Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 14 December 1557 , parliament agreed to send commissioners to France to negotiate the marriage , while making a sideways nod to Châtelherault 's shrill demand that this should not prejudice his right as heir presumptive . |
| 2 | Cotswold Wildlife Park aspires to show animals to people — so that they can come to understand and respect all forms of wildlife ; to understand what is special about each species , and how the various species have evolved and adapted over very long periods of time , adjusting and changing to survive in habitats from many parts of the earth . |
| 3 | At the High Court in Manchester yesterday the Ministry of Defence agreed to pay damages to Captain Green 's widow , Patricia and her two daughters . |
| 4 | Analysis of this information is planned , an exercise which could lead to policies designed to limit offers to applicants from certain types of schools/colleges . |
| 5 | Efficiency of operations has to give way to inventiveness and creativity . |
| 6 | MacQuillan was n't only talking about getting the British out of Northern Ireland , he was using HM Supplies to channel money to terrorist groups . |
| 7 | Pakistan agrees to send troops to Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | Kate said the evening had been a great success : it received plenty of local press coverage , the Rossendale Group increased its membership , and the Mayor agreed to donate £100 to Amnesty . |
| 9 | Readers wishing to lend support to President Collor 's plan to demarcate as soon as possible 94,000km 2 of Yanomami territory , guaranteeing them rights to their land , should write to President Fernando Collor de Mello , Palacio do Planalto , Praca dos Três Poderes , 70.150 Brasilia , DF Brazil . |
| 10 | Editor , — It is recommended that health care workers in all departments should protect the mucous membranes of their eyes from blood splashes to avoid exposure to HIV and hepatitis . |
| 11 | So when Dr Losberne offered to take Oliver to London to see Mr Brownlow , the boy was very pleased . |
| 12 | Ellen had to take Jed to casualty to have a cut above his eye stitched , as poor Prune was too upset to do it . |
| 13 | The scope of the Cash Accounting Scheme , whereby traders have to pay VAT to Customs only once they themselves have been paid by their customers , is also to be extended . |
| 14 | Downing Street today confirmed that the RAF was ready to join in the latest United States plan to airdrop supplies to civilians surrounded by Serbs who are refusing to let ground convoys through . |
| 15 | Will he take steps to ensure that buses have greater priority over other road users and to eliminate one of the major causes of road congestion in London — the long time that it takes to get passengers loaded on to one-man operated buses because drivers have to give change to passengers ? |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Whereas it has been axiomatic throughout the working lifetimes of many now engaged in the administration of criminal justice that a police officer should never , save in exceptional circumstances , even address questions to a suspect after he has been charged , the Serious Fraud Office , which is by statute required to have regard to Code C , is asserting a contradictory power not only to ask questions at such a time , but also to penalise the applicant for any failure to reply . |
| 17 | Sainsbury refuses to give cash to education or to the NHS . |
| 18 | This route follows railway lines built to take freight to West Granton Harbour ( in 1861 ) , Leith Docks ( 1864 ) . |
| 19 | These concern : the subject ; the issue of how critical resistance to dominant codes ever develops in the absence of an adequate conception of the subject ; and , perhaps most fundamentally , the traditional problem facing any philosophy seeking to reduce knowledge to interests tout court , of using rational argument to prove the limits on rationality . |
| 20 | The day after Christmas , at six a.m. , when it was still dark outside , Elinor stood in the entrance hall waiting to say goodbye to Miranda and Adam . |
| 21 | Parents continue to send children to school , even where physical conditions are very poor because of lack of maintenance . |
| 22 | Chemical companies continue to develop alternatives to CFCs . |
| 23 | The poem ends by asking if humans and the world were evolved so that they could be destroyed in war then why did the sun bother to give life to things in the first place as it all seems silly and pointless . |
| 24 | ‘ Were n't you suspicious that Arabs wanted to supply arms to Iran ? ’ |
| 25 | Fleetwood has always jealously guarded its 1919 agreement , in which Blackpool agreed to maintain services to Fleetwood equal to any terminating at Cleveleys . |
| 26 | But chemistry has to give way to physics . |
| 27 | Public and private sector organisations aiming to encourage visitors to Cheshire will also attend the event which involves specialist workshops , private interviews with representatives as well as general advice on how to raise finance through to sources of grant aid and legal matters . |
| 28 | Apart from a notable solo in the Finale , the flute section these days seems to prefer crescendos to decrescendos . |
| 29 | The Tilford Bach Festival continues to pay homage to J.S. Bach and his contemporaries in a church ideally suited to Baroque music , and a village little changed in appearance since Barbara Gregory and Denys Darlow had their inspired vision 40 years ago . |
| 30 | IT 'S disgusting that the big banks plan to charge fees to people in credit . |