Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With deep regret we have to report that who worked at Trowbridge Mill for nearly eight years as a press operator , died on March 30 , 1993 . |
| 2 | I need to know all you know about Cawthorne . ’ |
| 3 | He sat on the edge of the bed and began to recite all he knew as if memorising some poem : ‘ Buckingham dies , the agents die , garrotted to death . ’ |
| 4 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 5 | But the difference between refining and reversing is a slippery one , so it is not surprising to find those who write in terms of refining , generally say much less about reversing . |
| 6 | Water diffusing from internal tissues towards the outer layers of skin will not be sufficient to replace that which evaporates from the surface . |
| 7 | Lothar immediately sent emissaries into the regna assigned to Charles " so that they [ i.e. leading men there ] should not accept Charles 's lordship " , while Lothar himself moved south-east " to receive those who came to him from Provence " . |
| 8 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 9 | Then Waqar worked Smith over again , forcing him to duck two which scraped past his broad back , poor Moin getting his fingers stung again . |
| 10 | This view is similar to Hirtle 's description ( 1975 : 20 ) of the to infinitive as referring an event " to any point in time prior to its realization " , since to can be seen to evoke that which comes before the realization of the event . |
| 11 | Mr Delors 's reply , however , which begins to explain the mystery of the Vatican 's medieval levels of personal consumption , will do little to console those who worry about crookery in the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 12 | Stolpe denied that those contacts had harmed anyone , and asserted that they were undertaken to help those he represented as a lawyer for the Evangelical church in the former GDR . |
| 13 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 14 | In the aftermath of the Vietnam war it had agreed to take in those fleeing from the persecution of a vindictive regime and agreed to resettle those who fled by boat . |
| 15 | Finally , if my readers still have doubts about the general drift of my argument , let me ask them how else we are to explain why modern revolutionary movements which always aim to free those who believe in them always end by enslaving them ? |
| 16 | The Society would like to thank all who helped in any way with the Stand and in particular Mr and Mrs J. Lawley for being custodians of Material on site . |
| 17 | The basis of that conception must be that citizenship begins at twenty-one ; that up to that age all boys and girls are wards of the State and are to be regarded as in a state of tutelage ; and that during these twenty-one years no effort must be spared to give each one according to his capacities , and limited by no other considerations , the fullest opportunity to develop every innate power . |
| 18 | To do that she worked through a minefield for two weeks , finally beating the tiny Spanish girl Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6–3 6–4 . |
| 19 | If you say that children are completely non-rational then you have to account for the fact that they become rational , and to do that it appears from these examples that you have to assume that they already are . |
| 20 | In order to do this they had to be something very unlikely to happen or they would not be regarded as a novus actus interveniens . |
| 21 | To do this we need to be alert to the processes going on within society and the economy , what range of alternatives is available , who can and should take part in the decision-making process , and what the effects of the various possible outcomes might be . |
| 22 | To do this we look at the very small differences in energy levels of electrons in the atom that these nuclear properties produce . |
| 23 | To do this we look at the factors involved in communicative competence , the relationship between form and function , the language of different registers , discourse features and cultural appropriateness . |
| 24 | To do this we call upon the procedure known as the Euclidean Algorithm . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ To do all we need in order to deviate the lava means at least 30 working hours . |
| 26 | This was an outstanding achievement , since we began the dinner ( with Avocado aux Crevettes de Blackpool ) unsettlingly divided : the organisers ( Central Office again ) had expanded the Top Table so ridiculously , in an attempt to flatter those who care about such things , that all of us who were n't on it were consumed with envy . |
| 27 | Just in so far as we cause the Government to persecute those who believe in peace , so we may be doing the greatest service … to stimulate the national consciousness in [ the ] direction [ of peace ] . ’ |
| 28 | This week the hospice want to thank those who gave in memory of Mr Robinson , Mr Herring , Mr Gargett and Mr Nixon . |
| 29 | They want to reintroduce the bill President Bush vetoed last year ; they claim it will merely allow blacks to sue those who discriminate against them . |
| 30 | As he asks forgiveness for his trespasses , on his knees beside Norma every night , he must find it increasingly hard , too , to forgive those who trespass against him . |