Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king , who had returned from Flanders in February and was present in person , was asked to agree to confirm and observe the charters ; to agree that no taxes should be levied without the assent of parliament , and to appoint a council which would supervise the expenditure of money raised for the war and exercise jurisdiction over ministers . |
| 2 | Their primary purpose is the conservative one of helping to sustain and maintain the existing order of things . |
| 3 | Now , do you want to go and see the specialist about this drink problem , David ? |
| 4 | Otherwise you 'd be out more or less into the night because you got to go and see the men at night you see ? |
| 5 | There is also the possibility that the vibrations of the flute being played tend to alert and annoy the snake . |
| 6 | The other passage that makes a most extraordinary effect emotionally is Ellen 's exit after she agrees tO go and collect the new apprentice for Grimes . |
| 7 | The violent citizens sought to kill or abduct the Pope when Barbarossa refused to pay them an immense bribe . |
| 8 | To make matters worse the scheme included an irrigation scheme on common land used by the women and with the help of the government , the men gained exclusive use of these lands , pushing women onto inferior , poorer quality land where they had to continue to try and grow the traditional rice . |
| 9 | There are limits to what they can say in explaining their beliefs , the sort of limits which we tend to accept when imagining the constraints upon giving a blind person some understanding of what the world looks like ( although , as said , it would be wrong to suppose that we could communicate nothing in such circumstances ) . |
| 10 | They sent him delivery order but he failed to come and collect the rice . |
| 11 | For the fun of it Len Shackleton played in goal and of course he was full of tricks , shaping to punch or catch the ball on the edge of the penalty area and then controlling it on his chest , things like that . |
| 12 | In each case , according to the audit office , BAS devoted insufficient resources to project management and failed to train and support the project managers adequately . |
| 13 | Unlike the herald who sought to observe and note the outstanding ( the chroniclers , notably Froissart , made good use of the reports of battle given to them by heralds ) , the constable and marshal were more concerned with maintaining order . |
| 14 | In order to understand the involvement of the RB tumor suppressor gene in rat carcinogenesis , we have undertaken to isolate and sequence the rat RB cDNA . |
| 15 | Not only that — we intend to increase and extend the right of access to an appellate system , which does not exist at the moment . |
| 16 | I mean real boredom , that makes you want to scream and tear the curtains ! |
| 17 | Soviet friendship and cooperation treaties with Third World states were intended to displace or counteract the existing alignments and alliances between these states and the Western powers . |
| 18 | It 's the hope of council and traders alike that people who 've read the book and seen the film will also want to come and see the Tailor 's city |
| 19 | I want to go and see the place where I was brought up , my little house , the garden and the road to town . |
| 20 | I want to go and see the Chippendales . |
| 21 | I want to go and bounce the moon |
| 22 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the governmental authorities , however highly principled and dedicated to the welfare of the citizenry , are essentially a vested interest running an organization which , to a greater or lesser degree , is designed to preserve and promote the continuing control of those same authorities . |
| 23 | The Act is designed to conserve and enhance the land and prevent undesirable uses or developments . |
| 24 | These interpretations can be reviewed and considered in the light of the aims of the self-advocacy movement , with the question being posed — does this interpretation of normalisation and the implications for professional practice appear to support and facilitate the open-ended processes of growth emerging from the advocacy movements ? |
| 25 | Incentive systems should be designed to promote and strengthen the social purposes and values of the organisation . |
| 26 | He always has to go and lower the tone of a conversation . |
| 27 | And finally there is meditation which is the specific thought designed to affect and train the brain . |
| 28 | He did extend his stay , helped to arrange and classify the Sherard collection of plants , many obtained from Greece and Asia Minor , and found more in the Botanic Garden to take back to Holland . |
| 29 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
| 30 | Now , on admission to hospital , the AL of communicating has to continue while assuming the sick role or patient role discussed on page 46 . |