Example sentences of "to [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , rather than getting upset about this it spurs her on to try harder to show that they are worth watching . |
| 2 | If you 're driving to Brighton please note that a parking voucher scheme operates in the centre of the town . |
| 3 | As he had done on the journey to Rhodes , from that time onwards Nicholas gave up his will , his designs , and his planning , and lived from hour to hour simply to work as he was bidden . |
| 4 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 5 | This is the nearest thing to typesetting yet released and it speaks PostScript so for desktop publishers looking for the quality but without typesetting it could be the answer . |
| 6 | ‘ Self-government ’ was thus conceived not as the inevitable prelude to letting India go , as it appeared at the time and has appeared since to eyes less clouded than Montagu 's by belief in the possibility of voluntary servitude , but as the natural means of keeping it . |
| 7 | Moreover , had the local police contacted the British Consul at once , his friends and family would have got to Spain earlier to ensure that all efforts were being made to find him . |
| 8 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 9 | Angel explained that she would be staying at her mother 's while he went to Brazil alone to see if the country was suitable . |
| 10 | His great horse earned it with apparent ease — but lost 29lb in the process and came home to Ballydoyle more exhausted than after any of his previous races . |
| 11 | So if consumer and citizen avoidable death and injury were added to workers avoidably killed and injured , then the ratio between corporate criminal violence and ‘ conventional ’ criminal violence would clearly put the former in an extremely unfavourable light . |
| 12 | He had n't seen anyone carry on like this since going to watch the World Wrestling Federation with Gilbert Lewis , the man next door 's nephew , who had had a major seizure at the sight of a man called Hulk Hogan and had written to Robert afterwards to say that he ‘ had never expected to see anything like that in real life ’ . |
| 13 | Few runners in each contest go to post fully prepared and even fewer have the in-born talent to win . |
| 14 | We can not depend only on companies coming to Singapore solely to make or assemble products designed elsewhere . |
| 15 | Because the procedure can not apply to development already started and it is generally as quick to apply for actual permission if the planning authority 's officer advises that it is necessary , this does not get as much use as might be expected . |
| 16 | Legal title to goods normally passes when they are received by your customer . |
| 17 | ‘ He is going to come to Donegal more determined than ever , ’ says Fisher . |
| 18 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 19 | His wife Mary will fly to Nepal tomorrow to see if she can find any of the manuscripts . |
| 20 | Changes to pensions now mean that more people have ‘ opted out ’ of the State earnings related pension scheme , and taken out personal pensions . |
| 21 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 22 | There are many forms of emission charges which may be used to provide economic incentives to polluters either to reduce or cease their pollution , including sales taxes on fuels or fuel ingredients : for example , Norway introduced fuel taxes in 1971 whereby a basic tax is levied on each unit of oil , together with an additional charge which increases for each 0.5 per cent of its sulphur content . |
| 23 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 24 | A limited number of boarding-schools should therefore be drawn into a partnership with the State , by agreeing to give at least 50 per cent of their places to pupils formally assessed as having a boarding need . |
| 25 | A threat to health also arose because the fires burned with only 70 to 90 per cent efficiency , which meant that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ) were created as tiny particles in the smoke ; these substances include dozens of known and suspected human carcinogens . |
| 26 | Mr Heslop said that , in fact , Mr Venables and his company , Edennote , had put their names to documents specifically stating that no one had entered into service agreements which were not terminable within 12 months . |
| 27 | This range of white worm size makes it unnecessary to culture either microworm or grindal worm . |
| 28 | Adoption of Resolution 7 will authorise the directors to make the necessary changes which will also apply to options already granted and still outstanding . |
| 29 | ‘ They tell me you only get that very strong black espresso coffee — not even cappuccino — and the cups are only half full , ’ Mervyn persisted , so that Ianthe had to protest that she was n't going to Rome only to eat and drink . |
| 30 | In an effort to make this happen , Baker next year plans to hand out ‘ 173 million to industries either using or making IT products , an increase of some £120 million compared to 1979 . |