Example sentences of "[vb past] to other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the consequences of the difficult situation in schools and the low pay was that many teachers left the profession , even to work in the informal labour sector , and some moved to other countries . |
| 2 | Most of the readers , of course , moved to other papers . |
| 3 | The maggots had done their work in those sockets and moved to other pastures . |
| 4 | Some managers found it ‘ painful ’ to relinquish their traditional directive management style and moved to other parts of the company . |
| 5 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 6 | The effects of oil appeared to halt the decline in the 1980s , and it is a principal question for this book whether recovery is being , or can be , generated by the growth of services ( such as financial services ) provided to other countries ( see below ) . |
| 7 | Middle class feminists also objected to this increasing ‘ officialism , police interference and espionage ’ , just as they objected to other aspects of state intervention in the working class family and to protective legislation for women workers . |
| 8 | However , the report is also concerned with the balance between science and technology , noting the relative emphasis on the first in the UK compared to other countries ( Robbins 1963 , Table 40 ) and suggesting ways of upgrading the latter . |
| 9 | How is Actively Seeking Work operating in West Belfast compared to other areas ? |
| 10 | There is one other distinguishing feature of researching the RUC compared to other police studies . |
| 11 | She was n't so sure about her safety when it came to other things . |
| 12 | He needed no telling twice , but alas the episode was fatal to his position at United Racecourses and he thereupon turned to other activities . |
| 13 | So he turned to other forms of theatre , directing operas , writing and staging revues and musicals , to which he brought new ideas and methods that were widely admired . |
| 14 | Among those who turned to other occupations were Roman Catholic career policemen whose families had been associated with the RUC and its predecessor , the RIC , for two and three generations . |
| 15 | Nobody cared to enlighten her , and after an embarrassed silence the conversation turned to other matters . |
| 16 | After his departure , we all sat silent and uneasy about what to do next until Catesby cracked a joke and the conversation turned to other matters . |
| 17 | Attention turned to other causes of disaster and among these identified the quality of masters and officers who were required to pass no test of competency except , ironically , when they were carrying slaves . |
| 18 | The paper did not cause much excitement and Rous turned to other subjects . |
| 19 | Even this century has produced stubborn opponents of the view that the library was either burnt in one of Moscow 's fires , or that the books were long ago dispersed to other libraries , or that , in reality , there never was such a library . |
| 20 | Held : An occupier of premises owed the same duty of care to a fireman attending the premises to extinguish the fire as he or she owed to other visitors under s. 2 of the OLA 1957 . |
| 21 | We can not assume that such areas were unsettled , however , since areas of woodland often belonged to other places which are better documented . |
| 22 | And , I talked to other publishers erm , including a very large one which will be nameless and they have a pretty good spread and their experience was the same as ours . |
| 23 | Wearing red overalls , the princess laughed and chatted to other drivers while she waited her turn . |
| 24 | A line of people filed onto the stage : Annie and Sheila split a roll of mints , and waved to other women they recognised . |
| 25 | English poststructuralists , when wearing their Marxist hats , would undoubtedly want to insist that ideas belong in larger contexts , social , cultural , and political , and can not easily be abstracted and appropriated to other ends . |
| 26 | These countries could trade with Britain without being subject to the import duties and restrictions that applied to other countries and British capital could be invested in Sterling Area countries without restriction . |
| 27 | Tunnels branched off to right and left : these led to other pill-boxes . |
| 28 | Every corridor led to other corridors , or to stairs . |
| 29 | In addition to his tile business , he also transfer-printed on to enamelled copper and porcelain , which he sold to other retailers and from his own shop in Harrington Street . |
| 30 | It was impossible to get away from him , though , so in desperation she resorted to other tactics . |