Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few seconds later , he gasped in realization : had n't the scientist referred to his tardy colleague as ‘ he ’ ? |
| 2 | Speaking through an interpreter , Mr Usta said : ‘ As far as I can figure it out , one day before the operation the cheque was given by Dr Crockett , it was changed and the money given to me that night . ’ |
| 3 | You must establish the extent of these liabilities with your solicitor , but even then you can only carry out an inspection limited to your particular flat , plus a superficial investigation of the common parts with the landlord 's permission . |
| 4 | Even so , a quarter of the authorities reported to their central body that such incidents had taken place . |
| 5 | It may be possible to delete this provision if the Purchaser can be satisfied that it has had all the Business 's contracts disclosed to it one way or another . |
| 6 | Before learning to drive these vehicles you need to have provisional entitlement added to your ordinary driving licence — see Note H . |
| 7 | Kim 's close cropped blond hair added to her dramatic appearance . |
| 8 | Only a few groups responded to our earlier notice , and one or two sent an order directly to Lisson Grove ( at the highest price ) . |
| 9 | It is time to take account of that difference between perceiving from ‘ Now ’ and ‘ I ’ and imagining from other viewpoints which we have so far put aside as irrelevant.4 Although one can respond with some awareness to remote or hypothetical situations , and evaluate them sub specie aeternitatis , everyone 's actual choices of ends are of course confined to his own present and future and to his effective scope of action . |
| 10 | In Vedic times a rainbow was known as ‘ Indra 's Bow ’ , Indra being the first-born of the Gods or the ultimate state of consciousness ; the mind developed to its highest degree . |
| 11 | External geometry and relationships may be fixed , and then the designer can only manipulate the geometry and sub-spaces assigned to his geometric domain . |
| 12 | Seated beside Miss Jarman on the faded red-leather seat , she could see houses and shops and people passing the window , and a certain pleasure added to her nervous apprehension . |
| 13 | You are talking of a few pennies ’ pittance added to my weekly wage . |
| 14 | Nor is Craven 's reminiscence confined to his considerable experiences of watching his beloved Gloucestershire , although the tone of the book as a whole laments the county 's continued failure to win the County Championship , and as a supporter of Sussex one sympathizes . |
| 15 | Moltke , initially so confident of quick and overwhelming victory , now had uncertainty added to his natural timidity . |
| 16 | The Blox dispersed to their old haunts . |
| 17 | In 1927 Normand was appointed director-general of observatories in India , and in the same year the meteorological department moved to its new headquarters in Poona . |
| 18 | Research students are admitted initially as supervised postgraduates and take a course of study tailored to their individual needs and experience . |
| 19 | Trading guilds and companies manoeuvred to have their industry organized to their own advantage or allied with the Crown to do so . |
| 20 | Rostov was not sure that these final words related to his own case . |
| 21 | In addition , employees share the proceeds of company success either through general productivity bonuses or bonuses attributed to their particular section . |
| 22 | He , too , was smiling , but with sardonic ambiguity , and my eyes shifted to his ceremonial dagger . |
| 23 | I ca n't claim to have had my eyes opened to your true character , Gianluigi , for they were wide open from the first . |
| 24 | But there is no doubt that personal unhappiness contributed to his ill health . |
| 25 | This was in large measure due to their senior commanders ; men like Brigadier Charles Haydon , whose report of February 1941 had done much to shape the commandos from an unwieldy collection of Troops expected to act independently , to a cohesive force of raiders in units suited to their various roles — the SBS for recce , the complete Commando for raids in force . |
| 26 | Again , as soon as he left Kurunagala , the crime recovered to its former level . |
| 27 | Morphology was a laboratory-based subject that did not encourage detailed study of how animals adapted to their local environment . |
| 28 | He set the glass down , taking a couple of slow , deliberate steps towards her , his eyes pinned to her flushed face . |
| 29 | No new vision Stuart Hall says that Labour reverted to its traditional doctrines |
| 30 | Catholicism here was a lush affair , its two central images taken to their metaphorical extremes . |