Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a secret drawer at the back of the top drawer in the desk ( I test to find if searched for ) , there are some coded entries for suppliers of magical materials who are clearly unscrupulous people . |
| 2 | Parsley is hardy and can be sown outdoors in March , but takes several weeks to germinate if sown at that time in cool temperate regions , hence , it has earnt itself the reputation of needing " to go to the Devil seven times and back " before it will sprout . |
| 3 | We may notice too that since pleasures tend to fade unless varied at every recurrence it is difficult to distinguish in practice between the man who lives for pleasure and the man who lives for new experiences . |
| 4 | Certain strange events have been taking place … culminating in the above address , and I was unable to write while wandering about Africa … . |
| 5 | Increased competition should certainly lead to greater levels of efficiency , so long as the competition does not destabilise the financial system , and the new regulatory system is designed to allow competition to increase whilst improving on investor protection . |
| 6 | Minton was also on friendly terms with the fourth ‘ Kitchen Sink ’ painter , John Bratby , whom he got to know whilst acting as his tutor . |
| 7 | He 's the one who gets the wages for it while I have n't a lira to myself not even to buy a pair of stockings , stuck here in this gloomy hole day after day — and he goes out working , he goes out to work when according to the contract he 's not allowed , I should be allowed but not him . |
| 8 | Legitimate requests A request based on the manager 's authority and right to know as prescribed by the firm 's regulations . |
| 9 | The pace of actuarial involvement in general insurance continues to increase as shown by the demand for a growing number of actuaries to specialise in this area . |
| 10 | Hitler recognized that enthusiasm and willingness for self-sacrifice could not be conserved , and were bound to fade when confronted with ‘ the grey daily routine and the convenience of life ’ . |
| 11 | In practice it is better to show in evidence for the prosecution that the defendant was also asked to try to get the horn to work as explained at ( D ) ( b ) of offence number 20 . |
| 12 | It had been agreed that in effect he was to work as required in any country in which his employers had contracts . |
| 13 | SPECIAL : Regiments of Archers are permitted to skirmish as described in the rules for skirmishing in the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 14 | Those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US transportation secretary , Federico Pena , laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 15 | But those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US Transportation Secretary , Federico Pena , also laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 16 | There is more to these pieces than just a virtuosic exterior , though I should add that they are perhaps a great deal more amusing to perform than to listen to ‘ en bloc ’ . |
| 17 | In a last attempt to avoid this very un-English measure the Liberal Government introduced a scheme , organized by Lord Derby , whereby men ‘ attested ’ their willingness to serve if called upon . |
| 18 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 19 | Alan Ross noticed that if he encountered Minton , in street or bar , he seemed unwilling to talk unless surrounded by a bevy of young men who made serious conversation impossible . |
| 20 | Kington 's river trip was eight days on a slow boat in the company of U Thien San , who guided the writer on matters like whether it is customary to talk while eating with the Burmese , and whether the monk sharing their cabin was really a spy . |
| 21 | He died last week when his parachute failed to open while filming for the BBC series 999 near Alnwick , Northumberland . |
| 22 | An adult patient who , like Miss T. , suffers from no mental incapacity has an absolute right to choose whether to consent to medical treatment , to refuse it or to choose one rather than another of the treatments being offered . |
| 23 | The wandering poor got short shrift — a burial is recorded in the Combsburgh register of an unknown man the neighbouring overseers had refused to receive when dying of cold . |
| 24 | Finally , one has to wonder when looking at some of the Tour professionals ' clubs . |
| 25 | Padilla 's Stabat mater ( track 11 ) setting , and Victoria 's sublime Alma redemptoris mater ( track 12 ) receive the same attention to detail as displayed in the masses ; ensemble and intonation once again excellent . |
| 26 | However , there are plans afoot to see if tutoring in primary schools has any effect on performance later on . |
| 27 | Starting with breakfast at 7am , Kramer 's stays open until two in the morning : there are few better ways to unwind than browsing to Vivaldi or jazz late at night . |
| 28 | ‘ How do we test our ideas ? ’ is a question which we could ask about an experiment with seeds , struggling to grow while deprived of adequate light . |
| 29 | Elizabeth Thompson , secretary of Darlington Milk Buyers Company Ltd , who supply 33 dairymen in the town , said they had been only too happy to help when approached by the borough council . |
| 30 | It also turns out that the ratio of proportions is rather cumbersome to handle when dealing with many variables at once , and no-one has yet proposed a way of decomposing it into component effects as they have with d s and with measures based on odds . |