Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [pos pn] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then hesitated , waiting for him to leave the office so that she could speak to her father in private , but he made no move to do so . |
| 2 | I 'll speak to my landlady in the morning . |
| 3 | Do you always speak to your betters in such a fashion ? |
| 4 | I need not refer to his history in any more detail up to June 1990 , but in that month he went to a residential school where his mother continued to visit him and in October 1990 he absconded from that school . |
| 5 | It 's a case of balancing the short-term costs to the long-term benefits that we 'll see to our soil in this country . |
| 6 | This new course did n't seem to fit ; its layout was more suited to California than Warwickshire , and this undoubtedly affected some players , like Jack , who could n't react to its challenges in the usual way . |
| 7 | Later , Coalition forces ‘ secured ’ a number of towns and villages so that some of the refugees could return to their homes in relative safety . |
| 8 | But Balliol himself ? presumably he would now return to his army in the west . |
| 9 | Things would deteriorate rather quickly , for Alberto would return to his hotel in the evening with a sculpture eight to twelve inches tall under his arm and come back the next day with a piece no more than three or four inches high … |
| 10 | When he did not return to his hotel in the evening , Captain Trevor , a local man , bravely organized a search party . |
| 11 | He can probably never return to his family in Novi Sad , at least as long as the Milosevic regime endures . |
| 12 | Now I shall return to my adventures in Lilliput . |
| 13 | Where the branch manufactures a product ( such as a car ) the standards it must comply with are those of the host member state ; conversely , where it sells a product made in its home member state the manufacturing standards of the home member state are normally the relevant ones , although the rules of the host member state would apply to its advertising in that state provided that they are justified as being for the public good . |
| 14 | That 's not an adjective the Villa manager would apply to his namesake in the team . |
| 15 | The question here is what must a firm disclose to its customers in order to permit its broker/dealer department to sell or buy stock off its own book to or from a " fiduciary customer " ( ie a customer to whom fiduciary duties are owed , eg where a broker acts as agent ) ? |
| 16 | One could hardly assume that he had not gone to church out of piety and because it was Ash Wednesday , Ianthe thought , but it was rather puzzling and disturbing to think that she could n't even attend to her devotions in peace . |
| 17 | I do n't know how they will respond to my abuse in the chip pan after a few months ' use , but I think they will fare better than other brushes I 've used in the past . |
| 18 | As a member of the West Yorkshire Society 's Club , which was formed in September last year , I can testify to its role in raising morale and the efficacy of one 's personal presentation ; and there is one particular aspect which I feel must be placed on record . |
| 19 | This may relate to its revival in the garden , where the style , as architecture , first secured a footing . |
| 20 | This section briefly describes the IPF Problem Control Facility with regard to its use in the New OED Computer Project Problem Management Procedures . |
| 21 | The elements of language are relatively arbitrary in regard to their referents in the real world , whereas images signify through their ‘ iconicity ’ , through their resemblance to referents in the real world ( Eco 1976 , pp. 191ff ) . |
| 22 | Generally speaking , pluralists accord the media varying degrees of autonomy both with regard to their relations with other institutions and with regard to their work in the production of content and meaning . |
| 23 | Her instincts told her that Ben was suffering a pang of conscience with regard to his part in this little deception . |
| 24 | Florian had referred blithely to Luke 's owning them , with regard to his interest in the radio station , when in fact he was liberal in the extent of the leeway he allowed them , but in a personal relationship , she knew with sudden bone-deep conviction , his ownership would be total . |
| 25 | Youth Club ( by letter ) thanking the chairman for his support with regard to his action in suspending four boys . |
| 26 | Who are , as you probably all know , erm , in London , or on their way to London , lobbying , I hope successfully , but I fear probably not , said he , keeping an eye on the tape recorder trying to get more money out of the government in regard to our backing in this , and we wish you well . |
| 27 | Following the recent discussions between [ name of MAS partner/manager ] and[name of vendor/vendor 's representative ] we are writing to confirm that we would be pleased to act for the shareholders in the proposed sale of your subsidiary , More Mature Business Limited ( ‘ the company ’ ) , and to set out formally our terms of reference and responsibilities with regard to our involvement in the sale process . |
| 28 | chartered surveyors Dear Mr Smith , I refer to your recent telephone conversation with my colleague , David Bateman , with regard to your interest in purchasing a strip of land 3-4 yards wide adjoining the south-eastern side of your boundary . |
| 29 | The slick may lead to its extinction in the region . |
| 30 | The principle is , of course , the essence of biological control : the introduction of the predators or other pests of plants getting out of control may lead to their collapse in numbers . |