Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a very long and comfortable settee in front of the window which had a view of the River Thames which mesmerized me to such an extent that I could scarcely tear myself away to go to bed . |
| 2 | We are n't reasonable enough to accommodate ourselves to such a shift in moral attitudes . |
| 3 | DIGI DUB serve up a welcome listen of techno ragga , electro and dub , blending them to such a degree that they still remain hard to categorise , dealing in each style with equal authority and adeptness throughout and as inventive as anything you 'll find plagiarising these genres . |
| 4 | By the same token , one wonders what leader , in some of the countries so quick to condemn Smith , would expose himself to such a cross-examination ? ) |
| 5 | And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been . |
| 6 | She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could . |
| 7 | His ingenious situation concerns very small homunculi from space , of the order of magnitude of body cells , who enter a human being in large numbers and colonize him to such an extent that he is eventually made up of small conscious entities . |
| 8 | I have also tried to divide the particular provisions of the precedents into chapters , where appropriate , but I feel that the agreement does not lend itself to such a division , and I have therefore dealt with that in a chapter by itself . |
| 9 | Centuries ago they created torsion powered and counter-weighted devices which are their equivalent of cannons , perfecting them to such a degree that they are in many ways superior to crude gunpowder weapons . |
| 10 | At worst he will limit himself to two a month , one Nil by his boss ( which the Profitboss might well have to suffer ) and one he might run for his own team to review progress . |
| 11 | They were accused of threatening MPs , bullying one to such an extent he was reduced to tears , and bringing pressure to bear on constituency officials to try to persuade their man to change his mind . |
| 12 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 13 | Rhythm , the primary revelation of Indian music for Glass , preoccupied him to such an extent that one of his pieces at this time , Play , consisted of two lines for soprano saxophones. each instrument using only two notes . |
| 14 | The people taking part commit themselves to half an hour of scripture based prayer each day and a half hour meeting with a ‘ Prayer Guide ’ each evening when they receive personal guidance . |
| 15 | The defining of duties and responsibilities is not impossible , but I ca n't see local authorities committing themselves to such a survey now . |
| 16 | It is of course very difficult for us to reconcile ourselves to such a perspective . |
| 17 | She was n't used to expressing such volatility in front of anyone , and it confounded her how a total stranger , and a man she disliked into the bargain , was able to stir her to such an extent . |
| 18 | Julia answered civilly and resigned herself to half an hour 's polite conversation . |
| 19 | The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant , and another era of equal human crime and human improvidence … would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness , of shattered surface , of climatic excess , as to threaten the depravation , barbarism , and perhaps even extinction of the species . |
| 20 | She had been determined not to give anything of herself away to him , but he had succeeded in antagonising her to such a pitch that she almost could n't help herself . |