Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't possibly allow my wife to work for men who ca n't keep their minds on the job and their hands to themselves . ’ |
| 2 | And if he saw a sheep that should n't be where they were and the gentry about to come within days he would soon get them down . |
| 3 | It would not be proper for me to comment on individuals who may be trustees of that pension fund . |
| 4 | — a few hundred quid a year — what right have Tory Members to talk about pensioners who must get by on about £56 a week ? |
| 5 | It is possible that for brief periods during construction of the breakwater , barges or other vessels may need to moor in positions which would affect operation of the radar station . |
| 6 | On the second day of the Workshop those who attended the first meeting will return to participate in activities which will assist in preparing for their own course validation event . |
| 7 | Whatever the nature of price adjustment costs , one important development in establishing the micro-foundations of Keynesian wage or price rigidity has emphasized that these costs need not be substantial to lead to rigidities which can have important macroeconomic consequences . |
| 8 | That means being willing to listen to things we 'd rather not hear . |
| 9 | I may continue to look for factors which will outweigh his prospects of enjoyment at the zoo . |
| 10 | It would appear , therefore , that although large size may well reduce the propensity of firms to organise into associations it can enhance their opportunity to do so should they wish . |
| 11 | She says it 's all about giving the children an opportunity to play with things they could n't normally play with . |
| 12 | In order to engage in such self-justification , the speaker must possess the ideological and argumentative tools for criticizing ‘ prejudice ’ , for the speaker wishes to escape from criticisms which could come equally from both self and audience . |
| 13 | Although Crawford was one of the few Test cricketers to play in spectacles it would seem that his eyesight was not so poor that he could not be used by the military . |
| 14 | And so erm , the youth bus is , is trying to fill that gap , it 's not ideal , because what we actually want to do is get the advice centre to provide some information and to look at ways they can open up to young people . |
| 15 | Other infantrymen were irked by the impersonal casualness with which the heavy gunners crews emerged from their comfortable shelters to fire at targets they could not see , ‘ appearing to be much less concerned than about the soup or the bucket of wine which had just been brought ’ |
| 16 | However , assuming the properties are significant assets , a full investigation of title is to be preferred to either reliance upon a certificate from the vendor 's solicitors that the vendor has a good and marketable title ( since certificates of title are qualified and their benefit depends upon the status of the firm of solicitors providing them ) or reliance upon warranties and indemnities alone since the purchaser would rather have problems disclosed before the purchase than have to rely upon a right to sue under warranties which will be subject to general limitations . |
| 17 | Ever-changing regulations cause stress both because of the need to become familiar with new rules and because of the sensitivity needed to cope with clients who may be worse off after the changes . |
| 18 | However , Denmark , Germany , the Netherlands and the UK , all of which derived substantial excise revenues from tobacco sales , objected to the ban and the Council of ( Health ) Ministers agreed in Luxembourg on June 6 to press for changes which would restrict publicity on a voluntary rather than a statutory basis . |
| 19 | According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity . |
| 20 | As it is , the three months ' requirement in Northern Ireland results in the disentitlement to vote of persons who would undoubtedly be able to vote in Great Britain , for example any person previously resident only in Great Britain who abandons his old residence and takes up a new one in Northern Ireland within three months of the qualifying date . |
| 21 | Many students , teachers , educationalists , and examiners like to deal with things which can be classified as clearly right or wrong , and perhaps this is one reason why they have favoured an atomistic approach to foreign language learning , for communication is hard to assess , whereas isolated levels like grammar and vocabulary are much easier . |
| 22 | This was primarily an attempt to deal with synonyms which can not be conflated by a rule-based stemming procedure . |
| 23 | Make provision to deal with enquiries which may arise from members and where necessary refer exceptional enquiries to The Engineering Council in accordance with agreed procedures . |
| 24 | Steel-Maitland , Boraston , Jenkins and Fraser made up a team of experts , all of sufficient status to deal with politicians who might call into the office ; the work of the office was departmentalized for the first time and the heads of department brought together into a supervising board . |
| 25 | Our customers told us beforehand anything to do with dinosaurs we could sell . |
| 26 | There is a temptation to put in questions which will check against each other but this can irritate the responder who will easily detect redundancy . |
| 27 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |
| 28 | Thus Article 18 requires a signatory State to refrain from acts which would defeat the ‘ object and purpose ’ of the treaty ; a reservation must not be ‘ incompatible with the object and purpose ’ of the treaty , and a material breach is ‘ the violation of a provision essential to the object or purpose of the treaty ’ . |
| 29 | Called on all states and institutions not to recognize the annexation , and to refrain from actions which might be interpreted as indirect recognition . |
| 30 | Traffic wardens and police patrols have been told to watch for motorists who might attempt to break the rules . |