Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to achieve these it is necessary to modify and amplify their proposals . |
| 2 | We can prove that Birmingham is a nice place ; we can embarrass ourselves by straining each nerve , adopting all blandishments to try and make its detractors like our city . |
| 3 | In addition to the points of law the case also shows that directors of companies in receivership may raise all sorts of legal questions to try and protect their interests . |
| 4 | The aim will then be to encourage the family to try and modify their interactions within the therapy session , before practising this at home . |
| 5 | Many companies er were making fabulous profits and what reason was there to prevent a good shop stewards ' committee from going in to try and enhance their members conditions ? |
| 6 | Instead of simply going to bed , she insisted on returning , believing that it was her duty to try and fulfil her obligations . |
| 7 | This is a ballet company : I 'm not going to try and change their lives . |
| 8 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 9 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 10 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 11 | Well we 've been very concerned to try and develop our policies and services and we find this report very helpful because it has given us a very clear lead as to the sort of things which are necessary , and in many ways it 's supporting the ideas which we 've had . |
| 12 | They will write letters on behalf of their ‘ twin ’ to try and uncover their whereabouts and to draw attention to the plight of ‘ disappeared ’ people . |
| 13 | Do n't you think we ought to try and understand our surroundings before we try to change them ? ’ |
| 14 | The time I went before that , I got erm , like a frostbitten thumb , because I was going up on the chair lift , and er , I dropped one of my gloves , and it was quite a cold day , so by the time I 'd got to the top , and skied all the way back down , and then down the road going back to try and find me gloves , because I had borrowed them from a friend , |
| 15 | There is n't much more we can do , short of going off to Istanbul in person to try and find his tracks . |
| 16 | He was the only one to spot the danger to the mother and child , and dashed onto the tracks in order to try and save their lives , waving his arms frantically . |
| 17 | ‘ My husband collapsed on the lawn outside , but got up again to try and save our dogs from the side of the house . ’ |
| 18 | Moving down the open field at Kingsburgh , a view of the sea-loch comes into view , wide and bright , the view from her window every morning until Flora Macdonald and her husband left to try and increase their fortunes in America . |
| 19 | For instance , when coaching people in the carve gybe , rather than simply say ‘ Bend zee knees ’ which has little effect , it is better to ask them to try and get their knees to touch the water as they bank into the turn . |
| 20 | The girl across the way wearily implored Charles to try and get his facts right . |
| 21 | Mr Chris Humphreys , London secretary of Nupe , said : ‘ It is obvious that Kenneth Clarke intends to try and starve our members back to work . |
| 22 | So we 're going to keep we 're going to try and keep our costs on this obviously stripped down to an absolute minimum . |
| 23 | Rousseau ( 1762 , p.54 ) wrote in Émile : ‘ Childhood has its own ways of seeing , thinking and feeling ; nothing is more foolish than to try and substitute our ways ’ . |
| 24 | I mean Mao will have no merit in actually distorting it deliberately to try and motivate his leaders because |
| 25 | ‘ My scenario is that falling house prices will drive up bad debts further , causing lenders to try and cut their costs as provisions start to eat into their capital bases , ’ says one former chief executive of a large mortgage lender . |
| 26 | Stereoprofilometry A skin imprint technique which manufacturers use to try and prove their creams give good results . |
| 27 | ‘ Because I listen to a lot of jazz and classical music and the others listen to harder stuff , I find it a challenge to try and incorporate my influences into what we do , ’ Adam enthuses , dropping in the expression ‘ be-bop hardcore ’ to pinpoint his guitar quirks . |
| 28 | How contemptible his flight must have appeared to her whom , not long before , he himself had urged not to try and solve her difficulties by running away . |
| 29 | And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’ |
| 30 | To peacefully persuade zoos and national and local governments to accept and promote our aims . |