Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [noun sg] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about this mum 's army of teachers is this going to come to fruition as some point or not ? |
| 2 | ( The British land policy in India was to come to grief over this dilemma . ) |
| 3 | What is bound to come to mind at this point is that there are pairs of things distinct from , but fundamentally like , a causal circumstance and its effect . |
| 4 | Even Desmond Haynes has been known to succumb to ragging of that ilk , but he surely will have advised his county colleague that there is only one foolproof means of revenge . |
| 5 | In view of his assessment of the damage that they are likely to cause to employment in this country , will he say under which article of the treaty of Rome they have been proposed ? |
| 6 | Certainly it is natural to look to law in some form or another as a force-controlling mechanism ( Watson , 1982 , p. 71 ) . |
| 7 | It is too late now to ask the right hon. Gentleman what he intends to do about that , as he will lose his job over it on 9 April , but can he tell me of any other Government who have allowed their textile industry to bleed to death in that fashion without helping it ? |
| 8 | And here came a vision of Simon , terribly hurt by Gazzer 's knife and left to bleed to death in some stinking alley . |
| 9 | Having decided what it is in your story that they will have to do , try to switch to thinking of each one of them as a simple human being . |
| 10 | Some of the other writers in this book , and a number of other researchers are also seen to contribute to knowledge in this area . |
| 11 | It is hoped to develop and refine the approach by examining specific corporate behaviour and relationships as well as to contribute to analysis in these industrial sectors for major and selected minor European and US firms . |
| 12 | I do n't think , ’ Nicholas said , ‘ that anyone in Famagusta will have the strength of purpose left to starve to death after that . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 14 | Sometimes she does n't want to go to school at all . ’ |
| 15 | Native Danuese kids — if their parents wanted them to go to school at all , and they were mostly I P big shots — had to study the principles of the malai constitution , bow to the flag , learn the kitchen malay which was the official language throughout the malai islands . |
| 16 | I 'm only here under duress because I did n't want to go to court over this nonsense . |
| 17 | No one is allowed to go to sleep during this talk |
| 18 | How are you supposed to go to sleep with that flipping light there ? |
| 19 | Many thought it a cruel injustice that Julian should have to go to prison at all . |
| 20 | A stunned Mrs Hanley said as she left court : ‘ We never wanted anybody to go to prison over this . ’ |
| 21 | He no he ca n't , he 's got to go to garage at half past nine . |
| 22 | Much of the International 's efforts were directed at reinforcing the resolution of European socialists not to go to war with each other . |
| 23 | The new DEClease offerings comprise the OpenVMS Alpha Migration Lease for users that need an OpenVMS VAX but plan to migrate to Alpha at some point , and the OpenVMS Alpha Upgrade Lease for those that wish to incorporate Alpha as soon as possible , but want top-end computing today . |
| 24 | I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry . |
| 25 | The young person who , unfortunately , reaches the age of 16 after July 2 has now to return to school for another year and will be almost 17 years of age whenever they leave . |
| 26 | As you know I should very much like to return to work in some secretarial capacity at Yorhaul Limited after my baby 's birth and naturally wish to claim maternity pay , so please take this letter as formal notice of these matters as required under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 27 | Neither is likely to return to action for many weeks . |
| 28 | Two months of treatment has failed to clear up the trouble , so Molby has had surgery and is not expected to return to action for another six weeks . |
| 29 | If the investor were to return to sterling at some time in the future , the rate of exchange might be such that the extra interest earned would be completely eroded away . |