Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage , it seemed the Kuwaitis would accept no compromise by insisting that they were allowed to go on rebuilding their production to 2 million bpd . |
| 2 | At various times in the past a ‘ younger generation ’ has vigorously asserted its claims to cultural and political leadership ; a notable recent example , which helped to reawaken the interest of social scientists in the problem of generations , being the youth movements ( especially the student movement ) and ‘ youth culture ’ of the 1960s , which had , for a time at least , and perhaps in a more enduring way , a considerable impact upon cultural and political life in the industrial countries . |
| 3 | Eddery has since lost his title to Michael Roberts , the first South African jockey to win it , and Scudamore is finding it hard to close the growing daylight between himself and leader Richard Dunwoody . |
| 4 | The UK branch has since changed its name to The Family , which today strenuously denied the allegations in Argentina and accused a ‘ small group of disgruntled ex-members ’ and anti-cult organisations of spreading ‘ outrageous ’ lies . |
| 5 | In a later subsection , we shall see how Taylor has since reformulated his approach to soccer hooliganism . |
| 6 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 7 | However , Mr. Collins ( if I have understood him correctly ) has expressly limited his challenge to Lautro 's failure to allow the making of representations before the service of the intervention notice . |
| 8 | The Scottish Prison Service has greatly increased its commitment to vocational training and education in the last five years . |
| 9 | It has been changed by the influence of sociology and anthropology but it has not surrendered its distinctiveness to them . |
| 10 | He got off too lightly at the time and history has not brought his memory to full justice . |
| 11 | This episode has not changed my attitude to the job of managing Celtic and I will be going before the board at a later date to give them my plans for the immediate future . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This episode has not changed my attitude to managing Celtic and I will be going before the board to give them my plans for the future ’ Liam Brady |
| 13 | It was widely felt that Théodore , a bitter critic of Aristide who wished severely to restrict his future powers , was not guaranteed to be acceptable to the army or business sectors which were not expected easily to drop their opposition to Aristide 's return . |
| 14 | I 'm glad to report that Captain Alwyne Farquharson of Invercauld who has estates on Royal Deeside and on the island of Mull , has finally abandoned his opposition to a film crew building a temporary track on the island . |
| 15 | But Rainbow has just introduced her audience to one crime that even those expert excavators of the human heart did not choose to mention . |
| 16 | Sony 's efforts , lead by Dr Toshitada Doi , had some effect but Sony , once third in the market after Sun and Hewlett , has lately lost its position to NEC Corp with its EWS 4800 workstations . |
| 17 | Dannii has already given her name to a range of clothes . |
| 18 | The Council of Ministers will not find it easy to repeal the ep amendments to the directive if the Commission accepts them ( the Commission has already indicated its agreement to the scope of the categories and the time limits ) . |
| 19 | The Prime Minister has already shown his sensitivity to a feeling that individuals are getting a poor service from the public sector , hence the Citizen 's Charter . |
| 20 | Will my right hon. Friend send a message today to the leaders of the National Association of Local Government Officers who are spending some £2 million on a shoddy and inaccurate advertising campaign , telling them that their policies of abandoning competitive tendering , abolishing the Audit Commission and introducing a minimum wage would be acceptable only to a party which has already sold its soul to the trade union bosses ? |
| 21 | The selectors feel she has already earned her passage to Barcelona , having last summer finished second in the Europa Cup , ninth in the World Championships , and moved to fifth place in the world all-time 10,000 metres rankings . |
| 22 | This is not to claim that Marryat ever intended his sea-stories to be read primarily as studies in character . |
| 23 | Shelley has always acknowledged his debt to the late doctor . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ This policy is closely identified with Mr Major who , as Treasury Chief Secretary , Chancellor and Premier has clearly nailed his colours to this mast . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , this particular Conservative administration did offer social policies which were designed both to indicate its commitment to dealing with social problems and to undermine the challenge of Labour . |
| 26 | The New World has also turned its expertise to sparkling wine . |
| 27 | Apart from this dubious distinction , Vulcano has also given its name to a type of eruption , the Vulcanian , very different from the Strombolian . |
| 28 | BILLY BRAGG , who has also offered his support to the MAS campaign , gave this response : ‘ This is typical of the BBC to try and wriggle out of it . |
| 29 | Dr Williams has also taken his campaign to the Kennel Club , and I feel he is in no small way responsible for having persuaded that eminent body to tighten up its act . |
| 30 | The eponymous retail agent Clive Lewis has also added his voice to Ritblat 's . |