Example sentences of "[vb base] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Factions of labour that have through struggle or out of scarcity managed to create islands of privilege within a sea of exploitation will also just as surely rally to the cause of the alliance to preserve their gains .
2 And it does seem to me that erm the minute you suggest to a Parish Council who has already complained about illegal encampments on roadsides and laybys that there is a good site in their patch , there is an immediate reaction , and I am thoroughly convinced that this reaction is based on a fear that is actually based on ignorance , and that we have to remember that travellers of any description — and I do n't categorise them like Peter does — travellers of any description are human beings .
3 Flattery also works here — if you want to say something about yourself , suggest to the speaker that you 're choosing them to confide in .
4 I feel sorry for the little girl and I suggest to the writer that she consoles her daughter by telling her that the vile custom of killing wild animals for fun is on the way out , that almost all british people feel as she does , and are determined to end such cruelty , and that she can help to bring about its end by supporting the League Against Cruel Sports and talking about the work they do to her schoolfriends .
5 Her unique closeness to the king gave her the influence of a special potens , to whom others appealed that she " suggest to the king " on their behalf .
6 ‘ If I suggest to the King that he spends Christmas at Scone and attends special Masses of Supplication for the continued well-being of his country , would you support me ? ’
7 If the committee is entirely new , suggest to the Chairman that each member should stand and introduce himself , giving name and representation .
8 I suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear intellectual distinction can be drawn between evidence that relates to those who are parties to a trial and those who are not parties to a trial .
9 Therefore , I respectfully suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear and simple change can be made to the law which would protect those who are not the parties to a trial — third parties outside a trial .
10 But I would n't for one moment suggest to the panel that windfalls and recycling of land should n't continue to take place .
11 Despite the undoubted hardship , not only to the famous such as the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West and other hon. Members , but to those who are known only to their families — I know from correspondence that many ordinary people suffer hardship because of what is said and done in court cases — I suggest to the House that we interfere with this at our peril , and at peril to our liberties and system of open justice .
12 But when organizations grow to a level where it is impossible for all the members to know each other , where the division of work between individuals and groups becomes more strict , where communications are restricted by physical and administrative distances and boundaries — in such a situation the need for an idea-handling system arises even in an organization where the cultural and climate conditions support creativity and innovation .
13 They come from Peruvian and Brazilian rivers and grow to a size of about 2″
14 Individual specimens grow to a length of 5cm or more .
15 The colonies grow to a length of 5 cm .
16 The stems grow to a height of up to 20ins ( 60cms ) .
17 The tufts grow to a height of up to 6ins ( 15cms ) and appear bright to dark green .
18 The plants grow to a height of up to 24ins ( 60cms ) .
19 It could well become equally true in other systems as they grow to the size , complexity and pressures of TDC .
20 They eventually leave their holes , develop true eyes and long rippling fins along the back , grow to the size of an eel and turn into lampreys .
21 From the centre of the plant flower buds develop , and these grow to the water surface and blossom .
22 The Red Rose and the Rosa Mundi commonly grow from three to four feet high , but seldom exceed that ; but the Damask , Provence and Frankfurt Roses grow to the height of seven or eight feet , so that in planting them , great care should be taken to place their several kinds , according to their various growth , amongst other shrubs , that they may appear beautiful to the eye .
23 A middle-sized species of whale , they grow to an average of 7 metres ( 23 feet ) long , and weigh up to 2 tonnes .
24 Then fly to an area in which VMC can be maintained , and land at a suitable airfield .
25 I fly to the door .
26 " Suppose I were to break the bones in my wings , and then fly to the top of the mountain and back .
27 Fly to the Continent today .
28 No one can take the 20-minute boat trip or fly to the airstrip without police permits which are hard to obtain .
29 You fly to the drop zone , the loadmaster removes the restraints , navigator says action stations , then the red light , then the green light and the load is dispatched .
30 These include the different rates of production for speech , and writing , the degree of standardisation in writing as opposed to speech and the absence in writing of intonational features that can only be compensated for by sentence patterns which provide to a degree the emphases more readily available in speech .
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