Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 2 | The work force want to return to a contract and yet do not want to return to a situation which takes away from their individual freedom and negotiating rights . |
| 3 | The application of the principles of judicial review vary according to the circumstances . |
| 4 | With any type of aircraft the characteristics of a spin vary according to the loading , so that the spin becomes flatter as the c.g. is moved back . |
| 5 | But any additives in the pepperoni do have to be declared . |
| 6 | ‘ The Managers ' Association have written to the FA suggesting this is an area that needs to be looked at for the good of football . |
| 7 | Members of the Leicester Fosse sub-branch of the Football Supporters Association have written to Lawrence , complaining about the teenager 's ‘ excessive ’ behaviour . |
| 8 | The Amateur Athletic Association have clung to their name despite condoning the principle that athletes be paid — often very large sums — provided it is done through the setting up of ‘ trust funds ’ . |
| 9 | For four and a half centuries the village and manor have belonged to the Earls of Pembroke . |
| 10 | SOMALIA : Clan warfare and anarchic violence have led to the deaths of more than 10,000 people in Somalia over the past 18 months , according to an Amnesty International report , Somalia : A Human Rights Disaster , published on 5 August . |
| 11 | You are aware Miss that any persons working in that department have got to be of age ? |
| 12 | You are aware Miss that any persons working in that department have got to be of age ? |
| 13 | Two successive league defeats in the middle of last month have been followed by pre-occupation with cup action for the Mariners , who as a result have slipped to sixth in the table . |
| 14 | Despite full documentation and reference in a review article , no further instances of a familial occurrence of this condition have come to light and this family remains unique . |
| 15 | The difficulties inherent in the ‘ rational ’ approach to public policy-making and administration have led to a renewed interest in ‘ incrementalism ’ in local authorities . |
| 16 | In the twentieth century the battles have been over quite different issues and in the courts the hitherto ancillary matters of child custody and maintenance have come to the fore . |
| 17 | Two years of applying to courts for arrears of maintenance have come to nothing . |
| 18 | Dog squadron instructor Keith Waugh was born to be in the RAF and , after 11 satisfying years , he 's happy to say his family 's links with the force have gone to the dogs |
| 19 | Gendarmes from the French police force have come to Oxford this week to promote road safety amongst school children . |
| 20 | In the last decade , various strands of research have led to re-examination of the role of metaphor in language , and to the suggestion that it is a tool for thought . |
| 21 | Investigators who have reviewed the research have come to quite opposite conclusions . |
| 22 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
| 23 | So why does a company with such a history of agility and skill remain tied to pots and pans even though they act as such a drag on its performance ? |
| 24 | It is the terms for the conversion of the convertible redeemable preference shares that provide the mechanism whereby the interests of the management vary according to the company 's performance . |
| 25 | If pay settlements in the private sector continue to decelerate to 2 per cent and the underlying rate of inflation edges up to around 3.75 per cent by the end of this year when the effects of cheaper mortgages start working their way out of consumer budgets , there is little doubt that many individuals will find their real disposable incomes squeezed . |
| 26 | Even the documents that er UNISON have provided to me , which indicate the shortfall in operations last year will indicate that the job is n't even being done with a fully fledged , let alone a reduced service . |
| 27 | It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this . |
| 28 | Recognizing these problems , many people engaged in electrical stimulation work have moved to microstimulation . |
| 29 | The changing image of ‘ yuppies ’ and spiralling costs and congestion have seen to that . |
| 30 | Several lines of evidence for insect intelligence have come to the fore , but a little careful thinking , observation , and experimentation indicate that most of these criteria are untrustworthy . |