Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , we have to be smart at spotting new trends in feedstock usage , because this can make or break our profitability . |
| 2 | The type of frame that you choose can either make or mar your work . |
| 3 | You can nod or shake your head . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I hate that preaching which tendeth to make the hearers laugh or to move their mind with tickling laxity and affect them as a stage player used to do , instead of affecting them with a holy reverence of the name of God . ’ |
| 5 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 6 | The banks normally could not restrict or avoid their liability for breach of their duty of care towards their customers , the plaintiffs in the case , but their lawyers suggested that the deed of release did just that . |
| 7 | Does it enhance or threaten our security or is it of no consequence to us ? |
| 8 | It can enhance or suppress its magnitude . |
| 9 | Similarly , firms may devote large quantities of resources trying to influence the government in order to obtain favourable judgements which will enhance or preserve their monopoly power . |
| 10 | One significant advantage is that should you upgrade or change your machine in the future you only need a new interface to use the tablet with a new computer — plus the appropriate software , of course . |
| 11 | If Gaddafi survived , would it weaken or strengthen his position as leader ? |
| 12 | Would you not be highly suspicious of the mechanic who services your car , if you found that he did not buy or borrow his most important tools , did not know how to use them , never looked into a tool-shop window and had had no instruction in the use of the tools from the foreman ? |
| 13 | One Middlesbrough cinema manager , worried that the title might baffle or mislead his patrons , added a handwritten ‘ Gold Diggers ’ to it on the display bills supplied . |
| 14 | All too often , individuals do not recognise or understand their risk management responsibilities . |
| 15 | WITH THE new season now only a few weeks away , clubs will be assessing how they can best update or improve their facilities . |
| 16 | These vital distinctions protect children from experiences which might compromise or abuse their childhood . |
| 17 | What books or articles do I already know that address my main question ? |
| 18 | Once the company has achieved segmentation it can more clearly concentrate and aim its promotional effort at a particular target market . |
| 19 | Wella Balsam Wash & Care Plus has been developed to clean , condition and strengthen your hair — all in one easy step . |
| 20 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 21 | The children were asked to carry out various tasks , such as choosing the marble which made Jack jump and explaining their choices . |
| 22 | You must know and anticipate your climate and be ever ready to take advantage of any spell of good weather . |
| 23 | He was a man for whom Catholicity was reduced to its Evangelical essentials — the love of God , a burning desire that people should know and love his Saviour , and a great belief in the power of prayer . |
| 24 | Pick someone nearby whom you do not know and study their features , their build , their colouring , the clothes they are wearing and anything else you think of . |
| 25 | He was one of those people who are instantly popular , and I felt sure he must know and relish his power over others , the power that only exceptional physical beauty can give , especially when it is allied with intelligence and strong animal magnetism . |
| 26 | I feared that at any moment I might fall and break my neck . |
| 27 | She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard . |
| 28 | Hibernating animals need to awaken on schedule so that they can mate and have their young while food is plentiful . |
| 29 | Only by steadily improving efficiency would Britain win and keep its share of the world 's markets . |
| 30 | They provide the writers with a language by which they can recognise and communicate their sense of an ineffable being with the dynamic power to transform their lives , and the purpose of their writing is to release that dynamic in the lives of others . |