Example sentences of "[noun pl] to [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These treaties were often impressively strict and cunning : in some cases , for example , shepherds bound by them were obliged to walk ahead of their flocks in the mornings , so that they were unable to drive the animals to where they knew the best grass to be . |
| 2 | Clearly men with a purpose , their well-ironed tropical suits and ties contrasted with the colourful informality of the other passengers and the rest of the airport crowd — the men in body length kanzas or open neck shirts , and women in black buibuis stretching from their heads to below their knees or in multi-coloured kitenge dresses proclaiming variants on the theme of Uhuru na Mwalimu . |
| 3 | Research leaders welcome this for targeting funds to where they can be best used . |
| 4 | The commission dismissed charges of forgery of private and public documents , and in addition applied a December 1989 amnesty for offences committed before June 1989 against rules governing party political financing , in connection with allegations that Nucci had used funds to further his own election as a National Assembly deputy . |
| 5 | There had been several nasty incidents recently in the town when lone women had been subjected to attacks of one kind or another , so she could n't help but look over her shoulder as she made her way along the rows of parked cars to where her small Fiesta was parked next to a sleek-looking Jaguar . |
| 6 | Getting to her feet , angry and hurt all over again , she moved jerkily about the small room and only halted when Leo came up behind her and placed his palms on her shoulders to still her . |
| 7 | I use my clients to actually me expand my business which I means I can give you more of my time . |
| 8 | She grew instantly concerned and retraced her steps to where she had tethered Swimmer of Lakes . |
| 9 | Self-recognition is the key to change , to throwing off these barriers to further our growth . |
| 10 | Resultant regional tensions are often used by other countries to further their own political/economic aims among the LDCs . |
| 11 | But I have no intention of using my past experiences to further my financial comfort . |
| 12 | You could even get an off-line-reader to cut down the phone bills to hardly anything . |
| 13 | Yes , I think as adults one thing we have to do is actually trust the wisdom of our children to let us know , to give us the cues to when they need to talk or express their fears in some way erm I mean that 's our duty not to stop them talking , not to stop them asking questions , but to be aware of when they may have fears . |
| 14 | Roger quickly joined both ropes together and we descended the 300 feet to where I could follow our steps without difficulty to the foot of the crag . |
| 15 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 16 | Consultant arranged customer awareness training , taking employees into end-user sites to further their knowledge . |
| 17 | Return those springs to where you found them . |
| 18 | At that time it was a kind of derelict brick structure , part of which er over there , the bit that 's at right angles to where we are now , was in a was a plumber 's showroom or had been and this part was actually derelict and had a demolition order on it . |
| 19 | It was there that , with a tray of coffee before her , she poured out two cups and handed one to her host , who was seated in an easy-chair at right angles to where she was sitting . |
| 20 | He has also to appreciate that as supervising officer his position within the building contract is unique in that he often has responsibilities to both his client and the contractor . |
| 21 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |
| 22 | Second , whereas the government 's social policy extols the virtues of targeting benefits and subsidies to where they will do most good , there is no parallel targeting to ensure that interest rate policy will bear only on those aspects of the economy which increase inflationary pressure . |
| 23 | We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from . |
| 24 | One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England . |
| 25 | She hopes to hold the French sponsored walk in November and is now looking for companies and individuals to back her . |
| 26 | Critics from both the nationalist and the loyalist side have attacked the DUP ( and its predecessor , the Protestant Unionist Party ) for using working-class loyalists to further its aims . |
| 27 | Would she have allowed him the use of it in any outside circumstance , anywhere that open sexual contact would be anything other than common and unremarkable , and was he being honest in trying to tap some dry spring of old feelings to further his own ends now ? |
| 28 | He 's also launched a one-man fund raising campaign around Henley … he 's asking local businesses to back him . |
| 29 | But two more recent developments accelerated the process and brought things to where they stand today . |
| 30 | TopLog says there will be no changes to how its subsidiaries operate in France , Benelux , Germany , UK ( TopLog Ltd ) and Spain ( DSD ) . |