Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was probably wise to kill Lennie the way he did , preserving Lennie 's dignity . |
| 2 | I am particularly pleased to see present my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor and Maidenhead ( Sir A. Glyn ) , who obviously has a major interest in this matter . |
| 3 | I have no desire to see Gerald playing the handsome patriarch . ’ |
| 4 | , writes : WHILE LOOKING through a book of Royal photos the other day I noticed that Prince Charles seems to wear kilts of different tartans . |
| 5 | FISERV AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE DATATRONIX FINANCIAL SERVICES |
| 6 | Facilities manager and financial bureau services operator Fiserv Inc , Milwaukee said it had definitive agreement to acquire Datatronix Financial Services Inc , San Diego for $31.75 a share , but did not say how many shares the cheque and financial item processor for financial institutions had out . |
| 7 | It 's perhaps fair to say as well that if if er er a member of the public knows that P C Smith or P C Jones is his local policeman , he would prefer to see P C Smith or P C Jones . |
| 8 | Mr Siddle said they had never been given any written instructions by Redpath Offshore about safety , but as a skilled workman he knew about having to support loads . |
| 9 | OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AT TWO FACTOIRES IN EAST JAPAN |
| 10 | The government thereupon declared that it would allow no more food into rebel-held areas , and the UN was forced to suspend operations . |
| 11 | A Malaysian court has ordered the Japanese chemical manufacturer , Mitsubishi Kaese , to suspend operations at its joint-venture plant in Ipoh , because of allegations that radioactive waste from the plant was contaminating the area . |
| 12 | It was easier to thank Auntie Lou . |
| 13 | Well in the end she took a stack and went in to see Miss and Miss tried to change the subject , subj |
| 14 | Menlo Park-based Objectivity also announced a partners programme for vendors of object information technology to promote provision of application development tools that increase software development productivity for object database applications . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , to arrange Steiner 's escape , of course . |
| 16 | Although there is parity of esteem among academic subjects , and dog is careful not to eat dog , at least in public , a scientific model of knowledge has , I believe , come to dominate the modern academy , and to affect attitudes to and within humanistic learning . |
| 17 | Television in every home may be a blessing for the old and infirm , indeed for all of us at times , but that , the motor car , foreign travel and umpteen other things have all combined to affect attitudes towards sport and leisure . |
| 18 | ‘ In England you can play 17 days on the trot and that is bound to affect attitudes . |
| 19 | This oversimplification is likely to lead to inappropriate curricula for many , and also to affect attitudes adversely through the labelling associated with allocation to a particular group , especially to a bottom set or stream . |
| 20 | A Greenpeace study of the Mersey area found the most polluting companies to include ICI , Shell , Associated Octel , Unilever and Pilkington . |
| 21 | It was in fact somewhat of a surprise to see cadet editions of a few of the Hornblower novels published for readers in the early and mid-teens , since neither Forester 's open , smooth narrative style nor his approach to sex and violence could be considered exacting or improper where young readers were concerned . |
| 22 | Flavia unlocked , let Andrée pass , preceded her to the top floor to light lamps . |
| 23 | as if sensing she had finished , Lyddy came softly in and began to light lamps and draw the curtains , gently pulling Alexandra back to reality . |
| 24 | When dealing with previous Bills affecting the armed services , the Minister and his colleagues have always sought to assure me that the armed forces are keenly aware of the need to treat complainers — irrespective of age — in a sympathetic manner . |
| 25 | Appearing to lose direction , Lepine wanders about , shooting occasionally . |
| 26 | The French in Indo-China were given economic aid with which to combat communism . |
| 27 | When Franz arrived with it Karen deftly plucked it from the sideplate and held up a hand to silence Whitlock 's protest . |
| 28 | Arcades of semi-circular arches were used in churches to support galleries . |
| 29 | We will also launch a new programme to invest £60 million in the modernisation of Britain 's cancer services , using the resources we will save by scrapping the Conservatives ' tax handout on private medical insurance . |
| 30 | Medical or other expert reports that have been disclosed to the other side should not go in Sched 1 , Pt1 , of the list , even if they have already been disclosed to the other side , but always go in Pt2 , otherwise one will lose the right to claim privilege for such reports . |