Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ? |
| 2 | The task of appointing a new Prime Minister would fall to Cossiga 's successor as President . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's worth a try , ’ he agreed , ‘ and if we can appeal to Sugden 's better nature we can work out a compromise . ’ |
| 4 | LEGO : Ole Kirk Christiansen , a jobless carpenter in Denmark , had the idea to make good toys that would appeal to children 's imaginations and stand up to rough handling . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly , a fixed rate mortgage would also appeal to Linda 's cautious nature . |
| 6 | While the church dominated governing body of King 's College , London , did not object to Lyell 's geology , it sacked the theologian F. D. Maurice for suggesting that the indescribable torture of the damned might not go on for ever . |
| 7 | No , Charles certainly did object to Ivan 's insults , and Ivan 's divination of Charles 's weak spots was uncannily accurate . |
| 8 | She , for her part , was of the opinion that she did not object to Ivan 's insults at all . |
| 9 | Who would object to Hilda 's little game ? |
| 10 | Every evening a crowd gathered to squabble over politics or new art forms or to ‘ dance to Zadkine 's mad music , ‘ The Camel ’ s Tango ’ . ’ |
| 11 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 12 | Branson did not warm to Fields 's initial concept of a 100-per-cent business-class service between London and New York ; that , he felt , was ‘ not the right image from Virgin 's point of view ’ . |
| 13 | The Democrats did not accede to Bush 's demand , and he returned to Washington from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , Maine , on Aug. 14 in order to hold meetings not only with the Pentagon ( Defence Department ) over the Gulf crisis [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , but also with budgetary advisers . |
| 14 | ‘ In her letter concerning Wilde and Douglas , ’ Minton 's dignified reply begins , ‘ it is indeed distressing that someone of Dr. Marie Stopes 's eminence should refer to Wilde 's homosexuality with such bigoted moral fervour . |
| 15 | Zenith did not refer to Acme 's program further than this and Zenith developed its own methods of performing the purpose . |
| 16 | Individuals who wish to travel alone or in small groups may refer to Saga 's latest brochures , whick contain details of holidays to all of these countries , though obviously not to the specific locations . |
| 17 | Instead , they should refer to SCOTVEC 's criteria for approval of a centre when setting up their systems and should discuss the systems that they intend to implement with their systems verifier . |
| 18 | Given Bukharin 's reference to disproportionality it was not surprising that he should refer to Marx 's schemata of reproduction . |
| 19 | But as he stood facing the Robemaker in the low-ceilinged workroom , the humming of the Silver Looms all about them , the dry heat stifling and the air thick with the red glow of the furnaces , he looked fully into the face of his captor and thought : what did he do to Ireland 's Royal House to deserve such punishment ? |
| 20 | So he settled for a secure telephone call , indifferent to what that would do to Maxim 's reputation among the Defence Staff at the embassy . |
| 21 | It also explains why Mr Morita hastily withdrew his chapters of the book , for fear of the damage it might do to Sony 's sales . |
| 22 | So in a very broad sense agriculture is going to have to con contribute to China 's , China as a whole 's economic development |
| 23 | I E to , to , and will contribute to China 's industrialization because once we are in control industrialization will be necessary . |
| 24 | First-hand use of media equipment ( e.g. in making videos ) and other technologies ( such as desk top publishing ) can contribute to children 's practical understanding of how meanings are created . |
| 25 | A growing number of staffs within and across schools and the specialist services are now engaged in developing such joint approaches , meeting as teams in school-based discussions and workshops , with the explicit aims of pooling their expertise , sharing and increasing their understanding of the factors that may lead or contribute to children 's learning difficulties , and finding their own most appropriate solutions to them . |
| 26 | This , after all , was the man who had made love to Elise , made an impact strong enough to perhaps contribute to Elise 's death . |
| 27 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 28 | How would Mme Flaubert react to Gustave 's sudden nocturnal absence ? |
| 29 | Faced by such diverse interpretations of the new adversary , the Reagan Presidency in 1985 , rather than return to Kissinger 's ideal of ‘ linkage ’ in a period of détente , decided to pursue a policy of ‘ constructive confrontation ’ with Moscow , accepting that certain agreements with Russia were possible even if she remained a rival on the world stage . |
| 30 | Defender Tony Mowbray could return to Celtic 's side for the first time in ten weeks and silence speculation that manager Liam Brady is willing to sell the player . |