Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task might be to review the progress of a project or to plan a piece of action or to analyse a problem or to decide on the best solution to a problem . |
| 2 | This will help her calculate what quantities of tin openers to order , or to plan a promotion campaign at the beginning of February . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They have doubts about their ability to tell their partners what they want or to sense a woman 's requirements . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Thatcher approach was to employ small teams to tackle specific problems or to issue a set of proposals , and then wait for the howls of |
| 9 | Do you want to make regular contributions to an investment plan , or to invest a lump sum ? |
| 10 | The buyer as well as the seller will often have documents to sign ; for example , if the transfer or other document contains covenants by the buyer ( to observe restrictions or to erect a fence , or on a joint purchase ) the document vesting the property in him , her or them will require execution . |
| 11 | I imagined a morning 's stroll through quiet streets , gazing at patisseries , and then being able to nip up to Paris to visit the Musée d'Orsay or to see a major exhibition . |
| 12 | The greater the effort needed to resolve a puzzle or to see a thing ‘ whole ’ , the greater is the experience of tension or pressure . |
| 13 | New headteachers have limitations on their ability to manipulate the administration in County Hall , or to conduct a delicate personal conversation with a depressed and withdrawn head of department . |
| 14 | But we would not want to miss an opportunity or to court a refusal , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The trustee must not , except with the leave of the court , proceed to declare a dividend whilst there is pending any application to the court to reverse or vary a decision of his on a proof or to expunge a proof or to reduce the amount claimed ( r 11.5(2) ) . |
| 16 | But both Woodruffe and Hodson denied strongly that the Association was in any sense a secret society , that it sought to discipline members in breach of rules , to dictate terms to shipowners or to enforce a closed shop . |
| 17 | Their specific duty is to prevent a breach of the peace or to enforce a court order ; for example , access . |
| 18 | The answer is to listen carefully before buying , or to arrange a hum loan ( usually against the cash price ) from a dealer with alternatives on offer . |
| 19 | Another possibility is to decorate the mount of a pressed flower picture with small groups of flowers , or to arrange a design on a plain backing with no mount , and then create the effect of photographic corners with single flowers and a couple of leaves , arranged about 2. 5cm ( 1in ) in from each corner of the frame . |
| 20 | Write or call now for a comprehensive information pack or to arrange a showhouse visit . |
| 21 | Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle . |
| 22 | Major construction companies are often prepared to invest their own funds in a project , or to arrange a loan on their own behalf in return for construction work . |
| 23 | All members are entitled to make or to support a nomination for any vacancy amongst the officers and the elected members of Council and boards subject , where appropriate , to members hip of a particular Division , association with a particular district , or professional membership . |
| 24 | Wall lights are best if they are directional and used to bounce light off a ceiling or floor , or to light a picture or piece of wall . |
| 25 | If Judge Galpin 's interpretation of the Act and the Rules is correct , it drives a coach and horses straight through an enormously important area of child protection within family relationships ; that is to say , the ability to prevent an abduction and the ability to prevent the possibility of an abduction , or to restore a child who has been abducted to the home where the child should be , unless or until the 21 days service or other abbreviated service has been effected , by which time it may be in certain cases far too late for the welfare of the child . |
| 26 | Sufferers and families need to be able to walk to the main services in their neighbourhood or to catch a bus into a local centre no more than a mile or two away . |
| 27 | The nomination of subcontractors , whereby the main contract or the engineer stipulates the name of a subcontractor whom the main contractor must employ , should generally be avoided unless , for example , it is necessary to retain specialists skills or to observe a time constraint . |
| 28 | With general improvements in standards of living , expectations have risen , so that young people are no longer prepared to do without the basic utilities or to accept a limited range of shops and services ( Thomas 1972 ) . |
| 29 | This , of course , is the mechanism of the consensus process : the expanding firm is persuaded either to delay its application or to accept a delayed approval . |
| 30 | McDonnell Douglas has put its wholly-owned McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company ( MDH ) on the market , either for outright sale or to find a joint venture partner to provide development capital . |