Example sentences of "to [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 a friendly giant who can not speak our language ( but we have to explain to him/her how dangerous s/he is )
2 Their strength has been that recruits came to them already vetted and character-tested through membership of a church or Orange lodge .
3 ‘ She is dead to them already , ’ she said bitterly .
4 They are of great geological importance , however , and we shall return to them later in this book .
5 The future may be seen narrowly in terms of what will happen to the children when they move out of this class , or this school , to the next stage ; but ultimately whether or not they have been properly educated will be judged in terms of what happens to them later , when they have left school .
6 When the Line was adduced , the science of plate tectonics was unknown ; the mechanics are better understood today , and I shall return to them later .
7 Keep writing — and come back to them later .
8 Finally , they would be told ( though they did n't know this at the beginning ) to make fair copies of their poems , taking on any of the suggestions they 'd agreed with , as well as things that occurred to them later .
9 Chuck — and Joseph too , of course — might learn something here that will be useful to them later .
10 Ensuring that all children studied a broad range of subjects and did not drop at too early a stage in their school careers subjects which might be useful to them later .
11 However , the algorithms are admissible because they do not prune any of the arcs at B , and may backtrack to them later .
12 It is also generally a good idea to keep your notes short ; while you may want to keep a record of everything that might prove useful , your notes will seem unhelpful if you feel swamped with redundant information when you come to refer to them later .
13 " Yes , I 'll see to them later .
14 It 's such an advantage to them later on I think .
15 He motioned to them when to kneel , to stand , to be seated , when to take the ring , the gold and silver , to ‘ repeat these words after me' .
16 Gillies turned back to the fire and spoke to them over his shoulder .
17 The bulk of the programme would then outline in some detail the specific projects being funded , and the resources allocated to them over a 3–4-year period .
18 Having done that , we listened to them over and over , took the best parts from each solo and I worked on composites from there .
19 One explains to them over and over again the benefits : it 's quick , cheap , no hard feelings on either side — ’
20 If you find it hard to accept authority from younger nurses who may have less overall experience than you , try to explain your difficulties to them rather than allowing resentment to build up between you .
21 Puritans like Harley and Dowsing regarded altars , statues , paintings , and stained glass not as aids to religious devotion , but as positive dangers to men 's souls , and they reacted to them rather as a modern-day Jew might do to a beautifully sculpted or painted swastika .
22 As a legal precedent section 2(5) of the 1981 Education Act was significant because it was addressed directly to governing bodies and assigned a primary role to them rather than the local authorities .
23 Transition through training is shown to be a process in which vulnerable young people are stratified into the slots allotted to them rather than being engaged in real decision-making about future choices .
24 But I might do it by talking to them rather than by writing to them .
25 The advantage of the hybrid model is that the courts retain some control over the regulatory rules in the sense that they are not bound to give effect to them rather than the general law if they are considered unreasonable .
26 Stage nerves are unlike anything else in the whole world , and many good actors will confess to them right through their careers .
27 And if you 're in the middle of a supermarket , you can talk to them right in the middle of a supermarket .
28 Negotiation and discussion will achieve more than a row , but if a clash is unavoidable , explain to them why you were shouting .
29 Does she accept that it is impossible to explain to them why patients who are haemophiliacs are eligible for compensation but they are not — even though my constituents have the same condition , life expectancy and financial pressures ?
30 When the Minister next meets the trade unions will he explain to them why the Government threatened not to recognise trade unions representing employees on Ministry of Defence property when those trade unions are affiliated to the Labour party ?
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