Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 2 | APS can decide the most appropriate and most efficient method of payment , and provide immediate electronic advice of funds received for crediting to an account . |
| 3 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 4 | WHEN TEA was taken at 3.10 on the final afternoon of the first Test , even the more fervent student for the long game could have been forgiven for switching to automatic pilot . |
| 5 | Viewers familiar with Dr Latimer 's assistant in Do n't Wait Up will be forgiven for defecting to another channel . |
| 6 | Questions of Morality and Christian Virtue aside , she did n't really blame all the women Henry Phipps had conquered for succumbing to his wiles . |
| 7 | On Nov. 26 Duane Clarridge , former CIA chief of European operations , was indicted for lying to congressional investigators about the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 8 | Five patients were withdrawn after responding to diuretic treatment alone . |
| 9 | Two Japanese car makers are developing electric-powered versions of their luxury models , designed for leasing to government officials . |
| 10 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 11 | ‘ These men are torn between yearning to be close to a woman and having a deep fear of hostility towards them , ’ says psychologist Dr Susan Forward . |
| 12 | Prime Minister Jure Pelivan , a Croat , resigned after talking to the demonstrators , an unofficial source said . |
| 13 | Also Bryan Robson had to have stiches after being attacked after going to Cantona 's assistance . |
| 14 | And his bottom-of-the-table Forest side looked similarly browbeaten after slipping to their ninth defeat of the season . |
| 15 | In general what is permitted and expected with regard to our behaviour towards those who are classed as " we " is either expressly forbidden or disapproved of with respect to those who rate as " they " , and vice versa . |
| 16 | Usually a limited number of offers can be rejected but there is no guarantee that a subsequent offer will be an improvement , so in many rural districts applicants may have to make the best of either inappropriate housing or housing not ideally located with regard to their workplaces or existing patterns of use of facilities . |
| 17 | A parallel disjuncture can be claimed with regard to anti-Semitism . |
| 18 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 19 | The Scottish Office has been approached with regard to the Education Department being required to carry out SCRO checks on Volunteers working with young people in education settings . |
| 20 | The law was substantially modified with regard to two of these matters by the Animals Act 1971 ; but its structure is still in large measure the same and it is convenient to retain the common law headings for the purposes of exposition . |
| 21 | More work is needed , however , to clarify such putative differential regulation of the two L1 chains ; possible immunohistochemical artifacts can not be discounted because quite contrasting results have been reported with regard to expression of the two chains in immune granulomas . |
| 22 | ‘ Not really , but on lovely days you 're suddenly overwhelmed with longing to be in love again . ’ |
| 23 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |
| 24 | She should be up to date with her vaccinations , and should be swabbed before going to the stud — vet 's visit plus consultation and advice , the swab , postage , lab fees — see how it adds up ? |
| 25 | Her booming voice , very frightening to children , was usually occupied in gossiping to every passer-by . |
| 26 | Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown . |
| 27 | Employing those conceptions , we can ask how we can know that we have succeeded in referring to anything , and how we can know that we have come up with an accurate description of what we have referred to . |
| 28 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 29 | After the meeting was over and the main demonstration had dispersed , some civil rights supporters succeeded in infiltrating to Market Square by a roundabout route . |
| 30 | He had , however , succeeded in demonstrating to President Ratu Penaia Ganilau that he had the support of the majority of the FPP leadership behind him . |