Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone points her to an unimportant stool in a far comer . |
| 2 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 3 | someone invites you to a party or to try something new/different |
| 4 | ( Araceae ) , which offers nothing to the ants . |
| 5 | What Housman has given us is a poem quite poignantly suggestive of that sense of private and personal loss that runs through so many of his lyrics ; a poem which refers us to the places and voices of The Other Shropshire , where the Graces go , and lads lie untimely in the earth . |
| 6 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 7 | Lastly , everyone I 've spoken to on the subject would shorten the length of the bass by cutting off the V-shaped cleft in the headstock , which adds nought to the decorative aspect of the bass . |
| 8 | The critic , too , according to Baudelaire has a right to be independent , and to work without a system ‘ which is a kind of damnation which forces one to a perpetual recantation ’ . |
| 9 | Alternatively , it may be a prerequisite for the evolutionary development of intelligence — which leads us to the premonition that , in a few billion years time , there may be intelligent lugworms stalking the Earth . |
| 10 | While it is true that , in most of them , a party with 10 per cent of the popular vote holds 100 per cent of the power , this is surely preferable to our present system , which condemns us to a lifetime of minority rule . |
| 11 | Leaving aside the Prologue and the short Un-accompanied duet for Peter and Ellen which links it to the first act proper , each of the three acts is prefaced by an orchestral " interlude " , and there are three more of these interludes separating the scenes within the acts . |
| 12 | but I do n't think it 's really worth worrying too much about whether he 's fascist or communist because erm the only reason really there 's only link between him and Russia and the play is A is the opposite of America , in other words George and B because his name Khrushchev which links it to the leader of the er |
| 13 | It is this perspective which links us to the work of Goffman , Harre and Giddens . |
| 14 | The Holy Alliance which ties them to the USSR and to one another is the principle of Party infallibility , not the fact , and the certainty that the principle will be upheld — if necessary , by Soviet tanks . |
| 15 | The comparative study of political systems and especially public policy-making has given rise to the belief that the distinction between politics and administration is artificial and that the role of administrators can not be settled by a definition which relegates them to a purely instrumental position . |
| 16 | By its very nature the trial is a passive form of review which confines itself to an examination of the finished product of the police investigation . |
| 17 | For many black people , this is the only form of protest open to them in a society which is racist and discriminatory and which consigns them to the lowest positions in the class structure . |
| 18 | ‘ Television is fast-moving and relies on much non-verbal communication , such as a quick glance between the characters , which means nothing to a young child , ’ says Dr Sheppard . |
| 19 | Hence the definition of bureaucracy , referred to in Chapter 1 , which restricts it to the implementation of public policy made by elected politicians and supervised by those of their number chosen for the task and responsible for the outcome . |
| 20 | He catches me watching him and smiles a naughty smile which thrills me to the core . |
| 21 | Above : John and Veronica relax in the Chinese-green sitting room , which lends itself to a Christmas colour scheme of red and green Left : Tree lights and softly lit rooms give a festive glow to the Saunders ' Victorian terraced house in Heaton Moor , near Manchester |
| 22 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
| 23 | Which brings me to a serious point , my dear . |
| 24 | Which brings me to a small room in an Ambleside hotel and an impossibly short deadline . |
| 25 | Which brings me to the prize money for this week ; £15 to Bill Greenwell and Gerard Benson £12 to Nicholas Murray and a tenner for the rest . |
| 26 | Which brings me to the point that we must not lose sight of the fact that in rugby terms we are not world champions . |
| 27 | Which brings me to the heart of the matter — how important is it to God that the law is upheld ? |
| 28 | Which brings me to the matter of my heroic cousin , Lord Victor Rune VC , and the most singular circumstances surrounding his tragic and untimely demise . |
| 29 | ‘ Which brings me to the final thing we need to discuss . |
| 30 | So it seemed to me , sir , that we need a very very special justification for this all embracing E two policy which brings me to the other thing to say about it as a general principle . |