Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The permitted limits of £1,000 a year in total for gifts , and the exemptions of as many small gifts of £100 a year as the donor may choose and of all gifts out of surplus income are not unreasonable for ordinary individuals ; and the raising of the exempt gift on marriage to £5,000 per parent will probably exceed the capacity of most parents , particularly that of the bride 's parents saddled with the cost of the reception as well . |
| 2 | The courts can influence and to some extent mold certain provisions through their interpretation of statute and common law . |
| 3 | I then want you to write down as many of the words as you can remember and in any order you wish . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning . |
| 5 | They lose friends , they ca n't work and in many cases , particularly sexual , with the risk of AIDS , the addiction can be life threatening . |
| 6 | He accepted however that once this case was over the real hunt for more suitable accommodation would begin and by that time , at least , there could be the introduction of such a carer . |
| 7 | Files must be sent in the format that the next receiving application can understand and to this end a couple of automatic conversion routines are supplied . |
| 8 | Right , oh yes it 's got a , a lot of discrepancies , but the point is that the discrepancies it has are explicable in terms of what the discrepancies were trying to hide and correct and to that extent it 's a bit like psychoanalysing an individual patient . |
| 9 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 10 | Let's try and at this moment in time , we 're talking about now not the future . |
| 11 | And we 'll try and to another |
| 12 | I feel sad for all who did n't attend and for those who do n't even have the chance to attend something similar . |
| 13 | Please stop wailing over the dead Pam and concentrate on turning past atrocities into subjects of education and development , not by denying them , but promoting them in ways which will continually enlighten and in many ways , benefit today 's society . |
| 14 | Alan Rough has given more to Scottish football than he could ever take and for that reason alone he stands on the terraces of Hampden Babylon like a colossus . |
| 15 | But we do care and in that sense , yes , aggression is rooted in the world . |
| 16 | In a sense Mao is , is adopting very much the position that he seems to have taken erm in nineteen forty five when he 's , he 's looking forward to land return but saying at the moment our policy of rent reduction , interest rate reduction will continue and at some stage we will then be able to move on into , to that reform . |
| 17 | Is the hon. Gentleman aware that 200 teachers are about to lose their jobs , with the result that class sizes in Northumberland will increase and under this Government the education service will take a dip ? |
| 18 | Does it give you any clues about what happened later ? 3 Make a list of any clues you can find and beside each one say what it suggests to you about what will happen later in the story . |