Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] [noun sg] in [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nor , it seems , did he think it necessary to tell Mr. Small that Matadial had adhered to her statement in this respect when making her addendum in May . |
| 2 | Perhaps surprisingly , the methods of modern-day actuarial statistics , where ‘ lifetables ’ are constructed on behalf of insurance companies to help them estimate the probable lifespans of various classes of individual , have come to our aid in this project . |
| 3 | 5.5 This conclusion will actually exclude the great majority of verbs ( or , more exactly , all normal uses of the great majority of verbs ) from appearing in construction with an adverbal adjective at all , with or without the claimed nuance ; either they will be related to their object in such a way that there is simply no need to mention any particular property of the latter entity , as in ( 30 ) ; or , even if there is some property of the object specially relevant to the notion introduced in the verb , that property does not belong to the object by virtue of the relationship between the verb and the object ; for instance , even if Angela in ( 31 ) resembles her cousin in that they are both dark , her cousin does not have that property because Angela resembles her , and even if the Prince admired his Chief Justice because of his disposition to clemency it is not the the Prince 's admiration that justifies the applicability of the property merciful . |
| 4 | Mr Justice Simon Brown said that shortly before the tribunal came to its decision in this case a tribunal chaired by Professor Jackson took a different approach in a similar case , Syed Jabar Hussain Shah . |
| 5 | Ferdinando came to his wife in such an open way that she was reminded of the first advances he had ever made and she was stirred in a way she believed no longer possible . |
| 6 | I need not refer to his history in any more detail up to June 1990 , but in that month he went to a residential school where his mother continued to visit him and in October 1990 he absconded from that school . |
| 7 | Whatever happened to my son in that church , and I do n't pretend to understand it , in the end he died because of it . |
| 8 | It 's a case of balancing the short-term costs to the long-term benefits that we 'll see to our soil in this country . |
| 9 | A major failure of the Congress , as identified by Yeltsin and attributed to its composition in that it was weighted in favour of the conservatives , was the refusal to endorse a clause in the draft constitution allowing the sale and privatization of land . |
| 10 | With some , this view does not cohere with their other beliefs , and one can not attribute to them belief in any coherent justification of their acceptance of an obligation to obey . |
| 11 | Some of our cathedrals regularly add to their repertoire in this way . |
| 12 | Was she insane , that she imagined she could force people to bend to her will in this arbitrary fashion ? |
| 13 | The economic crises of the 1980s have contributed to its expansion in this decade . |
| 14 | Now I do have input into what I think will sell in Europe and in Asia and my background in private and investment banking has contributed to our expansion in these directions ; I come into contact with different people from those who might normally come into Colnaghi 's , giving rise to possible purchasing opportunities . |
| 15 | Where the branch manufactures a product ( such as a car ) the standards it must comply with are those of the host member state ; conversely , where it sells a product made in its home member state the manufacturing standards of the home member state are normally the relevant ones , although the rules of the host member state would apply to its advertising in that state provided that they are justified as being for the public good . |
| 16 | The more distant in time an issue is to current industry concerns , the more difficult it is for managers to establish that it applies to their business in some significant way ( relevancy ) and that it should be addressed now ( urgency ) . |
| 17 | Her instincts told her that Ben was suffering a pang of conscience with regard to his part in this little deception . |
| 18 | Who are , as you probably all know , erm , in London , or on their way to London , lobbying , I hope successfully , but I fear probably not , said he , keeping an eye on the tape recorder trying to get more money out of the government in regard to our backing in this , and we wish you well . |
| 19 | A paper was contributed to the Royal Society on the art of blasting but all evidence points to its introduction in this country at the Ecton Copper Mines in Stafiordshire in 1670 . |
| 20 | The black-backed superb warbler , the graceful ptilotis , red throat , white-fronted honey-eater , and chestnut-backed ground thrush all fell to his gun in these few exhausting but rewarding weeks . |
| 21 | The inherent conflicts embodied in their creation has subsequently led to their demise in many countries . |
| 22 | I know of no other cichlid anywhere in the world with a comparable tail pattern , and we have no idea what has led to its evolution in this species . |
| 23 | She was always so obsessed with her appearance , I could n't let her go to her grave in that state … |
| 24 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 25 | I have never forgiven the Government for what they did to my constituency in those two years . |
| 26 | Allowing then that international law , at least at present , sets out to control force and therefore to preserve peace , those who would deny its status as law can point to its failure in this respect . |
| 27 | As the afternoon progressed it was apparent that any amateur who could play to his handicap in these conditions was going to do very well . |
| 28 | It was important for Oreste 's sake to keep good relations and so with a good deal of lip-biting and general effort of control she finally wrote to her sister in most moderate terms expressing surprise , confessing intense distress , but apportioning no blame . |
| 29 | By referring to your essay in this way , you can direct your reader to specific parts of it , perhaps for emphasis ; and you can comment on and mediate your material . |
| 30 | Unlike previous circular offerings , Nigel Mansell 's Freewheel does n't attach to your desk in any way ! |