Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine . |
| 2 | First , there are administrative costs incurred by individuals and firms as they attempt to adjust to the new set of prices . |
| 3 | With so much more volatility in markets , it is perhaps inevitable that greater stress will be put on senior executives as they strive to adapt to , and cope with , ever faster changes . |
| 4 | Perhaps if corporation executives paid as much attention to programme budgets as they appear to do to their own tax returns , viewers would get better value for their licence money . |
| 5 | The BBC1 blockbuster Civvies — which starts tonight — takes an uncompromising look at ex-Paras as they try to adjust to life outside the Army . |
| 6 | The non-metropolitan counties , or ‘ shire ’ counties as they have come to be called , are substantial local authorities in terms of both area and population ( see Map 3.1 and Table 3.2 ) . |
| 7 | Thus a note might reach the union committee asking for exemption from the quarterly meeting ( to avoid a fine ) such as the one from Mrs K. who in 1922 said " I wish to be exempt from Society meetings as I have to attend to my children in the evenings " . |