Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The power to define and enforce consents is ultimately a power to put people out of business , to deter the introduction of new industry or to drive away going concerns . |
| 32 | We were here all winter , but he did n't learn to ski , or to drive dogs . |
| 33 | He asked me whether I would prefer to see Bologna and spend the night there , or to drive directly to Verona . |
| 34 | Clearly , the houses will then be put in a position of having to sell bills ( or to borrow ) to meet the other banks ' demands . |
| 35 | What a lot of the people do n't realise , our League winning side of nineteen eighty six , up until we sold Cox a week ago , the whole team was on the table for sale or to borrow , the complete team . |
| 36 | It requires a far finer tuning that that of any ordinary human radio to be able to pick up specific molecular electromagnetic emissions , or to sense a pheromone in any other way . |
| 37 | They have doubts about their ability to tell their partners what they want or to sense a woman 's requirements . |
| 38 | The Liberal Democrat spokesman , Mr Charles Kennedy , quoted a letter from the Department of Health which admitted patients were in a weak position to make meaningful comparisons or to shop around , so the NHS could not always rely on competition to make sure that its internal and external markets worked effectively . |
| 39 | Nowadays all serious conditions were diagnosed before the child was born and steps taken either to correct them or to abort the foetus . |
| 40 | Possible actions are to ignore it ( if previous runs suggest that that light level is about right ) , or to abort the run and recommence from Option 1 . |
| 41 | It is now the responsibility of the person working on the DC to decide whether to continue with the DC or to abort it . |
| 42 | In the previous decade WEA classes and courses were arranged on an intermittent basis at Hoddesdon , Letchworth , St. Albans , Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City but little had been possible in the organisation of interest or to sustain a social movement in the county . |
| 43 | Whilst we recognise that the Government does not want local authorities to use development plan policies to limit change of use rights , we believe the final guidance should indicate the special circumstances in which such constraints may be justified , for example , in order to avoid environmental problems or to sustain the traditional employment base of a particular locality . |
| 44 | ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born . |
| 45 | 20.1 The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement . |
| 46 | The differential information limits the ability of legislators or voters to take decisions or to monitor the performance of government agencies . |
| 47 | This information may be used by teachers to plan their lessons or to diagnose the difficulties of individual pupils . |
| 48 | Clyppan was an Old English word meaning to clasp with the arms or to embrace , and this is what the parishioners of Guiseley and Tankersley do when they ‘ clip ’ their respective parish churches . |
| 49 | Now the poor economies are known to be not so poor as had generally been supposed , more of them should be invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( whose membership is currently confined to the 24 ‘ industrial ’ countries ) or to attend the annual economic summit of the leaders of the G7 . |
| 50 | This might be the best time to get that extra reading done ; to work on a project report ; to earn spare cash ; or to attend to non-urgent domestic responsibilities . |
| 51 | The union called on teachers in certain schools to take action by refusing to supervise in lunch periods , or to attend meetings outside school hours . |
| 52 | They were less likely to have a general practitioner with an interest in diabetes ( χ 2 =21.7 , df=1 ; p<0.00001 ) or to attend a practice with a miniclinic ( χ 2 =42.6 , df=1 ; p<0.00001 ) . |
| 53 | Irrespective of which method is used , full details of the sub-contractor 's background , including employment history , should be obtained by a requirement either to complete an application form or to attend an interview . |
| 54 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
| 55 | There is no stipulation — and very little incentive available — for police surgeons to acquire postgraduate qualifications , or to attend up-dating and in-service training . |
| 56 | Hypertension is but one among many diseases , and progress has been made similarly in developing new drugs for regulating or adapting other parts of the body : drugs to strengthen the heart , to promote formation of blood , to help blood to clot or to prevent blood from clotting , to aid respiration , to increase the flow of urine , or selectively to increase or to diminish the amount of some selected component , to prevent conception or to promote fertility , drugs to stimulate the production of hormones or to block their actions , drugs to influence some particular aspect of the metabolism , and so on . |
| 57 | The report side-steps such questions as whether the council will have the resources to protect threatened sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) or to promote conservation in the countryside as a whole ( see p 7 ) . |
| 58 | This , he argues , is good news for reform since it makes fudging the issue harder : ‘ We still have not answered the basic question : do we want to be Libya or Europe , to re-establish an old-style communist regime or to promote market institutions ? |
| 59 | Another concern is that national governments may use competition policy as an instrument to protect domestic markets against overseas entrants , or to promote the interests of domestic producers in world markets ; this suggests the need to harmonize policy in different economies , and to seek international agreements to desist from using policy in a protectionist manner . |
| 60 | The second problem is that a lax competition policy might be used by a member state as a substitute for trade policy or industrial policy , to protect domestic producers or to promote export sectors . |