Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever secret he had been hoping to confide on that short walk to the House would remain for ever unspoken . |
| 2 | It would be the end of all her high ambitions , and though the world would not greatly suffer thereby — for by now she had lost all confidence that anything she might say would alter the course of things — that crisis which was privately her own would remain for ever unresolved . |
| 3 | This first-hand testimony , delivered with appropriate scholarly documentation , helped restore to the so called ‘ primitive ’ his full humanity and dignity ; it became intellectually inadmissible for tribesmen to be regarded as museum specimens who would remain for ever wayward children of nature and wards of paternalistic colonialism . |
| 4 | Albert remarks , a touch sniffily : ‘ An evening at the Crazy Horse Saloon will always make for more compulsive viewing than a day in the life of a Benedictine monastery . ’ |
| 5 | I mean what I would ideally like is the society in which women could be both private and public people , and men too , so men would identify more with relationships in their families and so on and slightly less with work , and women less with the family and more with work , and I think that would make for much greater flexibility all round and I think children would benefit too . |
| 6 | Recently installed swimming-pool may compensate for sometimes impassable road . |
| 7 | Some plants can compensate for quite heavy infestations provided there is sufficient time , and weather conditions remain favourable . |
| 8 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 9 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 10 | He did n't answer for nearly fifteen seconds ; did n't smile . |
| 11 | Let's just think about well first of all the incoming elasticity argument right , manufactures greater than one agriculture less than one right , that 's one reason why agriculture is a declining sector right , it 's also a declining sector in world trade for the same reason that it has got a low income elasticity whereas manufacturing had a high income elasticity now , consumers like variety in food just as much as they like variety in manufactured goods alright , but what 's the problem with agricultural goods ? they 're essentially homogenous alright wheat is wheat sugar is sugar . |
| 12 | Let us think about just one of these four chains . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , ’ whispered Fenella , and wished that Caspar had not used the word sucking , because it made you think about coldly evil creatures with grisly appetites , who might leap on to you and cling to you and sink teeth and claws and needle-sharp pincers into you and suck out your blood and your marrow and all your life juices … |
| 14 | While you maintain involvement in terms of your behaviour , you can think about especially pertinent questions that need answering and use them to clarify or challenge . |
| 15 | He did not think about how certain dreadful fates do not encompass death , though death would be a welcome release from such destinies . |
| 16 | Sometimes we just do n't think about how clever we really are . |
| 17 | And do n't think about how charming and witty he is , either . |
| 18 | ‘ Let us please seek for more stronger motives . ’ |
| 19 | May I appeal for more sixth-form entries for the 14th International Physics Olympiad ? |
| 20 | Mm , I do n't know about very attractive , not bad , ha ! |
| 21 | Well cos of what Romeo did and anyway I did n't know about how much Paris wants to marry her . |
| 22 | We 're involved in letting people know about how few women there are , getting them to think about why there are so few women , training them — we have training sessions in assertiveness , public speaking — we help women get places in council , all sorts of different councils , and in national government . |
| 23 | What do you know about how bad it is ? ’ |
| 24 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 25 | Assessment would include major group projects , in which the conduct of the project would count for as much as the end product , as well as written examinations . |
| 26 | In short , then , while one is able to adduce specific reasons for the creation of certain of the joint muderris/muftiliks , it is important to recognize that these offices were a not uncommon feature of the Ottoman learned profession in the sixteenth century and that the sheer momentum of established practice may count for as much in assessing the reasons for their creation as what appear to be locally important considerations in each individual case . |
| 27 | If demand reaches the 2.25 oversubscription level , and both the foreign and institutional clawbacks are triggered , UK personal investors would qualify for nearly 44 per cent of the entire float — around 1,000 million shares . |
| 28 | Proposed mergers involving a projected turnover of under pounds 1,400 million could be examined by the Commission at the request of any state official , but the agreement said that under no circumstances could a merger qualify for both national and EC scrutiny at once . |
| 29 | Unfortunately the tight filming schedule could not wait for just two weeks or so until a suitable engine ( ie a 4F 0-6-0 ) arrived at Bury . |
| 30 | We did n't wait for very long in the did we ? |