Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Ndlove , I do n't see where he will fit in , it probably mean either Wallace or Dean moving to the reserves . |
| 2 | They reached the turn in level par , having birdied the 5th , where Stewart chipped to four feet , and bogeyed the ninth . |
| 3 | It is only in this particular section , where Reger resorts to the use of low tremolandi on a pedal point , that the orchestral provenance of the music is in any evidence . |
| 4 | The epigraph is Veteris vestigia flammae from Aeneid 4 , 23 , where Dido confesses to her confidante that the love she once felt for her now dead husband is about to renew itself for Aeneas . |
| 5 | A white paper containing a plan for single-tier local authorities is to be published in June or July according to the present timetable for council reform . |
| 6 | The defender further averred that on or about 21st May 1973 Macfie & Alexander wrote to Ferguson & Forster offering on behalf of their client , the defender , to sell the farm to the pursuer ; that the offer was dispatched by Macfie & Alexander without informing the defender and contrary to his instructions as telephoned to Mr Rae . |
| 7 | These can be any species but Cabomba or Myriophyllum seems to be preferred because of the small leaf structure . |
| 8 | This has long been one of my favourite Schnittke pieces , for its Russian-accented dodecaphony-on-stilts , for the post-Holocaust numbness of its third movement , and most of all for the unholy alliances of its finale , where Webern seems to be jiving to West Side Story and Shostakovich meets Vivaldi for a deadly serious jam session . |
| 9 | So long as the Old Pretender remained at large an invasion of England or Scotland continued to be an ever-present possibility . |
| 10 | For most , however , the road from Andean mining towns like Potosi or Llallagua runs to the informal economy — as street traders in the cities or the coca farms and drug factories of Chapare . |
| 11 | Intuitively , Karen decided to go where Gidget appeared to be pointing , although it meant crossing very difficult country . |
| 12 | Many commands require the Ctrl , Shift , or Alt keys to be held down while another key is tapped . |
| 13 | There were no set hours , no union to look after their interests and they were lucky to get out on a Saturday or Sunday to go to the chapel , or on certain special occasions to the cinema . |
| 14 | He went for walks with Rose and Mrs Maylie , or Rose read to him , and he worked hard at his lessons . |
| 15 | The next question used the same factors and asked how Ernst & Young compare to the respondent 's expectations . |
| 16 | She followed him from the room , along the gallery and down the stairs to the library , where Nicolo turned to her abruptly . |
| 17 | Genesis presents a picture of an extremely intimate relationship , where God spoke to Noah clearly , lovingly and directly . |
| 18 | Although Roosevelt might have hoped to escape direct American involvement in any war , there is no reason to question his belief that somehow or other Germany or Japan had to be constrained , contained or defeated . |
| 19 | A delicious dessert — even better with a little orange liqueur , such as Cointreau or Drambuie added to the filling . |
| 20 | Thus where Conrad talks of " a clump of trees " , separating the shape from the substance , Lawrence simply talks of " coppices " and " spinneys " ; where Conrad refers to a " tribe of fishermen " , Lawrence is content to refer to " miners " . |
| 21 | Austria , Czechoslovakia or Italy seem to be Scotland 's most likely opponents if they make the second phase . |
| 22 | It is true that he gave one daughter , Eadburh , in marriage to Beorhtric , king of the West Saxons ( ASC A , s.a. 787 ) , and another , Aelfflaed , to Aethelred , king of Northumbria , in 792 , but the revival of a Northumbrian coinage at this time by Aethelred ( see above , p. 158 ) and the inauguration of a new West Saxon coinage by Beorhtric at Winchester or Southampton testifies to their continuing independence . |
| 23 | And while British viewers do n't have to live in Salford or Walthamstow to relate to the problems faced by characters in Coronation Street or EastEnders , few have the terms of reference to identify with the mythical world of Eldorado . |
| 24 | Spooky illuminate ‘ Lights In My Brain ’ , Co-Co Street & Lovebomb get to grips with the owl-hooting ‘ Panther ’ but Sweet Exorcist appear to struggle with ‘ Geezer ’ . |
| 25 | The Forum , she thought longingly , where Caesar spoke to the Senate . |
| 26 | " No use trying to pin this on me , or Bidwell come to that . |
| 27 | The affluent clients of the smartest shops of Hong Kong , Paris , New York , London or Tokyo respond to the same qualities in ivory as those which attracted Palaeolithic mammoth hunters up to thirty thousand years ago and have continued to beguile all who have since had access to the material . |
| 28 | Yet the two females ' apparent significance also made him uneasy : he did not relish the revenge these men might mete out to him and his fellows if Sycorax were to die , or Ariel come to further harm . |
| 29 | What started out as fresh , clean white wine made from Aligoté or Rkatziteli grapes in Georgia or Moldavia had to be tankered up to the capital for bottling . |
| 30 | Where a company is registered in Scotland a summons may be served on it by leaving it at , or by sending it by post to , its principal place of business in England or Wales addressed to the manager or head officer and by further posting a copy to the registered office ( s 725(2) and ( 3 ) Companies Act 1985 ) . |