Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 2 | Individual parcels , except if addressed to Jersey , can weigh up to 30kg and measure up to 1.5m in length , and 3m in length and girth combined . |
| 3 | They are unlikely to satisfy the test required by the main argument , i.e. that individuals were more likely to succeed in realizing that which reason required of them if subjected to the government concerned than if left to themselves . |
| 4 | But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices . |
| 5 | However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned . |
| 6 | Everything and everyone is drained of value except as means to my own dwindling and at last exclusively pre-human ends , and I myself am equally a means in the eyes of everyone else , as I am forced to recognize whenever an automaton interacting with me reaches for its own pocket computer . |
| 7 | If the FA do act , then Wright could also face a fine , while if left to Arsenal the matter is likely to cost Wright two weeks wages — around £5,000 . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 'll leave Rosalind 's letter till after and go to Horsfall Woods first , ’ she thought . |
| 9 | Semantic structure and context ‘ operate either in the same direction as or counter to ’ linear modification ( Firbas , 1974 : 22 ) , but both are hierarchically superior to it . |
| 10 | A clamour of conflicting emotions warred within her while her treacherous body arched greedily to every movement he made , answering each speaking gesture as fluently as if used to long practice . |
| 11 | And for some schools , this may be an interesting option , though if carried to extremes , it has serious limitations . |
| 12 | When considering coming to this country to study , be sure that you have sufficient finance . |
| 13 | This did not in itself imply any belief in racial inequality , superiority or inferiority , though when married to the study of the evolution of man on the basis of the pre-historic fossil record , it did . |
| 14 | So , Mr Mr Bradford in fact if plot one was a house as as proposed to us |
| 15 | However , while the result might well be the same , the reasoning of the Court of Appeal is to be preferred ; complete impartiality could not be expected and the term impartiality when used in the context of a minister making a decision such as the siting of a new town , would not necessarily be the same as when applied to a magistrate deciding a case of nuisance . |
| 16 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 17 | ‘ Two weeks , ’ she managed to articulate , and then stood there , mouth clamped , feet rooted , as though turned to a pillar of salt , as though the deep deep boredom of childhood had reclaimed her , had rendered her helpless and speechless and powerless , the child in the attic , praying for time to pass and blood to flow . |
| 18 | She was astonished and sat as though turned to stone , her fingers thrust through the opening of his unbuttoned trousers . |
| 19 | As though clinging to the last moments of a vanishing pleasure , he counted the baulks of timber edging darkly towards the boats . |
| 20 | He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity as though to say to one and all : ‘ this is the way you want to read me , well , so be it . ’ |
| 21 | Ha , she said , and laughed back as though trying to be brave , trying to be strong . |
| 22 | She said it with an almost questioning tone , as though listening to the sound of her own defiance to gauge how real it was . |
| 23 | As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . |
| 24 | ( Artist 's heart now sinks at thought of fifteen-hour day on account of two ideas leading to twenty permutations of two-line scene : ‘ But Richard — ’ ‘ Yes , I know , but the thing is — er — let me put this another way ’ ( so far he has n't put it anyway ) — ‘ Look — ’ ( He freezes mid-pace , cocks his head as though listening to an external sound — which indeed he is — draws a deep breath through his nose , rolls up his eyes , turns down the corners of his mouth , then , forgetting to expel air because a new thought has struck him , he gasps : ) ‘ I 'll tell you what , right ? |
| 25 | But remember ’ — he had lifted an arm now and was prodding with his forefinger as though pointing to the furthest corners of the country ( he was feeling the attention of the crowd and letting it recharge his energy ) , ‘ the people are mightier than a lord . ’ |
| 26 | So , while that sane part of her made her half turn as though to return to her bedroom , that other part of her , the part that tingled and loved him , caused her then to delay — just for a moment . |
| 27 | She moved her right hand , and made contact with something which slid into her hand as though wanting to be there . |
| 28 | The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) . |
| 29 | But she said it as though she already knew different , for then , as though speaking to another invisible adult , she added , ‘ I do n't think . |
| 30 | Molly raised her voice slightly as though speaking to a foreigner and tried to get to the heart of the matter . |