Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 2 | Susan particularly liked the hat , which was perhaps a touch mannish for her chosen persona but passed thanks to its raffish qualities . |
| 3 | About 165 they erected monuments to their martyred apostles , to Peter in a necropolis on the Vatican Hill , to Paul on the road to Ostia , at the traditional sites of their burial . |
| 4 | Since the recent introduction of the Children 's Act , the aim has been to work more closely with the natural parents , with a view to returning youngsters to their own homes as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | As Wood and Wood comment , ‘ relating ideas to their social context ’ far from ‘ depriving them of their universal meaning ’ in fact ‘ rescues them from the emptiness of ethereal abstractions which have no human meaning at all ’ ( ibid. p. x ) . |
| 6 | Select reference books and other information materials , eg in classroom collections or the school library or held on a computer , and use organisational devices , eg chapter titles , subheadings , typeface , symbol keys , to find answers to their own questions . |
| 7 | " I mentioned curtains to you this morning , sir . " |
| 8 | BEFORE language students at Exeter University send letters to their European pen-pals by electronic mail , they can get help with their grammatical errors from an expert system . |
| 9 | But no new names have been signed up to take space in the 165,000 sq ft centre , despite market reports that both Etam and WH Smith were set to confirm lettings to them this week . |
| 10 | This is one of the so-called auto-immune group of diseases in which the body produces antibodies to its own tissues , and thus begins to destroy them . |
| 11 | He suffered burns to his upper body after dousing himself in flammable liquid and setting himself alight outside the offices of former girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss . |
| 12 | And , in Newton-le-Willows , an 11-year-old boy suffered burns to his upper body after falling onto a bonfire . |
| 13 | Marriage partners will feel obligations to their wider kin which may even transcend those they feel towards each other . |
| 14 | Meanwhile general practitioners , facing increased demands , have voted to explore alternatives to their current responsibility for 24 hour cover . |
| 15 | Ellin says that he could tell even as a sixteen-year-old that " here was a writer who reduced stories to their absolute essence " and , he adds , the ending of each de Maupassant story is , when you think about it , " as inevitable as doom " . |
| 16 | Men are portrayed as being powerless : CB LOLITA , 13 , HAD SEX ON THE SLIDE ( ‘ A girl of 13 had sex on a kiddies ' playground slide with a young man she contacted over CB radio , a court heard yesterday ’ ) ; Bedtime antics of a ‘ latter-day Lolita ’ ( ‘ A 13-year-old girl … described as a ‘ latter-day Lolita ’ went to bed with one man … and then swapped him for another in the same room ’ ) ; Girl , 15 , tempted her mother 's man ( ‘ She had made propositions to him three times which he resisted before succumbing ’ ) ; Sex-case man goes to jail ( Defence counsel claimed ‘ the initiative in the sexual relationship came from the girl ’ ) ; CABBlE 'S TEEN SEX SESSIONS ( ‘ Taxi driver … found the cheeky advances of a teenage Lolita hard to resist ’ ) ; CHOIRMASTER AND GIRL , 15 ( ‘ I was tempted and that 's all ’ ) ; Girl gave rapist sex lesson ( ‘ A 14-year-old girl put out a challenge to a convicted rapist … . |
| 17 | The whole peculiar assembly actually presented arms to its Commanding Officer . |
| 18 | The most obvious effect was to constrain societies to their traditional role of lending for house purchase . |
| 19 | In Parmenter the accused confessed to causing injuries to his three-month-old son but said that he did not realise that what he was doing would injure him . |
| 20 | He suffered injuries to his right knee and left elbow as well as cuts to his face . |
| 21 | The plaintiff suffered injuries to his left leg as a result of the defendant 's negligence . |
| 22 | The ‘ à la carte ’ range allows users to create systems to their own specifications from a wide range of modular components . |
| 23 | Ernest fidgeted and looked about him , occasionally addressing remarks to his elder brother , which Victor made no noticeable attempt to answer . |
| 24 | Failing that you could check out your bank balance and treat yourself to a stay at Champneys health resort which has recently installed a Skier 's Edge and where they gear workouts to your ski-specific needs . |
| 25 | From time to time persons distinguished in the fields of making war , healing , diplomacy , or mere grace in the sight of kings , have been granted augmentations to their armorial bearings ; and the discovery of , and comment on , these can — where they are relevant — make a small but useful contribution to the rounding out of a local history . |
| 26 | Scotland have had disruptions to their scrummaging routines this week though , as both McGeechan and Dixon reasoned , it is not as if they have had to fuse any newcomers to the pack , where Peter Wright 's sabbatical to loosehead worked well against the French . |
| 27 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 28 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 29 | Today , indigenous peoples face threats to their human rights from a variety of directions . |
| 30 | Part Two provides step-by-step guidance on how to apply metaphysics to your everyday life : how to process your beliefs and thoughts , how to use affirmations , how to programme your future , how to ‘ listen to the whispers ’ that can guide you , how to recognise your payoffs and hidden agendas , how to heal your inner child , how to handle your emotions , how to awaken to your higher purpose , and how to work with unseen friends . |