Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( For instance , librarians should know about and avoid the ‘ vanity ’ publishers — firms whose authors pay to have their works published . ) |
| 3 | The method used in the past few years has been simple — ignore names put forward by organisations you do not approve of and pack the committees with more sympathetic interest groups . |
| 4 | Secondly , I 'd make the land around the barn blend and unify with the surrounding area ; it would merge with and reinforce the horizon beyond — harmonise rather than stick out like a sore thumb . ’ |
| 5 | However , in society the groups that we might think of as having an influence upon the decision-making processes will be the trade unions , representatives of the business world such as the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , the bureaucracy and political parties . |
| 6 | And before the children left they were given a carrier bag with all sorts of things that you could think of and to see the delight on those little children 's faces ! |
| 7 | 2.15 Section 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 amended the 1976 Act so as to insert a new s1A , which provides that an action under the Act may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement in the case of causes of action accruing after 1 January 1983 . |
| 8 | Queen Margaret also sees that it could identify with and serve the Leith community , raising educational and training levels for local people , and particularly for part-time and full-time students . |
| 9 | What should you look for when choosing a ready-made Christmas cake ? |
| 10 | Ideal Home and Goblin are interested in finding out all about your vacuum cleaner , how you use it and the features you would look for when choosing a new model . |
| 11 | IDEAL HOME and Vi-Spring are interested in finding out about your bed , whether it 's comfortable and what features you would look for when choosing a new one . |
| 12 | my personal view was that we , we should have some form of , two things , one is communicating the realities of the situation , it 's a fairly new market , there was a lot of competitors in the market , coming into the market , there was a lot of confusion in the market there was a lot of confusion in the market as to exactly what it was that customer could buy , there was also a lot of confusion of as to , cos there are different types of customer , and over sixty five , there are about seven different categories , there was a need for someone and I believe it should therefore have been the market leader at that time to if you want to establish principals , establish what they , this was in the market and establish what the elderly would be , would , should look for when purchasing a retirement apartment . |
| 13 | Does the practice work with or employ a midwife ? |
| 14 | Does the practice work with or employ a midwife ? |
| 15 | Under a new law , the Children Act of 1989 , which comes into force October 14 , there 's a checklist of the criteria which the courts must look to when deciding the children 's future . |
| 16 | These doctors tend to look upon the PHCNs as people they could consult with and give a cold shoulder to the rest of the nurses . |
| 17 | Those candidates stood to draw attention to the fact that Northern Ireland residents can not vote for or join a party which will govern them when it comes to power . |
| 18 | Put simply , Northern Ireland is now the only place on the globe where people can not vote for or join the Labour Party . |
| 19 | So you can vote for and join the Labour Party in Bangkok or Belgrade but not in Belfast . |
| 20 | But the bishops would not apologise for nor retract the letter , and Mr Tembo could not convince them that the Congress Party had the right to pass death sentences upon them . |
| 21 | The second way was to find a compound which would compete for or block the inactivating enzyme . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Then Tina Darne , who was Cecilia 's daughter but only a year or two older than Jarvis , persuaded Jarvis 's mother to let her move in and start a commune . |
| 24 | The Swedish action means that member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) will vote on whether to implement a ban at their next meeting next March in Kyoto . |
| 25 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |
| 26 | In no sense was the new para-professional a threat to teachers , therefore , nor did he detract from or erode the professional autonomy which British teachers enjoy . |
| 27 | Above all , IR spectrometers are almost universally available , and so IR spectroscopy is one of the first techniques the inorganic chemist will call upon when studying a new sample . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The alternative is to use the wind generator or the solar panel as the primary source of recharging , in which case its output must correspond to or exceed the power drain being placed on the battery . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |