Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also partly , though not wholly , responsible for the ‘ non-intervention ’ policy which Britain and France pursued with regard to the Spanish Civil War , even though it was being blatantly ignored by Germany , Italy and Russia , and though it denied a legitimate Republican government the right of access to the world market for arms with which to defend itself . |
| 2 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |
| 3 | The idea that learners should be discouraged from attending to the formal properties of language is comparable to the idea , prevalent in a previous era , that learners should be denied all access to translation . |
| 4 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 5 | The names of taxa must be adhered to according to the international rules , but it is permissible to anglicise the endings , so that members of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea in the example above may also be termed trichostrongyloids . |
| 6 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 7 | If they really mean to improve transport in Scotland , why are they frightened of agreeing to the new clause ? |
| 8 | Enough has been said with regard to the bass line in the preceding example to indicate the kind of procedure suitable in cases of this kind . |
| 9 | I am writing with regard to the small article ‘ Christie 's to hold sales in Germany ’ that appears in the November edition of The Art Newspaper . |
| 10 | However , it is very important to take a balanced approach here because value judgments are often made with regard to the comparative worth of the skill of the professional , versus the materials used . |
| 11 | However , we think an exception should be made with regard to the Face-to-Face article with a Pensions Secretary , namely Mr Ian W Ferrier , who we are delighted to say is still a pensioner . |
| 12 | The Board of Examiners shall review the case and confirm or amend its decision provided the information is presented in writing to the Academic Registrar by the date specified by or on behalf of the Senate . |
| 13 | Perhaps I should refrain from responding to the hon. Gentleman and continue with my speech . |
| 14 | However , US relief workers who flew into Tehran on June 25 with medical supplies and food were reported to have been prevented from going to the affected provinces , while Kayhan , one of Iran 's largest-circulation newspapers , accused the USA of being mean with its aid and of hoping to reap diplomatic benefits by offering " one or two million dollars " . |
| 15 | Consumer public relations depends on using to the full this part of the media and it is generally accepted that any consultant working in this field will have contacts within the appropriate media . |
| 16 | Questions such as ‘ what is the name of the river on which New Orleans stands ? ’ or ‘ what is the height of Ben Nevis ? ’ can be answered by referring to the appropriate page of the atlas . |
| 17 | Any savings to be made by switching to the new system are now likely to be less than forecast . |
| 18 | I 've got ta go to the common room and get my bag , are you coming ? |
| 19 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 20 | Arrested on 22 January , he had been accused of belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . |
| 21 | Although he eventually managed to finish his ( televised ) speech , the image remained of a President no longer in full control of events , being angrily accused of lying to the American people . |
| 22 | A word of explanation may be needed in regard to the last two categories . |
| 23 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 24 | The equilibrium position for the excited phase is never attained because more torque can be produced by switching to the next phase as the step position is approached . |
| 25 | Two conference enquiries have been received with regard to the forthcoming Easter Vacation . |
| 26 | ‘ But they will have no experience of running pubs and I know from talking to the local bench that licensing magistrates are concerned at the standard of new licensees . ’ |
| 27 | As a result , we argued , the rights of the vast majority of people to an attractive and undeveloped countryside were being abused by acceding to the private interests of a few . |
| 28 | An example of this procedure is the Declaration on border controls and immigration which Britain succeeded in appending to the Single European Act . |
| 29 | We shall see how much or how little of local nuances it succeeded in conveying to the top authorities . |
| 30 | The loss of reformist energy on the domestic front was another potential problem ( as de Gaulle seemed to acknowledge in returning to the old theme of participation in 1966 – 67 ) . |