Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first-time 1.5p dividend should jump to 5p at the full-year stage . |
| 2 | The main problem , at least on the first night , was that too much of the dialogue was overplayed — Lochhead recognises that you do n't need to soup up the Scots speech to make it funny , or poignant or significant : it 's all already there in the words , but if they 're spoken too self-consciously they end up sounding like rather forced one-liners . |
| 3 | In the course of this book , we shall appeal to evidence in the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic literature which offers insights into the way in which discourse , produced in describable contexts for recognisable purposes , is processed and comprehended . |
| 4 | We can appeal to non-linearities in the climate thresholds , but glaciologists offer an alternative . |
| 5 | A very addictive game , which will appeal to players of the block genre . |
| 6 | THREE small estates and three separate cottages on the beautiful Knoydart peninsula opposite the Isle of Skye , for sale through Frank & Rutley ( 031 225 7105 ) , will appeal to lovers of the wilds of Scotland . |
| 7 | they had been fortunate in securing a businessman , whose qualifications in that respect would certainly appeal to men in the North of England . |
| 8 | This line is to be reopened soon for tourists and again the steam-trains will chug to Aqaba on the coast . |
| 9 | Members of such groups are usually very friendly and so grateful that people turn up to their performances that they are quite often there to smile and chat to visitors at the door . |
| 10 | Rejecting the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Libya unless it hands over two men accused of carrying out the 1989 Lockerbie airliner bombing , Gaddafi said he would never surrender to demands by the United States and Britain . |
| 11 | So did you speak to Terry about the game ? |
| 12 | He once told Earl delightedly that he had spotted Abrams at an airport but Abrams ( perceptiveness not his strong suit ) had not spotted him , and that ‘ his tradecraft of observing was better than Elliott 's ’ Secret agents carried gadgets with which they could speak to headquarters from the most unlikely places ; once , at a party , North was said to have produced a scrambler-telephone from his briefcase , together with a half-eaten sandwich , and to have gone out into the garden to dial the house . |
| 13 | Durham Euro-MP Stephen Hughes will speak to first year pupils at St John 's Comprehensive School later this month and will also speak to students at the town 's Sixth Form Centre . |
| 14 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll speak to Dad in the morning . |
| 16 | He did speak to Murray on the phone but says he can not clear the mystery until he has a chance to study the report in detail . |
| 17 | ‘ Did anyone speak to Biggs after the fight ? ’ he asked . |
| 18 | you must n't speak to people on the phone |
| 19 | The aetiology of hypertriglyceridaemia in Type I diabetics subsequently controlled and established on insulin is less clear but would appear to centre round the control and activity of lipoprotein lipase . |
| 20 | My diagnosis of the increased gap between the participants implied by the Sidneian constellation is strengthened by Lyons 's argument that ‘ whereas first and second person are the positive members of the category of person , third person is essentially a negative notion ’ , because ‘ it does not necessarily refer to participants in the situation of utterance ’ . |
| 21 | By 1474 the prior of Durham , Richard Bell , could refer to Gloucester as the convent 's dominus specialissimus . |
| 22 | By 1474 the prior of Durham , Richard Bell , could refer to Gloucester as the convent 's dominus specialissimus . |
| 23 | What must we do to firm up the opinion of those who almost support us ? |
| 24 | Why does he not acknowledge what his party 's attitude to inward investment would do to jobs in the north-east , in Wales , in Scotland and in many other parts of the country ? |
| 25 | This is great news because everyone knows there are lots of things one can do to animals in the name of medical progress that one ca n't ethically do to people . |
| 26 | Coupled with the exit of some vital players , it was as much as Neath could do to paper over the cracks and keep winning . |
| 27 | It can also contribute to congestion on the roads , various forms of pollution , and rising house prices if there is a demand for second or holiday homes . |
| 28 | The findings will contribute to improvements in the effectiveness of health education materials concerned with substance abuse . |
| 29 | All these factors may contribute to problems in the older person 's AL of communicating . |
| 30 | The ABD does not object to Gatsos where they will contribute to safety on the roads . |