Example sentences of "[verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men on the raft unclamped their life-saving fingers from the balsa wood , uncurled their bodies braced against the fury of the Pacific , and waded through calm lagoon waters to the beach . |
| 2 | It was the first time South Africa has admitted it possessed nuclear weapons , though the United States government suggested as long ago as 1979 that Pretoria might possess an atom bomb after a satellite detected two nuclear-like flashes over Antarctic waters to the south of Cape Town . |
| 3 | Conran acknowledges that in the face of-City rumour it is important for a group such as his to communicate to the outside world what its overall strategy is and to spell out the logic of its master plan — something he feels Storehouse might have done to better effect prior to becoming besieged by unwelcome take-over bids . |
| 4 | The job of communicating is very important indeed and maybe one of our problems is that we have been doing so much within the business that we are not ready to communicate to the outside world that it perhaps does n't understand sufficiently what our targets are . |
| 5 | Liz Scott-Gibson , who is now director of sign language services for the BDA , subsequently went to Kensington Palace to teach the Princess ; and on a later visit , to a school in Durham , Diana surprised everyone by being able to communicate to the deaf people she met without an interpreter . |
| 6 | Dramatic playing , therefore , is continually in a state of tension between personal expression and finding the public means of presenting oneself , using language and gesture , in order to communicate to the others taking part . |
| 7 | His spiritualist interest began in late teens , and colours much of the work — notably an interesting poetic story about how he made a promise with a friend that whichever of them was first to the ‘ other side ’ would attempt to communicate to the other — and how it happened . |
| 8 | If uniforms distinguish the different grades of nursing and domestic staff , then this is useful information for the nurse to communicate to the patient . |
| 9 | The demands of this kind of social experience are perhaps most acute when the infant wishes to communicate to the adult about the object — for example , if the child wishes to draw the adult 's attention to an object or request an object from the adult . |
| 10 | We are convinced that the best way for works of art to communicate to the public is for those works to have the most beautiful and natural context in which to be shown . |
| 11 | In one sophisticated Scottish mental hospital the nursing staff have learned to refer patients with whom they are failing to communicate to the physiotherapist . |
| 12 | ‘ In every speech I make , I try to communicate to the audience why I think they should bother to listen to what I 've got to say , ’ he told delegates over a video link between London and Torquay . |
| 13 | It is important to communicate to the user not only the potential advantages of the information systems approach , of relevant , timely , accurate , understandable , and up-to-date , information which is provided to the correct level of detail , highlighting critical factors which control the firm 's success ( critical success factors are discussed in Rockart , 1979 ) , but also of potential pitfalls that should be avoided . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you have something you wished to communicate to the girl , Caroline ? ’ |
| 15 | Factions of labour that have through struggle or out of scarcity managed to create islands of privilege within a sea of exploitation will also just as surely rally to the cause of the alliance to preserve their gains . |
| 16 | From Stop Your Fussin , with a subtle reggae beat to the haunting Where 's The Ocean and finally the memorable Let The Rain Come Down , insinuating animation and acquiescence from a failed relationship , the album is tremendously good and truely ambitious . |
| 17 | The distinctive nature of the ends is reinforced by the fact that the occupants are often physically con fined to the particular area for the whole of the football match . |
| 18 | Theorists of the ‘ regulation ’ school , such as Aglietta ( 1979 ) , regard Fordism as something which will increasingly be con fined to the less developed industries , themselves tending to be located within less developed areas of the world economy , as capitalism becomes ever more institutionalized . |
| 19 | The council , applicant and any interested parties are invited to write to the inspector giving their objections or support for the proposed development . |
| 20 | If all else failed I would have to write to the Pope . |
| 21 | The 1985 Report on Social Attitudes found that the most highly valued method of taking personal action against an unjust law being considered was to write to the local MP and , although the importance of contacting the media for this purpose has increased , the 1986 report found ‘ a widespread and growing self confidence on the part of the electorate to try to bring influence to bear on Parliament ’ . |
| 22 | It is a good idea to get some of the conservation bodies to write to the Department of the Environment supporting the listing application as well , particularly the Georgian Group or Victorian Society if the building falls within their remit . |
| 23 | Immediately after The Builder published its report about Hall 's conclave on 30th August , 1856 , architects began to write to the Office of Works asking for details . |
| 24 | When the retailer receives an answer to his enquiry , giving the information he requested , he may decide to write to the manufacturer again , asking for a quotation for a large quantity of the product . |
| 25 | The secretary was ordered to write to the Odiham Society , recording these changes . |
| 26 | The secretary was directed to write to the Master of the Horse , asking leave to nominate him as president of the College at the forthcoming general meeting . |
| 27 | The secretary was therefore directed to write to the Duke of Northumberland , asking permission to nominate him as president . |
| 28 | The couple agreed to continue going out socially together , and the therapist agreed to write to the local housing department to back up their application for council accommodation . |
| 29 | Putting my point across verbally at meetings without notes has never been my forte , which is why I decided to write to the editor of Gay Scotland in the hope that the situation would change for the better . |
| 30 | Grandparents , schoolfriends and neighbours all tried to write to the children , to send messages of love and support . |