Example sentences of "of to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage . |
| 2 | Instead of to teaching , a child at school had to be exposed to experiences ; for experiencing is learning . |
| 3 | Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving : |
| 4 | I had invited everyone I could think of to tea , and we had been invited back , but it was not her style , and when she complained that it was not right for her ‘ to be living among all these old people ’ I understood very well what she meant . |
| 5 | This is described by another commentator as ‘ a disposal of the grey , day-to-day business of reconciling interests , a fear of the pragmatic soiling of ideals through political compromise , a distaste for cool reason , which threatens to corrupt the hot dictates of the heart , the primacy given to principle , the loyalty to fundamentals , to ruthless coherence instead of to balance , to compromise , which is always thought of as ‘ lazy ’ and close to ‘ horse-trading ’ if not ‘ treachery ’ . ’ |