Example sentences of "[vb infin] we [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are hoping that our two new friends will assist us by acting as emissaries to the Court , ’ said Goibniu and , turning his head , smiled at Floy . |
| 2 | When he concluded by saying that : ‘ We at the ANC are convinced that cricket can assist us in achieving the new South Africa to which we all aspire , ’ he was warmly applauded by the tourists management and captain Kepler Wessels . |
| 3 | That would be a major breakthrough and would certainly assist us in formulating our policy as we move towards government . |
| 4 | The new money will assist us in continuing this successful growth policy ’ . |
| 5 | Before we examine these two interpretations of liberalism which prevail in modern contract theory , we must draw one further distinction because it will assist us in assessing the merits and implications of the two theories . |
| 6 | Sir John , perhaps rightly , thought that this was not our brief , and that the complexities of this problem would prevent us from submitting our Report on time . |
| 7 | It does prevent us from daring to say that a subject becomes part of education because you teach it in a school , or at a CAT or in a university . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 9 | In that document , there is a very strong reference to the fact that that power should be either restrictive or removed and that there should be a right of appeal against it , which would effectively prevent us from using it . |
| 10 | The presence of may prevent us from drawing such a conclusion . |
| 11 | That , however , does not prevent us from drawing particular , limited conclusions from such ‘ isolation ’ experiments . |
| 12 | It is the emotional and dynamic tug of a story which must prevent us from reading in too literal a spirit . |
| 13 | It does prevent us from assuming that students are being educated because they are at a university , irrespective of what their studies are . |
| 14 | Games such as crosswords , mazes , find the hidden word , etc. , can help prevent us from getting bored and allowing our thoughts to wander . |
| 15 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 16 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 17 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 19 | But to say ‘ well we may run into erm problems which we ca n't at the moment foresee , or problems which may make life temporarily a little difficult ’ I do n't think should prevent us from tackling the problem . |
| 20 | By contrast the white hole originates in a space-time singularity and the horizon does not prevent us from viewing this strange event . |
| 21 | The sun may not shine that much on Britain but that does n't exclude us from using solar power . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman has changed his wording — at last , he did not accuse us of privatising HMI . |
| 23 | ‘ No one can accuse us of sitting still ! ’ |
| 24 | Because once the vigorous discussion , rarely does anyone sit and accuse us of having had clearly party political discussions , we had a job of work to do and as a result of that job of work is in front of you now in items one and two . |
| 25 | Sir , we ought to have them nearby us , where we can see what they 're up to … where they ca n't betray us without destroying themselves as well . |
| 26 | A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception . |
| 27 | I remember my father used to say that even those experiences that take us out of ourselves — the ‘ mountain-top ’ experiences — can never keep us from having to come down to the valley of ordinary existence . |
| 28 | After all , we thought ( quite irrationally and knowing next to nothing about the Germans ) , even if they met two young girls cycling in the countryside , they would never suspect us of taking food and clothing to the English . |
| 29 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 30 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |