Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As a result , you may have little practical alternative but to agree to increased working hours or to work in a different area , despite the fact that the contract does not provide for such things , if they are commercially necessary from the point of view of the business . |
| 2 | Not to play with the twins , not for solace or scraps or to complain about the social security man , but simply to be a nuisance since being a nuisance was his way : to say again that he was the child of Miss Lavant . |
| 3 | Rather they preferred to farm them out at a fixed rent , at leases which , in the fourteenth century , became progressively longer , and to enjoy the freedom to take up offices or to serve in the army . |
| 4 | Wages fell rapidly and the unions , despite their involvement in many long and protracted disputes were unable to staunch the outward flow of members and funds or to stave off the savage monetary wage cuts which occurred . |
| 5 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 6 | At the end of 1936 G. D. H. Cole , in his The Peoples Front , advocated the formation of " Radical Groups " , to work in local Liberal parties and to co-operate with the Labour and Communist Parties . |
| 7 | A section of the road was shut for a week and motorists were warned to clean their cars and to dispose of the rags in plastic bags . |
| 8 | Schools choose teachers to carry out a specific duty , to teach specific subjects and to contribute to the school at large . |
| 9 | Validated centres may if they wish adapt these to suit their own teaching styles and to correspond with the contexts in which the modules are being offered . |
| 10 | She said , today : ‘ I am delighted to have an opportunity to meet my European peers and to participate in the debates and the entire programme . ’ |
| 11 | For this purpose auditors are entitled , under section 237(3) , to inspect the company 's books and to require from the company 's officers such information as they think necessary for the performance of their duties . |
| 12 | The client is now helped to begin to challenge their irrational ideas and images and to aim towards a more logical and positive interpretation , by identifying what type of thinking error they are making . |
| 13 | This was viewed as crucial to end the long period of disruption in schools and to deal with the problems of student demotivation . |
| 14 | But DES Circular 11/87 exhorts schools to acknowledge that some parents have strong religious or cultural objections to the imparting of sex education by schools and to comply with a request to withdraw a child in such circumstances . |
| 15 | With significant interests in both Sanga-Sanga and Runtu , LASMO is geographically well placed to benefit from the continued exploration of these two areas and to participate in the development of the LNG business in one of the most robust gas markets in the world . |
| 16 | The teaching methods in the full-time courses were centred upon projects which sought to provide a simulated work situation , to integrate what might otherwise appear to be disparate subject areas and to engender in the student independence and originality of thought . |
| 17 | The state has actively sought to develop tourism , both to attract foreign visitors and to act as a counter-magnet to holidays abroad for Britons . |
| 18 | The G-3 also ( i ) supported the resolutions of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) on Haiti and its condemnation of the September military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522 ] ; ( ii ) urged a ceasefire in the civil war in El Salvador and agreed to encourage peace talks in Guatemala ; ( iii ) supported the early negotiation of a G-3 free trade agreement ; and ( iv ) resolved to improve transport and communications between G-3 countries and to co-operate in the development of satellite communication with the help of Andean Pact member countries . |
| 19 | Untanned skin takes time for the natural melanin pigment to be triggered off by sunrays and to rise to the surface to make you look brown . |
| 20 | It is also undeniable that he sees a part of the truth — such ceremonies educated the young at large to respect their elders and betters and to aspire to the same glory ( Polyb. 6.54.3 ) : they were civic festivals . |
| 21 | They were forced to both to cover death duties and to pay for the wear and tear on a house that costs £450,000 a year to run . |
| 22 | For the middle classes , able to live a comfortable life with servants to take care of domestic matters and to minister to the needs of dependent members of the household , giving a home to an elderly relative would not have meant the automatic provision of unpaid care by female relatives . |
| 23 | However , at relatively limited cost , garden festivals have helped to renew derelict sites and to act as a focus for development . |
| 24 | However , the finance company will often require the dealer to take on further obligations and to enter into a recourse agreement . |
| 25 | Not to give freebies but to invest in the workers of the future . |
| 26 | Whatever it was , he appointed one John Leathart , a mining engineer , to conduct a survey of the Coniston Mines and to advise on the true position there . |
| 27 | In these situations they are able to contribute information and guidance regarding the problems that pupils have with visual activities and to consider on an individual basis the compounding effect that these may have in terms of the other disabilities from which the child may suffer . |
| 28 | You could find it useful to comment on past reactions and to ask for a fresh angle : ‘ When we 've talked about having some staff working from home , we 've always got bogged down in cost factors regarding the technology needed . |
| 29 | A gene regulating testis determination and derived from a common mammalian ancestor would be expected to be conserved in sequence between eutherians and marsupials and to map to the marsupial Y chromosome . |
| 30 | The committees are empowered to take evidence from ministers , civil servants and outside experts and to call for the necessary papers and records . |