Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |
| 2 | This present trip represents , after all , a rare opportunity for me to savour to the full the many splendours of the English countryside , and I know I shall greatly regret it later if I allow myself to become unduly diverted . |
| 3 | 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English . |
| 4 | But back came Colleges and after Rigby ( damaged ankle ) had been replaced at prop by Alan Kittle , Wyllie grabbed a loose ball 20 metres out and simply exploded through the visitors ' defence for what proved to be the clinching score , Thomson adding the two points . |
| 5 | If the time is to be extended , then the case for it has to be made again , and to take changed circumstances into account . |
| 6 | There can never be an excuse for what happened to James Bulger , but we should all hope that some day there will be a better understanding of why it happened . |
| 7 | How 's the , it 's a nice change for me to come to Crewe on Thursday |
| 8 | There are NO plans for him to return to Coney Hill . |
| 9 | Trent held eight of the fresh thousand-dollar bills folded in the back pocket of his jeans ; the original three for the charter augmented by a further five in payment for his agreeing to the rendezvous . |
| 10 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 11 | He secured some West Riding support for what came to him to be a cause , but his own town , proud of its independence in educational provision , was reluctant to set up a school board after the Education Act of 1870 . |
| 12 | We have hired a Ford Sierra for you to drive to Bristol on Sunday . |
| 13 | Probably the most important aspect of any advertising campaign is the decision about what to say to prospective customers , and how to say it . |
| 14 | DO YOU wake up every morning dreading the decision about what to wear to the office ? |
| 15 | A second ominous event came last week , when Mr Babangida issued a treason decree , imposing the death sentence for anybody attempting to ‘ disrupt the fabric of the nation ’ . |
| 16 | Helen came in towards the end , and , with no outside calls for her to go to , Joanna looked rather depressed . |
| 17 | It was not a particularly difficult decision for him to come to , since he was going to emigrate to Australia anyway . |
| 18 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 19 | This situation would be the phenomenalist 's ideal ; all such non-observation statements would be strongly verifiable , and sceptical doubts about them shown to be impossible . |
| 20 | Roman 's eyes followed the movement , his eyes darkened , and the tension between them increased to danger point . |
| 21 | Providing an answer , in contrast , is not simple and the search for it goes to the very heart of the Verkehrsberuhigung concept . |
| 22 | Methods of curriculum planning are inseparable from teachers ' thinking about what has to be planned , and the arrival of the National Curriculum is dictating a much more considered and long-term approach than was adopted in at least some of the classrooms we visited ( NCC 1989 , 1991 ; Alexander et al . |
| 23 | According to Yggdrasil , Daine was making a bid for what amounted to the job of king of the world . |
| 24 | An accompanying watercolour and pencil study for it sold to an order bidder for $6,000 ( £3,300 ) ( est. $4–6,000 ) . |
| 25 | Initially , there was some professional scepticism about what seemed to be a ‘ third world technology ’ , according to Fife Region engineer Ron Dickson , who was involved in the project from the outset . |
| 26 | That gentile foster parents were liable to imbue youngsters with their own values , however hard they tried to take a neutral line , was undeniable , but the alternative , to turn away children because there were not enough Jewish homes for them to go to , was rejected out of hand by the RCM 's ruling council . |
| 27 | To have done otherwise , it was argued , would have meant turning away young refugees because there were no homes for them to go to . |
| 28 | Those who have paid special attention to the interactions of parents and very young children say that the confusion between what belongs to self and what belongs to others applies with even more force to feelings than it does to bodies , and for very much longer . |
| 29 | The confusion between what belongs to me and what belongs to you ( in emotional terms ) goes on throughout life . |
| 30 | Although it is usual to model responsibilities in terms of a hierarchical tree there are bound to be overlaps between what appear to be different levels of the hierarchy . |