 | Neither , if you value your privacy and security , should you buy or rent a house on the end of a road where the public pavement runs alongside your house and garden . |
| 57 | ‘ Consumers do not confuse the availability of good physical facilities with good quality ; such facilities may tempt a consumer to choose a particular shop , but it is the quality of the staff which will determine whether the consumer will buy or return a second time . ’ |
| 58 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 59 | The scheme did not operate entirely as anticipated : the main departure was that there were some clients for whom the development officers provided no support , either because they were admitted immediately to institutional care ( and the development officers could not always influence this decision in the way they would have liked ) or because the clients did not need or want the services of the project . |
| 60 | 16.2 [ Subject as provided in clause [ s ] of the Lease no or No ] defect in the Works or the Premises at the date on which the Lease is granted shall in any way lessen or affect the obligations of the Tenant under the Lease |