Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 911 is the number you would dial for emergency in America hence the name of the program . |
| 2 | A car manufacturer does not design for failure because he believes that his cars will not fail . |
| 3 | However much , therefore , we may feel with the later Romantics that Wordsworth was ‘ a political apostate ’ , his social interests will always remain as evidence of his humanity . |
| 4 | However , this does not mean that they will become invalid — they will remain as evidence of achievement in their own right . |
| 5 | These hospitals would remain as part of the NHS , but would be given the freedom to run themselves . |
| 6 | Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things . |
| 7 | Kohl had always had to cope with the personal problem of appearing lacklustre and undynamic , and in 1988 even close colleagues doubted whether he could remain as Chancellor for long . |
| 8 | A total of 75 per cent said Mr Lamont should not remain as Chancellor . |
| 9 | The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit . |
| 10 | The move follows the establishment of a branch office in Sofia earlier this month , and Frantzen will remain as head of local operations . |
| 11 | Mr Shute is assuming the chairmanship of Ross from Ross Marks , the company 's 37-year-old founder , who will remain as chairman of the consumer electronics operations and a director of the group . |
| 12 | Maurice Saatchi will remain as chairman . |
| 13 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 14 | ‘ They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 15 | They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 16 | Chris Patten , architect of Mr Major 's victory , will remain as party chairman despite losing his seat in Bath but will be allowed to attend Cabinet only for party political discussions . |
| 17 | Certainly the general belief was that , having wantonly thrown away a Conservative majority , Baldwin could not remain as Party leader let alone Prime Minister ; and Randolph Churchill , the biographer of Lord Derby , comments that ‘ It is interesting to notice in Derby 's correspondence , and in that of other leading Tories of the time , how for the first two or three weeks after the Party 's defeat in the Election there was an unchallenged assumption that Baldwin could not survive the catastrophe . ’ |
| 18 | Gorbachev , for the time being , would remain as President ; but he was to rule through a Council of State on which all the ten participating republics were represented , and management of the economy was to be entrusted to an inter-republican committee headed by the Russian prime minister Ivan Silaev . |
| 19 | An ‘ election ’ in Chile asks simply whether General Pinochet should remain as President . |
| 20 | Bush accepted the resignation " with reluctance , regret , and a sense of personal loss " , and announced that Sununu would remain as counsellor to the President with Cabinet rank until March 1992 , in order to assist with the transition of responsibilities to his successor . |
| 21 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
| 22 | Yes , so would you accept that Mary-Jane , that , that people may consciously er think for example oh no we 're , we 're , we 're , we 're students we 're having a revolution and this is new but unconsciously they might be following some deep historical precedent ? |
| 23 | As for the speed of the machine I can not comment as lack of time with the machine did not allow us to perform our usual tests . |
| 24 | Can I stay for lunch ? ’ |
| 25 | At last she had managed to persuade Miss Taylor that she could n't possibly stay for lunch , that she and Fen planned to picnic while he worked . |
| 26 | You can stay for lunch . ’ |
| 27 | Why do n't you stay for school lunch instead of sandwiches ? |
| 28 | ‘ You must all stay for supper , ’ you gaily cry ( not wishing to break up the unexpected party ) , and fling open the store cupboard . |
| 29 | He did stay for Christmas ! |
| 30 | Danny ran to Huw , jumping up and down with excitement , and begging : ‘ You will stay for tea , wo n't you ? |