Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to this " in BNC.
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1 | Durkheim sought to provide an answer to this question by demonstrating that society forms an integrated unity similar to that of living organisms . |
2 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
3 | Sufficient to say I was deeply embarrassed , and the time has come to put an end to this absurdity . |
4 | The experiment by Hall and Channell ( 1985b ) , described in Chapter 2 ( p. 40 ) , was designed to allow an answer to this question . |
5 | She plans to pursue her research actively and has acquired a word-processor to this end . |
6 | ‘ You still have n't told me the purpose of this call , ’ Alyssia pointed out , deciding to put an end to this surface veneer of politeness . |
7 | You 've got to put a stop to this . |
8 | I note that RDS would like to have an input to this work , and would be pleased to consider anything that you wish to submit . |
9 | Mrs Cutforth had been the wife of one of their most devout followers and they were not going to approve a marriage to this worldlywise womaniser and scoundrel , however financially well endowed he might be . |
10 | Do n't you want to put an end to this ? ’ |
11 | The woman , wishing to put an end to this outrage and feeling involved on the side of the toad , picked up a stick . |
12 | Examination of the theories which purport to provide an answer to this question is nonetheless important for a number of reasons . |
13 | The Home Secretary had previously informed the Cabinet that he would have included a provision to this effect in the Bill if he had not thought it preferable to leave it to the Lords to take the initiative . |
14 | Although it is clear that these changes were made in order to admit light to the new , deep-plan living accommodation , it is conceivable that the judicious use of ranges of standard reversible and ventilating roof windows might have provided an answer to this requirement which would have been less erosive of the original external appearance . |
15 | The group had held a press conference two days earlier at which they called on the Fourth Communist Party Congress ( Cuarto Congreso del Partido Comunista ) to instigate radical political reforms and also attempted to distribute a statement to this effect to Congress delegates . |
16 | ‘ Sabine Jourdain decided to call a halt to this arrangement , did n't she ? |
17 | EC monitors had extended their activities to Hungary to monitor compliance with the arms embargo on Yugoslavia , having signed a protocol to this effect with Hungary on Jan. 16 . |
18 | We might try to approach an answer to this question by first looking at some specific features that characterise the identifying references to different kinds of topics of discourse . |
19 | Harry Marguess says : ‘ Our own sale was being held at Automart and when we heard the ‘ Farm for Africa ’ event was the following day we decided to donate a heifer to this very worthy cause . ’ |
20 | He believes , therefore , that his criticism of identity at the same time helps to put a stop to this virulent and mystifying doctrine . |
21 | ‘ We , that is our most worshipful Mayor and his associates , are determined to see an end to this plague of smuggling . |
22 | You 've made a qualification to this have you not Mr ? |
23 | So , Face promises to get an introduction to this woman who Manhom fancies and erm and Manhom , okay . |
24 | The head of the UN Environment Programme , Mostafa Tolba , announced on Sept. 5 that two European companies , planning to store and dispose of industrial and hospital waste in Somalia , had signed an agreement to this effect with a representative of one of the warring factions there . |
25 | He said that the companies , subsequently identified from other sources as Acher Partners and Progresso , had signed an agreement to this effect with a representative of one of the warring factions . |
26 | Overhead is the splendid architraved knife-edge about which the guidebook says : ‘ Delightful open and delicate climbing … ‘ and : ‘ Small wires have made a difference to this once very bold lead . ’ |
27 | The technology required to offer an answer to this question , however , involved a further reductive step , by which the active , alive Aplysia was transformed into an inactive , manipulable ‘ prepartion . |
28 | But I think we need to have a report to this committee , saying what we could do , and then we can decide what we will do . |
29 | However , we helped secure an enhanced sea bed survey , the results of which could help put an end to this dumping in future . |
30 | Uhlenhorst , from Germany , have held the European Cup for the past four years and during their reign only one club , Atletico Terrassa , of Spain , have maintained a challenge to this supremacy . |