Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of the June 1983 general election , with Geoffrey Howe widely believed to be destined for transfer to the Foreign Office , the financial strategy unveiled in his first budget of June 1979 was being quietly buried . |
| 2 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 3 | For example , when he was invited to visit Bridgnorth ( Shropshire ) in early July , rival crowds made alternative bonfires , " where about one they drank Dr Sacheverell 's health and the other his confusion " , with the inevitable result that the two groups eventually fell to blows . |
| 4 | On the following day the Senate was compelled to " freeze " the legislation after opposition deputies successfully appealed to the Supreme Court to block Senate ratification of the law until a ruling had been made on the constitutional legality of the AP 's parliamentary conduct during the lower house vote . |
| 5 | Well I think er what I 'll do because Stuart who 's the C E O rather happens to be with us er I think I 'll ask Stuart if he would like to make a few remarks . |
| 6 | Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm . |
| 7 | The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 8 | The drafter may try to protect his/her client in the battle of the forms by including an appropriate provision in the terms such as : The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 9 | Indeed , the name " pupa " derives from a Latin word meaning a doll , for at this stage the insect within seems to be wrapped in swaddling clothes . |
| 10 | The United States argued in the context of Suez that there is a user right appertaining to all users of the Canal , including , presumably , potential users . |
| 11 | Two and a half million people are saddled with hire purchase agreements and mortgages they can no longer afford , and although fewer homes are being repossessed the debts eventually have to be paid . |
| 12 | The Guardian disclosed in July that the Ministry of Agriculture secretly agreed to an investigation as soon as the US findings were known . |
| 13 | Almost as many again would be returned to local authorities bitterly opposed to opting out . |
| 14 | February 24 , 1977 The solicitors successfully appealed to Kerr J. and the third party notice was restored . |
| 15 | November 2 , 1978 The solicitors successfully appealed to the House of Lords and the third party notice was restored . |
| 16 | It ‘ does not offer any one way to the truth but helps people find the disciplines most suited to them ’ . |
| 17 | Instead of finding sudden problems you might find that progress slowly grinds to a halt . |
| 18 | ‘ Subject as above , ’ — and subsection ( 1 ) deals with the fact that certain provisions extend to Northern Ireland — ‘ and to any provision expressly relating to companies incorporated elsewhere than in Great Britain , nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland or applies to or in relation to companies registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 20 | A MODEL housewife slowly goes to pieces as one disaster follows another in Carol and Company : Diary Of A Really , Really Mad Housewife ( BBC1 , 11.05pm ) , a one-act comedy starring Carol Burnett . |
| 21 | Carol A MODEL housewife slowly goes to pieces as one disaster follows another in Carol and Company : Diary Of A Really , Really Mad Housewife ( BBC1 , 11.05pm ) , a one-act comedy starring Carol Burnett . |
| 22 | The depressing facts of the matter are that in those sectors still covered by the councils , areas like shops and catering and laundries , security and administration , people are already working punishing shifts for pittances because their employers know the chances of being caught dispensing illegal hourly rates are minimal as are the resultant fines in those few cases successfully brought to prosecution . |
| 23 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ said the prince , innocent of his offences as of the benefits that spoke loudest for him , ‘ we will make it our business to see this money duly paid to you . |
| 24 | In the centre of Cardigan an earth mover used to try to reach a trapped mother and child overturned , and the occupiers eventually scrambled to safety . |
| 25 | This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case . |
| 26 | But other oil producing countries have claimed such taxes only contribute to the state revenues of rich , oil-consuming countries while reducing the earnings of developing countries dependent on oil exports . |
| 27 | Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again . |
| 28 | The minister 's entourage and assembled media swept into the narrow office building only to grind to a halt on the stairs while he and Mr Fallon shut themselves off for a brief chat . |
| 29 | Performances of Brahms 's piano sonatas tend to be either vigorous or spacious , the one approach emphasizing the impetuous element in this music written before he was 21 , and the other reminding us that even the young Brahms was a dour northerner much given to self-doubt . |
| 30 | Not common or garden holes , not those bodily orifices so absorbing to his contemporaries . |