Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
| 2 | There some noble estates were being adapted to farming directly for the market with hired labour ; there a measure of differentiation between successful peasant farmers and their proletarianized neighbours was evident ; there the traditional repartitional commune either did not exist or was decaying . |
| 3 | Is he also a key person in any decisions made about the other offices which may exist or be proposed in his nation ? |
| 4 | In explaining why he had gone along with ‘ doctoring ’ data so as to secure a contract deadline , a supervisor pointed out , ‘ If I refused to take part in the fraud , I would have to either resign or be fired ’ . |
| 5 | If I refused to take part in the … fraud , I would have to either resign or be fired . ’ |
| 6 | A probationer constable sought , inter alia , an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Chief Constable that he should resign or be discharged . |
| 7 | ( c ) if , at the date of the offer , the offeror holds shares carrying 50 per cent or less of the voting rights attributable to the equity share capital , and the offer is for debentures or for non-equity share capital , the offer must include or be accompanied by an offer made by the offeror for the remainder of the shares comprised in the equity share capital ; |
| 8 | They would never know or be affected . |
| 9 | Faced with fierce competition , many of the country 's 380 or so small and medium-sized banks will merge or be taken over . |
| 10 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 11 | For many it was their first introduction to a New Age in which the governments and countries would fall or be changed , society and the family would expire and a new order would rise up out of the ashes of old values and beliefs . |
| 12 | On a business sale the acquirer must insure or be joined as a beneficiary under the vendor 's insurance from the date of signing of the contract . |
| 13 | Other factors — such as de Gaulle 's deep-rooted suspicion of British designs on the French empire and the personal animosities which developed between him and various British and American officials — aggravated tensions but their root cause was a complete disagreement as to whether Free France should act and be treated as an independent sovereign power . |
| 14 | And it 's something to do with that and an embargo date 's a little bit like that , and in a sense , you may well be able to stop people actually publishing the thing , but they will still know and be working on it if it 's of any importance , so use embargo dates advisedly . |
| 15 | In one set of experiments subjects were shown photographs of people they did not know and were asked to indicate whether they thought the person in each picture was a successful person or a failure . |
| 16 | Terrified of choking and terrified that the rope would give way , that she would fall and be eaten alive by those metal teeth , she screwed her eyes tight and prayed . |
| 17 | These tools and any others that you may need and are permitted for specialist work should also be on the desk at the time of your practice " examination " . |
| 18 | West New Jersey , the southern part of the colony , which was owned by the Berkeleys , did not flourish and was sold to two Quaker families . |
| 19 | As Guthrie foresaw and wrote to me after attending an early performance : I feel confident that Gloriana will survive and be considered a great work … that disastrous miscalculation of opening it to an audience and on an occasion that required an all-star Iolanthe will set it back twenty years . |
| 20 | The child did not survive and was buried on 27 December of the same year . |
| 21 | Well I do n't know whether were going to get one now , cos I have n't really got a lot of time . |
| 22 | Sandwiched between the sufferers and the directors or managers of the institution in which they work ( or overwhelmed by the pressures of survival if they work on their own ) they may expect or be expected to carry and solve the burdens of both . |
| 23 | Now with regard to that I 'd rather feel that were gon na be called on before then , because of the rumours about our own hospital . |
| 24 | 3 Check for items which may dislodge and be inhaled , e.g. loose or crowned teeth . |
| 25 | But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent . |
| 26 | I made enquiries recently about the amount of topping up the DSS would do and was told that the maximum amount is £170 per week . |
| 27 | Consumer-orientated , it invited listeners to write in about anything they had found difficult to buy or do and were wanting to know why . |
| 28 | If such needs are incompatible with the needs of other groups for control and direction over what tasks will be performed and how work will be carried out , conflict will result and be expressed in ways which may obscure the underlying cause of conflict , such as strikes . |
| 29 | this also held true for the series of men who swopped their everyday gear to sit and drink and smoke and be photographed in a dress . |
| 30 | The therapist has to work hard to reduce the general level of anxiety and they should present as being relaxed , confident , and reassuring . |