Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the introduction of Nicholas ( 3190 – 220 ) we turn back to the carpenter , of whom , too , we are instantly given details making him a perfect fabliau character : he is married , newly and ill-matchedly so , and thus perhaps green and inexperienced as well as old and jealous : The fabliau formulae themselves produce an unjust stereotyping in this case , as the carpenter 's jealousy , although referred to again by Alison ( 3294 ) , is nowhere evident in his words or actions in the tale . |
| 2 | Although intended to further curtail local government expenditure — by requiring authorities to meet any unforeseen expenditure from existing budgets — the effect may well have been to persuade local authorities to set high initial rates ( to provide adequate balances to meet unexpected contingencies or loss of income ) . |
| 3 | And in that time the number of share-owners has more than tripled to more than nine million . |
| 4 | Aid supplied by the OECD countries ( and capital-rich oil exporters ) although amounting to about $33bil per annum in the early 1980s ( approximately 0.36 per cent of OECD 's GNP ) was well below the United Nations ' target figure of 0.7 per cent of GNP . |
| 5 | But it 's less risky than pointing to totally unknown items on a menu . |
| 6 | Even though customers might not receive the allocation of shares requested , once their money was effectively in their hands they might decide to shop around rather than return to Nationwide . |
| 7 | The reader will smell the smell with you , with real participation and pleasure , rather than having to resentfully take your word for it . |
| 8 | Nothing is more frustrating than trying to accurately fix thick brackets in an awkward position . |
| 9 | In the past year the number of catalogued CD-ROM titles has more than doubled to more than 2,000 and looks likely to continue to grow just as fast . |
| 10 | If exposed to either artificial or natural light the solanine level will rise and could cause gastroenteritis , but because of the bitter nature of this substance it is unlikely that sufficient quantities would be ingested to cause illness . |
| 11 | The £7 applicant 's fee ( or £14 if applying to both UCCA and PCAS ) must be sent to UCCA/PCAS with the completed application form . |
| 12 | ‘ Nobody knows , only God , ’ she told him , only to be asked if God would divulge the information if prayed to very hard . |
| 13 | Until directed to otherwise , yes sir . |
| 14 | as if referring to very different events now taking place in eastern Europe , many jackets were criss-crossed with heavy webbing belts , more reminiscent of aid-workers than vampire attire . |
| 15 | McCann 's speech , with its suggestion that the police lines ought to be charged , while refusing to actually call for such action , seems to have typified the confused militancy of the radicals , who were suddenly precipitated into a conflict for which they were quite unprepared . |
| 16 | If you 've skippered a yacht for at least two weeks , including open sea passages , and you can navigate ( take a fix , lay a steer and a course , keep track of your position while tacking to windward ) then you 're experienced enough to enjoy any of our holidays . |
| 17 | It proved technically difficult to test whether these cells fled from acid conditions because they died when exposed to too great a gradient , although they could move about well in extremely acid conditions . |
| 18 | Those examined by Kanwisher simply froze when exposed to extremely cold air . |
| 19 | However , as referred to above , Schedule 4 of the National Audit Act 1983 specifically excluded from its provisions over 20 nationalized industries and other public bodies . |
| 20 | Pupils may be asked directly to describe a rule for predicting how many matches would be needed for any number of boxes , or they may instead be asked how many would be needed for , say , 500 boxes and then asked about their methods as referred to below . |
| 21 | However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned . |
| 22 | Evan Dando and ‘ special ’ guest vocalist Juliana Hatfield are the college radio Sonny & Cher , the his'n'hers play-off sounding particularly sublime even when confined to just ‘ that bit at the end of the last chorus ’ . |
| 23 | Even so , when applied to yesterday 's polls the program yields fascinating — not to say hair-raising — results . |
| 24 | Evolutionary theory , especially when applied to so complex a creature as man , has often advanced by what E. O. Wilson in his book Sociobiology : the new synthesis has slightingly termed the ‘ advocacy ’ method . |
| 25 | Though dated to around mid second century AD by Sotheby 's , several dealers wondered if it could not be a Roman baroque forgery ( one attributed it to Pietro Bernini ) . |
| 26 | That figure is remarkable when compared to just 87,000 during the first six months of last year . |
| 27 | But new-wave sanitation experts say sewerage offers little more than convenience when compared to well thought-out latrines . |
| 28 | Against these sums the sentences imposed on the defendants appear modest when compared to less successful white-collar criminals . |
| 29 | The fact that gp160 expressed in baculovirus with the sequence of HIV strain IIIB ( LAI ) will induce different immune responses when used de novo in previously unimmunized individuals as compared to already infected individuals is thus highly logical . |
| 30 | Henry Jones , a game-keeper , identified ferret lines found in Duncan Woods as belonging to both Day and the Tidburys . |