Example sentences of "to [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One ‘ hangover ridden ’ shortness of response , or a snappy turn-off to views you do n't like , causes infinite harm . |
| 2 | And as they went out from Bivar they had a crow on their right hand , and when they came to Burgos they had a crow on the left . |
| 3 | In nature , Universal Energy is known to the Yogis as ‘ Prana ’ , the breath of life ; Polynesians know it as ‘ Mana ’ , or vital force ; the Australian Aborigines term it ‘ Kurunba ’ ; to the Chinese it is ‘ Ch'i ’ ; to Germans it is ‘ Wodan ’ ; Wilhelm Reich referred to it as ‘ Orgone ’ and Christians call it ‘ Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 4 | Spelling lists , if you want to teach from lists , which draw attention to patterns she is having trouble with , e.g. : |
| 5 | Thus , to explain what was happening to cities it was necessary to look at the characteristics of cities . |
| 6 | To Orcs he has become a great hero whose spirit stands beside the gods Gork and Mork in battle . |
| 7 | It 's either that deliberate or a , a sort of er one stage back where well if it leads to excesses it wo n't actually matter because we may , it might be necessary and we can stop it anyway . |
| 8 | The couple say it bore no relation to plans they had inspected and that Mr Minashi slammed the phone down when they rang . |
| 9 | You get some funny buggers coming to garages you know ! |
| 10 | What are you going to times it by ? |
| 11 | There is , I have found , some gentle entertainment to be had in discussion with publishers ' representatives , observing the wide-eyed eagerness with which they greet potentially saleable ideas , and their clenched , wary , glazed-eyes response to proposals they feel negative about , or perhaps do not understand . |
| 12 | For him there is one origin to phenomena we tend to think of as distinct : private property , the family , the State . |
| 13 | For an example of innovative action in relation to norms we can return to the couple we met earlier . |
| 14 | But about a third again admitted to researchers they never use the bins at all . |
| 15 | Furthermore , even if there are net gains to shareholders it is not clear to what extent these result from increased efficiency , and hence represent net social gains , or are the product of what may be socially detrimental increases in market power . |
| 16 | Writing an exam answer is like writing a homework essay question , with some differences which point to strategies you should learn . |
| 17 | This morning weary commuters returned to cars they 'd abandoned during the night , after the A40 flooded at over near Gloucester . |
| 18 | All your commissions are paid the following week but when it comes to bonuses we we there is a slight delay , two two may be two to three months . |
| 19 | Six six contracts all the same print so that if ever we shifted you or wanted you wanted to shift you from estate into to golf or to schools we do n't have to retrain you at all . |
| 20 | In fact in recent visits to schools I have been struck increasingly , not only by the ‘ over-age ’ children but by the considerable number of very young ones , conveniently parked in classrooms so that mothers could take employment , trade or visit . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what new incentive to manufacturers he intends to introduce to stimulate the home machine tool industry . |
| 22 | in reply to voices we ca n't hear : |
| 23 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 24 | When , therefore , I say ‘ The colour I saw yesterday was a white colour , , or ‘ The sensation I feel is one of tightness ’ , in both cases the attribute I affirm of the colour or of the other sensation is mere resemblance — simple likeness to sensations I have had before , and which have had those names bestowed upon them . |
| 25 | I knew that , when we reported in September , if he expressed his adverse opinions to journalists he would dominate the headlines , and the Report might be irretrievably damaged . |
| 26 | The next phase will be er this phase , site three er , which we will be providing twenty one er , flats to rent as your nominees er three units for the special needs and for those like I told you , it 's about twenty four rented to nominees we 've had the funding for that pre-allocated by the housing corporation so they are er , committed to , to funding that . |
| 27 | His focus soon shifted to subjects he became famous for portraying : the nouveaux riches at play in 1920 's Berlin . |
| 28 | Trainees at Harvard Securities were not in practice made to send out details on stocks to clients they were pitching who had n't dealt three times , as all dealers were supposed to . |
| 29 | They , it 's always argued that the parish councils are closest to local people , they had an out and out objection from the Parish Council initially they have subsequently written to me twice in November moderating that position and saying subject to safeguards they they no longer have an outright objection . |
| 30 | Without recourse to books I recognised terek sandpiper with its long , slightly upturned bill and yellow legs . |