Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] to [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 He wanted to bear witness to Jesus in this tough spot , and invited some of the nearby Christians to accompany him .
2 In order to relate theory to practice in this book , human activities have been divided up into concept groups and the nurse 's responsibilities in the pre- , peri- and post-operative periods have been considered .
3 International copyright arrangements institutionalise peripherality and make it more expensive to obtain access to knowledge of all kinds .
4 LEAs and school governors were required to provide information to parents on such matters as criteria for admission , exam results , curriculum , discipline and organisation .
5 The Zoo 's own photographer managed to come face to face with this somewhat disrespectful giraffe , and yes , he was in an area available to the general public — albeit in a slightly acrobatic pose !
6 Jenny was curiously reluctant to come face to face with this intruder whoever it was .
7 In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 .
8 I was struck by the fact that no one referred to how enjoyable it is to drink alcohol and that no one mentioned that in our culture it is absolutely normal to consume alcohol to excess on some occasions and that most people will have experienced the effects of over-indulgence at some time .
9 Getting acceptance of the technical specification by these functions is the first hurdle for the project manager ; the process should be viewed as a form of insurance that the proposals are not going to give rise to problems in these areas , not as unwarranted interference with the job .
10 Yes , I think that as David said one of the things that we 've been working at very hard in recent years in teacher training is to try to improve the quality and the content of reading courses generally , and then I think it is also necessary to draw attention to teachers of this problem of dyslexia .
11 TECHNIQUEST is designed to give fun to people of all ages and abilities and is ideal for family outings , school trips , birthday parties , coach trips , business lunches and office parties .
12 We believe it is quite wrong for the Government to deny access to justice to many of the poorest and most vulnerable in our society .
13 Oracle Corp and US West Inc duly announced details of their alliance yesterday , saying that they were jointly developing a multimedia information server to enable access to information at any time from any place in any form — via personal computer , facsimile machine or a cellular or conventional telephone — and eventually via a screenphone , an interactive television set or a personal digital assistant .
14 An increasing level of activity is evident in these markets compared with a year ago and the new name is expected to reduce barriers to entry for these services .
15 Nonetheless , elite theorists are reluctant to ascribe interests to people on some kind of ‘ objective ’ basis , independently of what people say they want .
16 A report in the Financial Times of May 21 , 1991 , claimed that a UK deal to supply arms to Brunei worth some £400,000,000 ( US$692,000,000 ) was under threat .
17 Chlamydial infection was thus shown to have similarities to gonorrhoea in this respect .
18 Parents cut off their private parts , lest they ever have children to fall prey to monsters like these .
19 Parents cut off their private parts , lest they ever have children to fall prey to monsters like these .
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