Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , as elsewhere , a translator would be well advised to use those explanations which are compatible with the languages that are of interest to him/her and ignore the rest . |
| 2 | As always with selective , individual cases , there is more to them than meets the eye . |
| 3 | Loaded symbols Giles Sutherland reviews an exhibition of Philip Braham 's landscape paintings and finds more to them than meets the eye |
| 4 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 5 | Well , the story was that Arnold Thomas was the ambitious one , while the old man was content to live on the money he got from leasing the land to them as paid the price , usually folk who wanted a storage area or distribution centre . |
| 6 | While the typology sets up these principles , only a commentary can be faithful to them and maintain the text 's plurality . |
| 7 | They had copied out the names and addresses of everyone who wrote to them and enclosed the list with a message of thanks and good wishes , asking that it be sent on . |
| 8 | Creep over to them and blow the tracks off their battle wagon with your over-sized weapon . ’ |
| 9 | You just point to them and click the right mouse button . |
| 10 | Mr Hurkett said : ‘ I ran to them and saw the car being driven down the road . |
| 11 | There are several interesting new developments in the pipeline which could lead to the introduction of more advanced grades of acrylic plastics , opening up new fields of use to them and increasing the rate of growth appreciably . ’ |
| 12 | Very limited entrepreneurial ambitions , conspicuous consumption and a tendency to spread their thin investments over many ventures [ the ‘ group of companies ’ mentality ] , a tendency … to only scratch the surface of innovation , the aversion to teaming up with others , all these and other motivational factors are likely to continue to limit the growth of Nigerian enterprises even in those spheres which are exclusively reserved to them and to postpone the day when they may hope to take over the higher reaches of enterprise . |
| 13 | It was this hegemonic combination of a mighty domestic economy , a progressive ruling class ( in comparison with most others actually existing ) , and at least some desirable culturalideological features particularly attractive to ‘ modernizing ’ elites , that opened the global door to them and ensured the creation , persistence and often aggrandisement of social classes in countries all over the world willing and eager to adopt their transnational practices . |
| 14 | Although the drafting of the statutes leaves much room for argument ( as this case has shown ) it seems to me that reading the statutes as a whole 65 is fixed as the retiring age for a member of the academic staff . |
| 15 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 16 | In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free . |
| 17 | As you did at the Swan you will separate your collection sending one portion to me and retaining the other in case of accidents by sea … |
| 18 | One of the men came straight up to me and grabbed the kids . |
| 19 | Then , when he was done with that , he nodded to himself and blanked the screens . |
| 20 | He nodded to himself and stroked the underside of his beard with the back of his hand . |
| 21 | This is reminiscent of the hypothetical primal horde where the tribal father kept the women to himself and allowed the sons to remain in the family on sufferance ’ |
| 22 | Does it not seem to you that had the guilt been his , he could have come straight home and said never a word , and left it to some other to find the dead and sound the alarm ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't mind you talking to the person next to you but keep the noise down please . |
| 24 | WILLIAMS : [ to PAMELA ] Mrs. Belville , I hope you will excuse the temerity of my current address to you but following the masquerade I have discovered news . |
| 25 | Begin with the questions that are obvious to you and using the same method move on to devise questions which will tell you more complex information about the candidate . |
| 26 | I must choose to give it all back to you and to feel the happy liberation of unpossessiveness . |
| 27 | It had shrunk , back to something that approximated the size of a human being . |
| 28 | If this behavior is inherent in the sample , very little can be done about it except to change the exciting wavelength to one that reduces the effect . |
| 29 | Jenna smiled to herself and shut the door . |
| 30 | You should have said , the tap 's nowt to do with us it belongs to him that has the garage ! |