Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Benjamin 's dualistic conception , allegory refers to bits and pieces of every-day life — often discarded objects , sometimes relics — that together constitute ‘ myths ’ through which individuals in a given historical period understand the social world . |
| 2 | She follows this with a beautifully breathy version of Cole Porter 's ‘ You Do Something To Me ’ ( from ‘ Red , Hot & Blue ’ ) and the Marilyn Monroe classic ‘ I Want To Be Loved By You ’ ( boo boo be doo ! ) and ( next week , fan mugs ! ) you get the chance to buy the second half of this two CD set including the title track ( again ) plus ‘ Someone To Watch Over Me ’ and — wait for it — ‘ My Heart Belongs To Daddy ’ . |
| 3 | well at , at , at the moment our , our defence of course goes to case , the defence by |
| 4 | The Central Statistical Office reported that its longer leading index of economic activity continued to suggest hat the economy turned last summer while its shorter index points to recovery at the end of last year . |
| 5 | A model adhesion cascade has been proposed to explain adhesion of many leukocyte subtypes to endothelium ( reviewed in refs 2 , 3 , 31 , 32 ) . |
| 6 | From the river the trail goes to Beeston Crag , to the west of Peckforton Castle and eventually joins the road above Higher Burwardsley . |
| 7 | One two three four five six not yet seven eight nine no no ten eleven twelve wait thirteen fourteen no ! fifteen not yet ! sixteen wait , wait , wait seventeen wait ! seventeen seventeen eighteen no use nineteen the stuff was Co-ming ! twent — I must have shouted out at that precise moment where exultation turns to disgust , the moment of spilling , of defilement . |
| 8 | And now , perforce , The Economist turns to speculation . |
| 9 | For special advice on this subject AIB turns to Roger Green of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough , where such things have been studied since the end of the First World War . |
| 10 | The sado-sexual crime is not described , yet everything in the text points to Mathias as the perpetrator . |
| 11 | The prize for the year 's best book other than fiction goes to Gwyn Thomas and Margaret Jones for their third collaboration . |
| 12 | The prize for best Welsh fiction goes to Emily Huws , who lives near Caernarfon . |
| 13 | The term formative assessment refers to assessment which looks forward to pupils ' future learning , as opposed to summative assessment which looks back at what pupils have already achieved . |
| 14 | Playing the offside game would become a riskier business , especially against forwards with the pace of Lineker or Rush , who would be given the benefit of the doubt which at present goes to defenders . |
| 15 | Well we do n't , we usually erm have a about an hour goes to sleep for an hour . |
| 16 | Accent refers to pronunciation . |
| 17 | And the cow belongs to Mister Johnny . |
| 18 | It was considered that Scorton with its playing field contributes to Wyre Borough 's tourism policy and therefore perhaps the tourism budget should contribute towards the local facilities . |
| 19 | If the ST3 contract goes to delivery , the long can choose whether to take physical delivery or cash settlement . |
| 20 | If the contract goes to delivery , it clearly has to be settled for cash since it is not possible to deliver a physical index . |
| 21 | One benefit deriving from advancing years is that my clerk diverts to others briefs that are devoid of interest . |
| 22 | The sentence belongs to writing , forming there the basic unit of textual structures . |
| 23 | ‘ Narrow ’ money refers to money balances which are easily available to finance day-to-day spending , that is , for transactions purposes . |
| 24 | ‘ Broad ’ money refers to money held both for transactions purposes and as a form of saving . |
| 25 | It wants a commitment from Mr MacGregor to show no favouritism in distributing the £118 million earmarked in the autumn statement for building grants to voluntary-aided and opted-out schools . |
| 26 | The harddisk and floppy disk data cables will fit on the card the wrong way round , so make sure the red edge of the cable goes to Pin 1 ( which is marked ) of the connector . |
| 27 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
| 28 | If you do not wear an available seat belt , you are liable to a fixed penalty or a fine if the case goes to court . |
| 29 | They can get compensation only if the case goes to court . |
| 30 | Under the system of tenders , if the offer is rejected and is not beaten when the case goes to court , the side making it can recover expenses from the time it was put on the table . |