Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new capitalism is a cut-throat enterprise : to stay in business you must not only compete with but beat your competitors . |
| 2 | The study of non-verbal communication is highly relevant : every signal we send out , consciously or , more usually , unconsciously can convey a richness of signals and meaning which can greatly add to and enhance — or indeed , detract from — our presentation of our selves and the success of our message delivery . |
| 3 | Logically , you can only write to and read from the I/0 devices in a sequential manner . |
| 4 | I presume serfs are still living there and I 'd rather break in than see innocent people die of hunger while — ’ |
| 5 | A couple who once toyed with the idea of buying a door would rather do without than open up that time-consuming subject again . |
| 6 | We can no longer stand by and let this happen . |
| 7 | Did you find wh when you were being bullied or when other people were being physically intimidated that other soldiers would help them or would they just stand by and let it happen ? |
| 8 | cos we ca n't just stand by and watch her fade away can we ? |
| 9 | It is more difficult , according to Lyons , tor users of such language-systems to approximate to neutral , objective statements since they must always comment on and judge the truth value of what they say ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |
| 10 | By this , we mean our rights to innocently flirt with and fondle women . |
| 11 | All the things you ‘ ought ’ to take on holiday — just in case it turns chilly , rains , is too hot , or whatever else — have to be reduced by sheer practicality , when forced to it , of deciding what you can possibly do without and leave behind . |
| 12 | The fact remains that most health professionals would still speak of and regard someone like Arthur B as an old man with a stroke , not a disabled person with rights and entitlements . |
| 13 | He should further refer to and reflect upon the continuous Labour search for excuses for crime rather than for the introduction of any sensible policies to deal with crime . |
| 14 | He also had in him the wrathful patriarch of the Protestant religion , for he was the product of the two warring faiths , of an Irish Catholic mother and an Irish Presbyterian father , and of the Sunday ritual my mother would repeatedly describe as if narrating the auspicious early life of a saint . |
| 15 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 16 | Can we trust in the shed blood of Jesus to fully atone for and cover our sins ? |
| 17 | ‘ In order to be made liable as principal for the acts of an agent the principal must at least consent to or adopt his appointment . |
| 18 | And yet the train seems to be able to pass it by , symbolically , by her passing by the graveyard , and to almost frown upon and transcend it . |
| 19 | The other emerging trend is to provide PC-based systems which can either contribute to or make actual use of the documents produced on the main system . |
| 20 | We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives . |
| 21 | His ego was and is such that the outside world can neither add to nor subtract from it . |
| 22 | The social side of bridge may be what attracts to the game but here he can neither talk to nor see He bids with specially marked chips and passes his cards through a slot at the bottom of the screen . |
| 23 | An account has already been given of the proprietary and contractual disabilities of married women at Common Law and the creation by the Court of Chancery of an equitable separate estate which a married woman could freely deal with and bind by her contracts , so far as no restraint on anticipation had been imposed , and which , in any case , she could dispose of by will . |
| 24 | So he can actually look at and say oh well Queen Mary 's is the place for you to go my friend . |
| 25 | ‘ And I 'll never look at or speak to Gilbert Blythe again ! ’ |
| 26 | One thing to be said of that is that it does not at all follow , from the fact that we can not give particular descriptions of items that fall within a set , that we can not satisfactorily conceive of and describe the set . |
| 27 | 2.2 Subject to all Landlord 's Approvals and all other consents being obtained ( which the Landlord shall forthwith apply for and obtain with all due expedition ) and continuing in force ( which continuation in force the Landlord shall use its best endeavours to ensure is maintained ) the Landlord shall entirely at its own expense in all respects immediately proceed diligently to carry out and complete the Works : |