Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] resort to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to secure the payment of tribute , servicemen would often resort to taking hostages ( amanaty ) . |
| 2 | He said baiters broke the animal 's back and his jaw and would even resort to poking out his eyes if they were training a dog to fight . |
| 3 | But since the two parties are untrammelled by tradition or ideology , Nigerians will probably resort to voting for ethnicity anyway . |
| 4 | In most instances the cat will tend to be the dominant animal and may occasionally resort to scratching the dog if it proves a nuisance . |
| 5 | The Tories are , as in 1966 , once more devoid of ideas and can only resort to attacking and insulting the other parties . |