Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pron] [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he is old , Shelley , and he has to come to his end some time . |
| 2 | The counsellor has to discover to what extent these feelings are present within the individual , at what point such feelings have arisen in his life , and to persuade him to re-consider his real needs and feelings , as opposed to socially induced attitudes about the quality and extent of his involvement in social life . |
| 3 | The research aims first to identify the factors responsible for the growth of the various elements of public expenditure , so that some idea can be obtained as to their future development ; and secondly to discover to what extent these developments have represented , and will represent , claims on real resources , contributions to real output , or simply an increasing burden of taxation . |
| 4 | He used to listen to his music all the time when he was not at college , so the opportunity to do something like this was like a homage to Hendrix , a thank you for letting him discover music . ’ |
| 5 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
| 6 | A second retirement followed in 1985 and it looks as though Lauda is going to stick to his word this time . |
| 7 | A friend can attempt to recall to your mind some utterance which you both experienced by a variety of place and time tags : |
| 8 | It has been found that the intake of nutrients in the diet declines markedly in old age , and whilst it is difficult to determine to what extent this is caused by , or is the cause of , increased physical disease , the connection with elderly health is known to be significant . |
| 9 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 10 | no amendment shall operate to affect to his disadvantage any rights already acquired by an employee under the Executive Scheme without his consent ; |
| 11 | Government activity can be usefully divided into a number of different areas , and it is illuminating to see to what extent each of these areas is likely to be subjected to scrutiny in the courts . |
| 12 | The study seeks to identify the main constraining factors operating in each country , and to see to what extent these factors , and the ‘ mix ’ in which they seem to operate , vary from one country to another . |
| 13 | Whether he did or did not , he was back in very short order saying that the crew had decided to go back to their old squadron , and I cleared him to return to his squadron that same afternoon . |
| 14 | to examine to what extent such travel is localised or may require modelling over the conurbations as a whole . |
| 15 | He also suggested a method to distinguish to which category any given behaviour pattern belonged ; this was the isolation experiment . |
| 16 | Reported rapes have increased considerably in the 1980s , but it is difficult to tell to what extent this represents a real increase in the number of rapes or an increase in the reporting of them . |
| 17 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 18 | By concentrating on some of the crises and conflicts of modernity through my interpretive and impressionistic historical journey , I hope that I have begun to bring to your attention some of the fundamental problems of the modern world . |
| 19 | Although The Art Newspaper has written extensively during the last few months about the problems the international art trade will be facing in just over half a year from now , I nevertheless want to bring to your attention some other serious difficulties which the art market will have to confront , issues which are quite separate from the general economic malaise affecting business at the moment . |