Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After long and entertaining research ( that 's hours sitting watching the story unfold and telling everyone that this really was work ) I can divulge that Johnny has a long-distance girlfriend , fishes an awful lot , is taken water-skiing by sharks , enjoys parties on passing cruisers , is invaded by ancient midget pirates , and is a very clean living , regular bathing type of guy . |
| 2 | Maclaren has been watching the story unfold . |
| 3 | However , we can let P affect these other pieces , because ( F 2 R 2 ) 3 does not affect any other pieces and so P — 1 will also put them back correctly . |
| 4 | They question the theoretical basis of this approach , arguing that not only might the driver treat this as a challenge to driving skill , but that in the trade off between caution and speed , the driver could equally strike a bargain on the side of risk , especially where the shared space is lengthy . |
| 5 | It will of course anger some because its concentration on problems implicitly denies the possibility of good financial reporting . |
| 6 | Well what a what does your mum want to do ? |
| 7 | Why do authorities make the little things in life so difficult ? |
| 8 | Why do some authorities make greater provision for pupils with special needs than other authorities faced with the same Problems ? ’ |
| 9 | Our view is that we should let local authorities make their own decisions about their priorities . |
| 10 | who has let a prince clamber her . |
| 11 | And what does the Duchess think of Johnny this morning ? |
| 12 | Her hair had been flattened by the storm so that it made Trent think of a squashed astrakan hat . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll of course stay here for as long as you like . |
| 14 | You can of course stay in one of our other hotels featured in this brochure but parking will have to be either on the street or in one of the municipal car parks . |
| 15 | The 32-year-old helped Sheffield stay in big time soccer but Dave Bassett would n't stand in his way if a move back South came up . |
| 16 | Use a water-based lubricant such as ‘ KY ’ jelly , as an oil-based lubricant like ‘ Vaseline ’ will make the condom disintegrate . |
| 17 | This posed the complementary questions of ‘ do the activities exist ’ and ‘ who could be carrying them out ’ , leading to the normal enquiries about effectiveness and efficiency . |
| 18 | Just looking around at acres of tired , naked flesh made Jezrael squirm ; she stayed in her room as much as possible . |
| 19 | He had seen Caballeros make his 3 and knew that unless the Spaniard cracked he would need to finish with two birdies himself . |
| 20 | Why should we refuse medical treatment to people who are suffering medically compared to other people who say , who need a heart transplant , or a kidney transplant ? |
| 21 | There is still talk of a planned Pentium announcement on March 15 — but a launch date has not been firmed up , and the thing will in any case remain a ‘ boutique product ’ throughout this year , although a P24T 80486 kicker — a 486 with Pentium 's floating point unit — is being talked about for mid-year . |
| 22 | She scrambled to her feet , feeling her heart bump painfully as she caught sight of the two men standing by the car . |
| 23 | Then dis discontinuity , does the function exist for a whole range ? |
| 24 | ‘ How will your decision affect my business ? ’ |
| 25 | For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ? |
| 26 | ‘ And how did that decision affect you ? ’ |
| 27 | Will employers prefer the new graduates to the A level employees , and , where will the graduates with their already developed learning skills obtain their building surveyor education ? |
| 28 | This was a deliberate choice , enhancing the transferability of the concepts/keyword work to other schools , should the opportunity arise to do so . |
| 29 | ‘ This will enable funding of external strategic development should an opportunity arise , ’ the Group declared . |
| 30 | The relevant questions which sociologists fail to ask include : to what extent do housewives influence family status-rankings through their consumption or general housekeeping behaviour ? |