Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Thus it is highly unlikely either that a course will be designed that is universally acclaimed as the definitive model for all courses or that any one teacher will find the perfect course that suits the needs of his students , his own personality and his own approach to language teaching , but he can change or adapt it as he sees fit .
2 I ask but one single thing : to let me love and care for my poor , weak , ill-used wife as poverty permits , without their trying to separate , worry , or hurt us . ’
3 One of the basic problems for any government is that the higher the level of taxation , the greater the financial incentive to avoid or evade it .
4 As the vote approached , it seemed likely that the favoured version would not actually stop spending if it went over a cap , but merely require a special vote to approve or disapprove it .
5 The other requirements for keeping leather corals , apart from current and light , are much the same as for other coelenterates ; well-filtered water with phosphate and nitrate at levels as low as possible and no fish that would eat or damage them .
6 They coat the hair with colour and , because they do n't contain peroxide , wo n't dry or damage it .
7 Community regulations and certain provisions of the founding treaties ( such as Article 30 of the EEC Treaty on free movement of goods and Article 85 of the same treaty on competition ) have direct effect , which means that they may be relied on directly by any citizen without the need for any intervening national measures to ‘ receive ’ them and indeed without any possibility for national measures to exclude or modify them .
8 Reappraisal of Planning Permission — all existing permissions should be reassessed according to the same criteria as above , and authorities would have the power to rescind or modify them .
9 Their findings would go to reinforce or modify it .
10 Before we seek authorisation for the production phase , it will be necessary for each nation to restate or modify it 's planned off take and that will be done very firmly on the basis of the studies which er Group Captain Granville White has already d described which will factor in er against our military tasks , which is , y you know we define now fairly clearly , er exactly what aircraft are needed to undertake those tasks in what scenarios and in the future er as you say , there may well be scope for er adding additional aircraft types to that .
11 Then you can paint or cover them to match the colour of the flowers you 're going to put in them .
12 ‘ The aim is to encourage public awareness about the value of the buildings around them and to get owners who no longer want the properties , to sell or lease them to new people . ’
13 I hope people wo n't intrude or think he 's odd .
14 Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it .
15 Whatever you can do or think you can , begin it .
16 The door stayed jammed shut , and he did n't shout back or answer her in any way .
17 It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her .
18 My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me .
19 He can not kiss or cuddle her .
20 The woman had taken her baby home without knowing how to feed or bathe it .
21 When you cut the lupins down try not to shake or knock them too much , because this will spread the mildew spores .
22 It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more .
23 I still meet research managers from other businesses who feel that their companies do n't really understand or want them .
24 One solution that government has used is to replace or override them with more compliant organisations such as the urban development corporations referred to above .
25 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 .
26 The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action .
27 A major infestation is almost certain to occur at some time or other , and you must then decide how to control or eradicate it .
28 Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples .
29 It must relate directly to the facts in issue in a case or be relevant to those facts in that it tends to prove or disprove them in some way .
30 ‘ The point is , he may be able to prove or disprove it .
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