Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major has invited the French president to dinner tomorrow in a bid to win his support . |
| 2 | But the evidence is incontrovertible , and Anselm based his later opposition to homage entirely on the decree of 1099 . |
| 3 | The Faculty has the advantage of being located in the centre of the Scottish legal system with its own distinctive legal traditions , one of which is an historic openness to influences both from the civilian systems of Europe and the Anglo-American common law . |
| 4 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 5 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 6 | The simple introduction brought a light to eyes remarkably like her son 's . |
| 7 | The administration 's fiscal 1991 and fiscal 1992 deficit totals both excluded the costs of US military deployment and operations in the Gulf , which were to be the subject of a separate submission to Congress later in the month . |
| 8 | Most western donors had suspended aid to Myanma soon after the SLORC had taken control . |
| 9 | The point is made : there is a disadvantage to children immediately in the learning by teachers of so much that is at least newly described , if not new in reality . |
| 10 | The USA gave diplomatic recognition to Russia together with Ukraine , Armenia , Kazakhstan , Byelarus and Kirgizstan on Dec. 26 . |
| 11 | His return to Scotland late in 1555 was reluctant , and seems to have been less concerned with the Protestant cause than a personal one ; in Edinburgh he could be reunited with Elizabeth Bowes and her daughter Marjory , whom he had met while a preacher at Berwick , and marry Marjory . |
| 12 | SOUTHEND swimmer Sarah Hardcastle made a successful return to competition yesterday after a six-year absence by winning the 400m freestyle at the Optrex National Winter Championships in Sheffield . |
| 13 | What was needed , of course , was a return to discipline both at work and in society . |
| 14 | As Poulter points out , this is in line with the modern ethos of concentrating on the broadly educational role of RE , which is underlined by the reference to RE instead of ‘ religious instruction ’ to which the 1944 Act referred previously . |
| 15 | That was reinforced in a subsequent circular to LEAs later in 1981 and two years later Circular 8/83 sought a progress report from LEAs on the formation of a curriculum policy for pupils of all abilities and aptitudes . |
| 16 | Rugby defies slump to inch ahead at £57.6m |
| 17 | To save time , I determined to cut straight across the desert to Afdam instead of returning by the longer route we had come by . |
| 18 | Perhaps we could first take the right to slipper away from the prefects . ’ |
| 19 | This is not merely a little churlish ; it also explains why the cumulative effect of their evidence makes less — impact than it should , because it disguises the fact that the unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis now for two decades — since the thalidomide tragedy . |
| 20 | Danish star Torben Piechnik , who will complete a £500,000 move to Anfield today from FC Copenhagen , had hardly settled into his seat before Stewart made the vital early breakthrough in the fourth minute . |
| 21 | iii Silk Cut Travel is likely to change its name to Meon Worldwide in response to EC Directive in tobacco advertising . |
| 22 | The most vital thing is that the club is run from top to bottom just like a winning team . |
| 23 | But Marx , in an equally tough voice , merely said , ‘ O.K. Let's do just that , ’ put his hand in his breast pocket , slowly pulled out a horribly official-looking envelope , and slowly and carefully took from that an even more horribly official-looking form , folded once , in what to Herr Nordern seemed an indescribably sinister manner from top to bottom instead of side to side . |
| 24 | The Fohn is the name given to the south wind from the Mediterranean which , when it meets the Alps , precipitates much moisture on the southern aspects and brings dry warmth to areas immediately to the north of the Alps . |
| 25 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |
| 26 | AI IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION TO COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD |
| 27 | Flight fast , flocks performing aerial evolutions recalling golden plover , and undertaking long , often noisy daily journeys — up to 40 miles and back — to and from water to drink either at dawn or dusk . |
| 28 | Thirsk and Northallerton will also benefit as they will get an hourly service to York instead of the current two-hourly one . |
| 29 | From there , Cara had it all meticulously mapped out : she and Cara were to motor down to Dover to take a ferry to Ostend early on Wednesday morning . |
| 30 | He reported the event to Theo laconically as ‘ another expense ’ . |