Example sentences of "[verb] to a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd like to write to a young lady of fifteen plus , over 5ft , not fussy about looks but please send photo . ’ |
| 2 | Her earliest work in cytology concerned the presence of centrosomes in higher plants ; she then moved to a general study of oögenesis and spermatogenesis in Lilium martagon . |
| 3 | But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too . |
| 4 | After a TOPS course I got a full-time job in computing and I moved to a different part of London . |
| 5 | On the fourteenth day we moved to a different section of the training building . |
| 6 | They also contributed to a growing consciousness of the value of collectivism and of alliances among sections of the lesbian and gay trade movement . |
| 7 | Sails are kept ready rigged , ready for action , and all rigs are interchangeable with all boards — an unrivalled opportunity to try to a wide range of sails with a wide range of boards . |
| 8 | Rather more ideologically committed to a new form of politics were those for whom anti-semitism was seen as the reason for the changes in British and European society engendered by the first World War . |
| 9 | The ASEAN states are committed to a limited neutralisation of Kampuchea . |
| 10 | Communism is committed to a large number of goals , but for our purpose three stand out : the abolition of private property , the abolition of the family and the abolition of religion . |
| 11 | They are entitled to do that in a free European democracy , but we are entitled to hold our ground and to argue that we as a nation were never committed to a united states of Europe in 1973 , that we are not committed to it now and that we do not intend to pre-empt that decision . |
| 12 | In any case , many of its members in the late 18th century , though not yet necessarily committed to a full-blooded doctrine of ‘ laissez-faire ’ , were moving towards a political philosophy involving less , not more , government intervention in everyday affairs , leaving the ‘ natural ’ market forces of supply and demand to regulate the economy as best they may . |
| 13 | Lansdowne and Law could only accede with as good a grace as they could muster ; the party was therefore committed to a full policy of imperial preference , but food taxes would be excluded unless approved by a second general election . |
| 14 | However , we are committed to a full examination of all the issues and to a round of producer meetings later this year , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I have had the opportunity of discussing that with President Bush on a number of occasions , and he is as committed to a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round as we are . |
| 16 | Thus despite the fact that the Thatcher government in the early 1980s was committed to a tight control of money supply and set targets for the broad monetary base M0 , and despite the fact that the authorities have expressed interest in monetary base control , this has not been the form of policy pursued . |
| 17 | Because I recognise you will have concerns I am committed to a vigorous programme of communication both at corporate and at local level . |
| 18 | Ordered , That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee of seven Members , four to be nominated by the House and three by the Committee of Selection . |
| 19 | In the case of an order made by a county court ( judge or registrar ) or by a registrar of the High Court , the appeal lies to a single judge of the High Court and an appeal from a decision of that judge on such appeal lies , with leave of that judge or the Court of Appeal , to the Court of Appeal ( s 375(2) and r 7.48(2) ) . |
| 20 | Exploration well 41/24–3 was drilled to a total depth of 4,834 feet by the Penrod 92 jack-up rig . |
| 21 | In looking for the means to undermine Chomsky 's position , generative semanticists were then attracted to a considerable body of philosophical thought devoted to showing the importance of the uses of language to an understanding of its nature ( work by Austin , Strawson , Grice and Searle in particular ) . |
| 22 | Water patterns bounce off polished chrome , the fibreglass shell is honed to a waxy sheen of pearl . |
| 23 | A fantasy that will appeal to a wide range of ages . |
| 24 | Hitherto the product was reliant on a third-party database , both to store user data and user data dictionaries and objects , but now it comes with Watcom 's SQL Database ; an addition that will appeal to a small number of customers who want to build stand-alone applications . |
| 25 | Benson 's text is a welcome addition for those who treat female patients with various urogenital and anorectal complaints , and it should appeal to a broad range of readers , from medical students to subspecialist physicians . |
| 26 | What we need at G.W. is a designer who can appeal to a new market of younger customers without losing the loyalty of our more traditional clientele — who are far from all being , ’ he added with a twist of humour , ‘ retired country ladies , as I recall you suggested . ’ |
| 27 | The actions of both the Zionists and the Argentinians were , however instigated , straightforward take-overs of already occupied territory and no amount of alleged ‘ divine ’ involvement will alter the fact that , until all mankind adheres to a single set of rules on sovereignty , territory will belong only to those strong enough to hold it . |
| 28 | Above all , and most curiously of all , it is to come to a deeper knowledge of the inexplicable mercy of God , and of that fierce love that simply will not let his world go . |
| 29 | Pupils can be helped to come to a deeper understanding of other peoples and/or events with the questioner 's guidance . |
| 30 | It is not , as far as Beth or Lucy are concerned , about escape from tedium but about using the imagination to come to a provisional understanding of a view of reality . |