Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines may relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult relate generically to a function ( e.g. recreational reading , adult language books ) or to more specific categories of books within the function ( e.g. within recreational reading , to romances or popular biographies ) . |
| 2 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 3 | Bristol and Liverpool law societies concurred in this approach , whilst Leicestershire felt that the prohibition should relate exclusively to a personal interest on the part of a solicitor ; |
| 4 | The standard molar enthalpy of a reaction is written It is essential that should refer unambiguously to a specific equation or formula . |
| 5 | But while the breaking of convention may be agreeable , and therefore laughable ( cf. certain views of Freud , below ) , there is never any questioning of what is " right " and what is " wrong " : for that sort of conundrum one should look rather to a romance like Marie de France 's lay Eliduc . |
| 6 | Exceptions to this rule should apply only to a limited number of sectors enumerated in the Treaty . ’ |
| 7 | Provided a tribe member can recognise an intention that he should respond appropriately to a signal in the simple system , we are happy to regard the signal as linguistically meaningful to him , rather than simply causing or triggering certain behaviour — as was the case with the bees . |
| 8 | Where to borrow depends a little on what you need the loan for , but broadly speaking you should go straight to a bank or building society and explain that you want a personal loan . |
| 9 | If a closed-loop stepping motor system is to position a load in the shortest possible time it must accelerate rapidly to a high speed , but the choice of switching angle is subject to a conflict between the demands of fast acceleration and high speed operation . |
| 10 | The difference of interpretation is not some accidental effect arising from the combination of certain adjectives with particular nouns ; some phrases are subject to both interpretations : ( 9 ) his Italian diary might refer either to a diary which is Italian , perhaps in the sense that it was manufactured there , or to a record made during a journey through Italy . |
| 11 | I 'll look forward to a working party to be set up to address this situation . |
| 12 | When it comes to the more subtle realms of responses and sensitivities to homoeopathic remedies , even small strain variations could so change the sensitivity of the species under study that one strain might respond well to a particular remedy while a second , apparently similar strain may not respond at all . |
| 13 | Whichever happened , it was clear that the citizens of Somerset could look forward to a radioactive legacy on their coastline for more than many of their lifetimes . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 15 | In 1914 he was still only fifty-five and could look forward to a major job in the next Unionist government . |
| 16 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 17 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 18 | ‘ You tend to lose the origins of it ’ , was what Anne Smith said about Bellerby Feast , but the observation could apply equally to a number of events whose origins are lost in the ‘ mists of time ’ . |
| 19 | Gravity has a similar effect ; a spaceship could skip close to a black hole for what would seem to be a short period of time and then emerge to find that , for the rest of the Universe , millions of years had passed . |
| 20 | The term sub-contractor may apply equally to a private or public company , any corporate or public body , as well as any individual self employed person or partnership . |
| 21 | Equating it with a study of the constitution , however , may owe less to a desire for realism than to a lack of concern about legal matters . |
| 22 | If the matter is not resolved by the small claims procedure it may go forward to a full hearing before a County Court judge in the normal way . |
| 23 | [ music ] There is a corollary to this in the curious offset notes and phrases of the vocal melody which lend a kind of speech colour to the basically simple tonal language , while giving mobility to the harmony ( a change of direction in an unaccompanied vocal figure may lead unceremoniously to a change of key ) . |
| 24 | Similarly , conflict may not occur overtly , and after the deliberation phase ( forming ) the trust phase ( norming ) may lead straight to a solution ( reinforcement of group membership ) . |
| 25 | Is life the countervailing force , now pitiably weak but always improving from its lowly origins , which may lead eventually to a future beyond even the imagination of men like Boltzmann ? |
| 26 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 27 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 28 | He would count slowly to a hundred . |
| 29 | It builds on the argument in the preceding section where it was argued that because the cat sees and tries to extricate the ball stuck in the tree , it thereby manifests only those minimal beliefs that we would attribute directly to a human being in similar circumstances . |
| 30 | Its aim is to set the terms by which countries would move reciprocally to a more open market in defence trade , eliminating discriminatory laws and procurement practices and introducing some openness into the awarding of contracts . |