Example sentences of "[vb base] to [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or do the institutions of retirement , the social norms of limited activity and poverty , and expectations of ill-health and disability suggest to ageing people that they are expected to do so ? |
| 2 | On the one hand you 've got everything , accounting-wise , you need to run a large company now , and on the other , the bits that make what you send to other people look professional are coming ‘ real soon now ’ in a later release . |
| 3 | Hanson ( 1980 ) , Koskela and Viren ( 1980 ) and Lawrence ( 1983 ) are all attempts to apply something like the Lucas ( 1973 ) test to different data sets . |
| 4 | Thus , when we think of a person , the impression we give to him and the one we wanted to give to him and what we really think of him , and what we say to other people about him are all exactly the same . |
| 5 | the , it 's been put to me to er interview various people or listen to other people if they can tell me about |
| 6 | RE will allow you to air your opinions and listen to other people 's — an exciting challenge for anybody ! |
| 7 | Erm , how do you spell it ? get through and listen to other people 's conversations . |
| 8 | ‘ Although our main aim is to provide accommodation and care ’ , he says , ‘ we also give advice and support to homeless people and try to assist them to resettle back in the community . |
| 9 | Again the needs of dying people of different faiths will increasingly have to be addressed and a social worker can offer knowledge and support to residential staff . |
| 10 | They may be few and far between , but they cause worry to elderly people who fear that the gap may lead to them being put in the same position . |
| 11 | Keeping goats has really caught on in the past 10 years , as farmers look to alternative livestock to stay in business . |
| 12 | As commercial disputants look to other means of settling disputes — tribunal , arbitration , alternative dispute resolution — it is hard enough that law firms are having to set themselves up in competition with non-lawyers to provide these services . |
| 13 | BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL A GUIDE TO BUDDHIST ETHICS |
| 14 | Already , one school leaver in 10 is offered a training voucher — a means to encourage a sharp improvement in the quality and quantity of training available to that age group while increasing the choice and opportunity open to young people . |
| 15 | We run some 19 national sporting competitions and events annually , open to young people throughout the UK , and each year these competitions are reviewed and evaluated by an appropriate specialist committee . |
| 16 | Those who provide and administer services must be available and open to local people 's complaints and grievances . |
| 17 | Such sources are valuable for the wide-ranging data they provide and , particularly , for the historical dimension they add to primary data that is necessarily bound to the present day . |
| 18 | He believes that the financial support companies give to charitable works can , and should , be quantified . |
| 19 | The preventative , the word preventative comes in so frequently , and particularly in the children 's services , I agree with the second one , it but I would like to have a more detailed report er , on that second element which is on page seven , the last item before you get to elderly people . |
| 20 | Although the terms by which police officers refer to black people are in common use in various other social contexts , they seem to be more commonly used within the Met than in most other groups : there can be few other groups in which it is normal , automatic , habitual to refer to black people as ‘ coons ’ , ‘ niggers ’ and so on … |
| 21 | When they refer to other people , whether they are good or bad people is generally discussed in terms of their spirituality . |
| 22 | Stories are more eye-catching if they refer to particular people rather than to abstract ideas or impersonal facts . |
| 23 | Two weeks later it unveiled a deal with Intel and General Instrument , a telecoms-equipment maker , to produce a cable-TV converter that will allow America 's 60m cable subscribers access to interactive multimedia services , with software again based on Windows . |
| 24 | In some prosperous areas of the country , too , specialist services providing domestic and personal care services direct to elderly people in their own homes have developed in response to local demand . |
| 25 | She would be prepared to go into schools and talk to young people about violence and the danger of carrying knives . |
| 26 | Talk to other staff , to the manager or warden , to your families if necessary . |
| 27 | If you and your girl/boyfriend are at youth group — talk to other people and take part in the activities . |
| 28 | While the point of the job is to make money , it is also to get out of the house and talk to other people . |
| 29 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
| 30 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |