Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] to [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 2 | A visit to a country house for instance will probably include reference to some of the social groups and classes of the period under study ( upstairs/downstairs , the estate workers , the craft or factory workers who produced many of the goods seen in the house ) ; the role of the gentry as leaders and rulers of their society can be covered ; there will be ample scope for looking at the economic and technological aspects of life in the period , especially if the house is related to its setting and the surrounding estate and countryside that supported it ; finally there will be objects or rooms in the house which relate to cultural or religious life in the period . |
| 3 | This may give rise to some of the conditions described above . |
| 4 | He always used Vi 's second name , declaring that the name of a flower , however sweet and modest , must give precedence to that of a saint . |
| 5 | Yes we , we will give consideration to that of course erm |
| 6 | This chapter will draw attention to some of the more obvious financial and administrative implications of the social services . |
| 7 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
| 8 | We can have access to all of a written word at the same time , and so there is no advantage in having a visual word-recognition system which uses context to help identify words after they have been only partially processed . |
| 9 | By 1995 , historians will have access to all of the Macmillan and Douglas-Home years as well as the opening of the Wilson era . |
| 10 | A female fieldworker certainly will not have access to some of the characteristically male speech events recorded by Labov et al. |
| 11 | Such commentators can often gain access to many of the places which sociology itself is unable to describe by any except the most remote methods . |
| 12 | The inhabitants would probably not admit allegiance to any of these , and huge signs proclaim the Isle of Axholme — known locally as ‘ The Isle ’ — as if it were an independent State . |
| 13 | You ca n't even get access to most of the polling stations . ’ |
| 14 | There are several good accounts of both the history and the methodology of the project , and though the survey arose out of a very particular set of circumstances which may seem alien to many of us , the underlying values and the problems which spring from the lack of accountability to the resident community of the relatively small set of people who own and control the land has very important lessons for every country . |
| 15 | Do not add fat to any of the food ( except where we have specified it ) , and preferably omit salt too . |
| 16 | He switched on the recorder briefly to record any distant sounds which would add atmosphere to those of the approaching train and the distant whistle of the engine . |
| 17 | He was told that such a reference might cause embarrassment to some of the pupils . |
| 18 | Because because I , I did n't really say goodbye to some of those people . |