Example sentences of "[vb past] to [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of which contributed to making happier Q.T. days . |
| 2 | In the pub , after a meeting devoted to tasting home-made wine , Nigel and Simon were asked what they thought was the basis of conservatism . |
| 3 | There appears to be far more concern in anti-racist policies to alter the behaviour and attitudes of white personnel , compared with the attention devoted to altering male behaviour in schools . |
| 4 | She knew she had gone too far when his eyes narrowed to glittering blue slits . |
| 5 | Professor Sir David Cox of Nuffield College , Oxford , an expert on — among other things — Aids statistics , no doubt had uppermost in his mind the Prime Ministerial axing of the Lifestyle Aids survey when he referred to increasing political pressure and lamented the sinking reputation of official statistics . |
| 6 | ( he 's not that used to seeing naked tits ) , |
| 7 | A DARLINGTON woman who failed to supply exotic food hampers tried to creating some food parcels of her own , a court heard yesterday . |
| 8 | In justifying their policies , however , they sometimes stooped to making public statements that were palpable nonsense : denying that space heating was a peak load , and devoting efforts commensurate with those of the ostrich to shift discussion to more defensible territory . |
| 9 | Also , with Bush committed to opposing both bills , Republicans in Congress were anxious to enable him to avoid the political embarrassment of vetoing them just before the presidential election . |
| 10 | Speaking at the recent Logistics 92 conference on the Canberra , he claimed rail could still not compete with road when it came to transporting packaged goods . |
| 11 | They nearly came to scratching each other because Janice says they 've only got an old banger . |
| 12 | He was right to be prouder of his divertissement La chasse du cerf than of anything he had written previously , for he was somewhat out of his depth when it came to setting dramatic texts . |
| 13 | The New Left was in practice turning out to be almost as bad as the Old Left when it came to defining political priorities and treating women as the cheer-leaders , nurturers and sexual services brigade of the revolution . |
| 14 | When it came to removing southern pauper children in large numbers to northern or Midland factories , it can hardly be denied that this , albeit short-lived , stage of the evolution of the factory labour force not only systematised but bruta-lised child labour . |
| 15 | When it came to naming particular issues , however , it was difficult to predict who would name which issue . |
| 16 | Young mothers who had kept their looks had an obvious advantage when it came to extracting vital documents from unhelpful bureaucrats . |
| 17 | Such a statement would be a useful reference point when it came to making tough decisions in the public expenditure rounds — between pay rises and investment projects , for instance . |
| 18 | In fact we had made three other variations on the theme before we came to making this piece so there was really no excuse for getting it wrong , but we did . |
| 19 | If it ever came to making hard choices over monetary policy or economic policy where the needs of one region or country conflicted with those of Germany , it is fanciful to think that her priorities , as the self-styled ‘ motor ’ of Europe , would not prevail . |
| 20 | The idea was that the distinction should not be apparent when it came to examining human activities and social relationships in actual urban areas . |
| 21 | When it came to selecting particular issues , it was difficult to predict who would name a particular issue . |
| 22 | Sabin du Loir reverted to hurdling last time out when a disappointing fourth to Nodform at Ascot . |
| 23 | Sabin du Loir reverted to hurdling last time out when a disappointing fourth to Nodform at Ascot . |
| 24 | A large woman , who confessed to weighing fifteen stone , she championed the manufacture of outsize clothes at modest prices . |
| 25 | Their philosophy amounted to introducing other parts of the empire to the relationship between landlords and peasants which obtained in the Baltic provinces . |
| 26 | Another Toyota official in the USA referred to the project as ‘ Yuki 's dream ’ and downplayed the company 's part in it , though he admitted to knowing few details . |
| 27 | Dodman also admitted to receiving stolen cigarettes and spirits on four other occasions . |
| 28 | Curtis , who admitted to getting some help from doubles partner and defending champion , Ian Schuback , now faces McCann . |
| 29 | Throughout the tournament the popular Murray admitted to feeling enormous tension as he battled to stay ahead of a top-class field , which included eight members of the European Ryder Cup team . |
| 30 | The Thomas partnership , who admitted to having high expectations for their ram lamb , received an average of £1686 for five sold . |