Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the reasons I have given , I conclude that if ( but only if ) Lautro did not afford to a person or firm served with an intervention notice in accordance with rule 7.3(12) the opportunity to apply to the board to rescind the notice , and/or to appeal against it , then the lack of such remedies would be unfair and the procedure unlawful . |
| 2 | The pointes must not be thought of as a prop on which to balance the body , but as an extra dimension to make dramatic sense of a statement about the character on pointes and/or to relate in some way to the story or theme . |
| 3 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 4 | As in the case of a Customer Agreement , there is an exemption dispensing with the need for a signed copy from a private customer ordinarily resident outside the UK where the firm believes on reasonable grounds that he does not wish to receive it or to consent in writing . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the event of our cancelling this order as to all or any of the goods and/or the work covered thereby we shall be entitled to purchase from a third party a like quantity of goods of similar description and quality , or a reasonable alternative thereto , bearing in mind our need to take delivery of the goods by the date specified overleaf , or to contract with a third party to perform work of a similar description and quality , and in that event you shall be liable to reimburse to us on demand all expenditure incurred by us in connection with our said cancellation , including any increase in the price over that stated overleaf . |
| 7 | Would you have a different answer if Tack was already in an established business looking for areas to expand or to diversify into ? |
| 8 | Like Kant , he leaves theologians with two broad choices : either to accept this account of the situation , with its absolute distinction between the relativities and contingencies of history and the truth of religion , or to search for some other framework within which to set up the question . |
| 9 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 10 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 11 | The ordinary and natural meaning of ‘ appropriate ’ is to take for oneself , or to treat as one 's own , property which belongs to someone else . |
| 12 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 13 | ‘ Really , there are only three options — to let the company wither and die , to find a successor , or to go for a flotation . |
| 14 | travel to arrange the funeral , or to go to the funeral ( one return journey only ) |
| 15 | Or to go to the police and report her as a Fifth Columnist . ’ |
| 16 | So Zuwaya said it was indecent for a father and his sons to listen together to women drumming at circumcisions , or to go to weddings together — even to speak about weddings to each other . |
| 17 | If they did set out on a journey , it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war . |
| 18 | They express current mood , state of finance , preparation to take part in sport , or to go to work . |
| 19 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 20 | Whitechurch was shown the works by Mr G. Coker , chief draughtsman : ‘ There are two chief ways of seeing the works , either to begin at the finished coach and work backwards to the details , or to go to the beginning first and work upwards , but , at all events , you shall see as much as we can show you in a day ’ . |
| 21 | But in many cases boys and girls leave home at around eighteen to get work , for further training , or to go to university . |
| 22 | The children can also become antagonistic towards the parents and refuse to get out of bed or to go to the lavatory . |
| 23 | For example , they may force the potentially inefficient firms either to join them in adopting cost-saving innovations which involve some disruption of current working practices , or to go to the wall . |
| 24 | ‘ Until then , they could n't even ask for a glass of water or to go to the toilet . |
| 25 | He had decided not to go straight home , or to go to the pub yet . |
| 26 | The highest ranking muderrises-those at the Suleymaniye medreses -go to certain named kadiliks such as Damascus and Aleppo , for example , while the muderrises of the next two lower classes — the and the — may choose either to take up kadiliks such as those of Jerusalem , Baghdad and Filibe , or to go to the next higher rank of medrese . |
| 27 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 28 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 29 | Before the industrial revolution of the early nineteenth century people travelled mainly for two reasons : either for business , or to go on a pilgrimage . |
| 30 | Even if you do n't need the money for domestic or emergency reasons , you might need a holiday somewhere special — to go to your daughter 's wedding in Australia — or to go on a second honeymoon . |