Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had left my mother and father and husband to go alone to a place which was completely unknown to me in order to live with people who were equally unknown . |
| 2 | Sometimes problems arise from the fact that his relationship with his own mother has been unsatisfactory , and he is faced with the hard task of learning from scratch how to relate successfully to a woman of the older generation who has joined his household . |
| 3 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 4 | Set three days aside in your diary ( within the next three months ) to go away to a hotel with your team and tackle the issue . |
| 5 | If you want your students to listen intensively to a dialogue , do n't do it on video . |
| 6 | It is n't easy to talk naturally to a piece of machinery and your performers may find it easier to talk to you rather than directly to the camera . |
| 7 | Always be prepared to listen patiently to a guest 's chatter no matter how boring , but develop a technique of being able to detach , oneself politely from a conversation without giving offence , especially if there is work to be done or other people waiting for attention . |
| 8 | This meant that the entire route was prohibited and there was little scope , as in Dungannon , to march peacefully to a token , non-violent confrontation with the police . |
| 9 | Leeds were again without their six-figure signing from Hull , Lee Crooks , and the Great Britain forward 's mysterious absences are likely to lead shortly to a parting of the ways . |
| 10 | In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages . |
| 11 | Talk of regional governmental or elected assemblies seemed pointless eyewash , a sign of weakness in the face of the nationalist challenge ; a policy designed to lead either to a call for total independence for Scotland and Wales or to a permanent loss of authority by Whitehall and therefore a diminution in the competence of Scottish and Welsh MPs . |
| 12 | In this latter group of patients it may be more efficient to proceed directly to a trial of amiodarone or ICD placement rather than to proceed with a lengthy course of serial drug testing . |
| 13 | Further ( 2 ) it is reasonable for a fire-engine to proceed quickly to a fire , for life and property may be in danger . |
| 14 | Shulamith Firestone undoubtedly did everyone a great service by vigorously extending this notion to women , and pointing out the absurdity of men 's viewing themselves as totally detached individuals in relation to the rest of society , while still expecting to go home to a wife who would always have their dinner hot for them in the evening . |
| 15 | It can also be used when several results have already been found but people are unable to proceed further to a generalisation ; for instance , they may have failed to spot a linear relationship or a well-known number-sequence in their results . |
| 16 | He saw his election as a mandate to move Civic Forum to the right of the political spectrum and to proceed rapidly to a market economy . |
| 17 | His Lordship , however , also spoke about a machine which issues railway tickets and his comments would appear to apply equally to a machine selling goods . |
| 18 | There can be no doubt that if Britain wants to look forward to a level of economic health even approaching that to which it has grown accustomed over the past 50 years , it must back Alvey 's proposals . |
| 19 | As the Bristol teams , and others who may build on their examples , move forward in their research and their care for families , we can begin to look forward to a time when the tragedy of loss and anguish faced by famous people like Anne Diamond and Julie Walters , and thousands of other ordinary everyday people , may become a thing of the past . |
| 20 | SCHOOLBOY Neil Aspden has put the horrors of a vicious assault behind him to look forward to a Christmas of a lifetime . |
| 21 | Once they 're approved landlords or homeowners will be able to go straight to a county court for a possession order . |
| 22 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 23 | Dickie bored him all through the first course with stories of the Navy in the First World War , and all through the second course with stories of the Navy in the Second World War , and then he got up and said , ‘ I 've got to go now to a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff , but the Prime Minister will keep you amused . ' ’ |
| 24 | If you do not have enough of the right kinds of food , or if you have too many high-fat , high-sugar foods in the cupboard , it is difficult to keep strictly to a diet . |
| 25 | It is tempting to react sourly to a string of major infrastructural projects in south-east England though , in truth , they will also help Scotland 's connections , particularly with continental Europe . |
| 26 | Not all employees are going to react negatively to a relocation abroad . |
| 27 | They then agreed on a communiqué reaffirming " their commitment to contribute actively to a settlement of the other problems of the region " and inviting Aziz to Luxembourg . |
| 28 | In 1864 the river Ystwyth in Wales was straightened to run parallel to a railway track . |
| 29 | ‘ His advice was to go immediately to a Casualty unit at a local hospital . |
| 30 | But it was obviously impossible to deal with a nation-wide emergency such as lorry-drivers ' strikes , and equally impossible to respond properly to a rash of major disputes all at the same time . |