Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [to-vb] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another is that he disapproves of Mr Shekhar 's attempts to talk to terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir on terms that could threaten the unity of the country . |
| 2 | Net provisions dived from £38.7 million to just £6.8 million , reflecting Kleinwort 's decision to get to grips with doubtful loans . |
| 3 | Ducal influence in the region has , however , been judged remote and ineffectual , a verdict based largely on Gloucester 's inability to get to grips with the problems caused by the decaying system of local office holding . |
| 4 | Ducal influence in the region has , however , been judged remote and ineffectual , a verdict based largely on Gloucester 's inability to get to grips with the problems caused by the decaying system of local office holding . |
| 5 | A moving and painfully honest account of a mother 's struggle to come to terms with the death of her baby . |
| 6 | Throughout 1990 the opposition JLP showed signs of serious internal dissension centred upon Seaga 's allegedly " autocratic " style of leadership , but also symptomatic of the JLP 's struggle to come to terms with its defeat in the 1989 general election and its poor performance in the March 1990 municipal elections . |
| 7 | RACE HATE , rape fear , miscegenation , a battle-scarred outsider 's fight to come to terms with the new society — the themes of Ford 's massively influential movie would provide rich pickings for '70s brats in the years to come . |
| 8 | In the sonnets involving the Dark Lady , however , with their tortuous triangular structure , the reader does stand apart , watching the poet 's attempt to come to terms with deception and exclusion : |
| 9 | At the time of the first interviews in June 1990 the authorities were grappling with the devolution of services to the units and the district 's attempt to come to terms with the new role of purchaser . |
| 10 | As JFK was white America 's attempt to come to terms with its violent history so Malcolm X tries to do the same for a black martyr . |
| 11 | All too briefly , until his untimely death in 1944 , there was an Archbishop of Canterbury who was not only a learned philosopher and theologian but was also able , in such writings as his Readings in St John 's Gospel to speak to people at a simple devotional level . |
| 12 | Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented . |
| 13 | Sir , — There have been numerous reports this year of Ipswich Town 's failure to get to grips with the increased demand for tickets . |
| 14 | According to some versions , this was a deliberate indication of Spain 's refusal to jump to attention at Hitler 's least whim . |
| 15 | Digital Equipment Corp now says it does not expect any ‘ significant ’ revenues from its new Alpha-based systems until the 1994 financial year which starts in July : the rather disconcerting message comes from Bradley Allen , director of investor relations , in London yesterday to brief investors about the company 's efforts to return to profitability through restructuring , cost-cutting and changes in technology ; he declined to make projections about fourth quarter earnings . |
| 16 | The rather disconcerting message comes from Bradley Allen , director of investor relations , in London last week to brief investors about the company 's efforts to return to profitability through restructuring , cost-cutting and changes in technology . |
| 17 | He supported the French Revolution even more enthusiastically than Coleridge , and in 1793 bitterly opposed the willingness of Pitt 's government to go to war against the recently proclaimed French Republic . |
| 18 | ‘ It is another example of the President 's tendency to kowtow to Beijing in spite of the failure on the part of their government to relax the repression they have imposed , ’ Mr Stephen Solarz , chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs , said yesterday . |
| 19 | Capacity and other resource constraints which may limit the target 's ability to respond to increases in demand . |
| 20 | Among the Tausug today , one 's social position must be continually revalidated , and this depends on one 's ability to respond to assaults on one 's honour with immediate violence . |
| 21 | The Trustee Act 1925 , ss31-32 , should be extended ( see Williams on Wills 6th edn , Butterworths , 1987 , vol 2 , p1267 and 1275 ) if monies are to be retained until such child or children come of age , so that the trustees have flexibility in their use of both income and capital of a child 's share of the trust fund , as should the power of investment so that it is not limited by the Trustee Investments Act 1961. ( v ) Insurance — Section 19(1) of the Trustee Act 1925 limits a trustee 's power to insure to insurance against fire to three-quarters of the value of the property ; as the trustees will probably not have any cash , the occupier wife should be made responsible for insurance . |