Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For several hundred years , the ‘ Debatable Land ’ was largely uninhabited and to keep it that way , in 1551 , a proclamation was issued jointly by the two nations , to the effect that : ‘ All Englishmen and Scottishmen after this proclamation is made are , and shall be , free to rob , burn , spoil , slay , murder and destroy , all and every such person or persons , their bodies , buildings , goods and cattle as do remain or shall inhabit upon any part of the said debatable land . |
| 2 | Do you want or would like |
| 3 | The Hadow Report of 1926 , and its successor the Spens Report of 1938 , had envisaged that not all children would want or could profit from the kind of schooling which was available in Cardiff in the 1930s or in Thame in the 1890s , and that different kinds of pupils deserved not only various curricula but also distinctive types of school . |
| 4 | Perishable goods would perish or would have to be warehoused at an additional cost . |
| 5 | Yes , the provos do claim to support the PLO , but the PLO do not support the IRA , as they make clear ; ‘ No connection of any nature has existed , does exist or will exist between the internationally accepted representative of the people of Palestine , the PLO , and the illegal organisation , the IRA ’ . |
| 6 | If you are arranging any function which involves the use of video , it is safest to specify as precisely as you can both the format and the colour system you will need or can offer . |
| 7 | Cobalt shook his head , which might have meant he did n't know or might have been admonishment for Oliver who was still holding the bottle of wine . |
| 8 | May I ask of any of your readers have any of these cutters they do not need and would wish to sell them ? |
| 9 | There must be no ‘ sacred cows ’ an I hope all of you will assist and will recognise that everyone can make a contribution . |
| 10 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 11 | An engineer knows how different elements will behave and can combine them to give a desired effect . |
| 12 | So long as the new productive potentials take this form — which can not guarantee and may contradict the thrust of the content — progressive , collective effects will depend vitally on the nature of the musical content and on the mode of its reception and use . |
| 13 | The main purpose of Marx 's economic theory is to explain the phenomenon of surplus value in the capitalist system and the reason why capitalism as an economic system can not survive but must give way to socialism . |
| 14 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 15 | The service , Mr. Park argued , could either consist in the grant of a sub-licence which enabled the operator to do in Vancouver what he could not otherwise lawfully do or could consist in the refraining by the taxpayer from stopping the grantee doing what he could otherwise be stopped from doing . |
| 16 | We hope our members and supporters are proud of what they helped us achieve and will continue to support us and introduce their friends to CPRW 's vital work . |
| 17 | Fortunately , he wrote , while every person , more or less , in the Western world , has access to pen and paper and can write down a word or two , few will turn as naturally to painting or music to soothe their troubled breasts . |
| 18 | Such a format will help to diminish the feeling of isolation which some individuals or departments may feel and will provide a forum for the exchange of views and ideas . |
| 19 | An umbrella , hairspray or keys are examples of every day items you might carry and can use against your attacker . |
| 20 | From the foregoing comes one of the basic facts of modern economic society : the poor in our economy are needed to do the work that the more fortunate do not do and would find manifestly distasteful , even distressing . |
| 21 | Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship . |
| 22 | The one and only thing she could do and must do was to fetch help — swiftly . |
| 23 | As Levy ( 1979 : 193 ) remarks , ‘ the speaker by making reference may not simply identify but may construct the object by selecting from a field of relations those properties that are relevant at the moment of utterance ’ . |
| 24 | Yeah but but the thing is that well , they most probably could do but could do some but what what 'd be sacrificed would be the management skills , y you know , and then |
| 25 | Consequently , policies will not cover and will exclude forecasts and statements of intention or opinion as opposed to statements of fact . |
| 26 | The ability to communicate at all levels , and to retain the confidence of your clients is vital ; you have to work with each other , so this confidence must exist and must override any personality clashes . |
| 27 | The DC must already exist and must have been submitted . |
| 28 | The DC must already exist and must have been submitted . |
| 29 | The DC must already exist and must have been submitted . |
| 30 | The SPR must already exist and must have been submitted , but not yet accepted . |