Example sentences of "[noun] of [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It requires a continuous programme of selling themselves to the Catholic community . |
| 2 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 3 | The picture passed to her son , John Whitney Payson , who lent it to a university museum in Maine with the intention of bequeathing it to the university in return for eventual tax relief on his estate . |
| 4 | Well , no point in denying it , she took after her mother 's side of the family for looks even if she had her dad 's brains , and Mrs. Pridmore had no intention of exposing her to the temptations of London . |
| 5 | Anyone who had this kind of machine behind them must be important , so it had the effect of presenting him to the public as this bigger than life pop star which , if you look at his record sales at the time , he was n't , but he was becoming a media myth , some of this due to his own talent and some of it due to the MainMan hype machine . |
| 6 | She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house . |
| 7 | ‘ In the hope of following them to the base , since we do n't know where the land entrance is — I only saw the inlet that allows ships in . ’ |
| 8 | Furthermore , even if a surplus of wool was produced , there was perhaps more hope of selling it to the developing cloth industry than of disposing of grain which was not required , as a demand for clothing can be more flexible than one for food when men have additional purchasing power ( 59 ; 62 ) . |
| 9 | But he 'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation — until her arrival downstairs after breakfast . |
| 10 | For my part , I promise you I will continue at all times to have this possibility in mind , and to take every opportunity of bringing it to the minds of those who can best move in the matter . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ I take this opportunity of dedicating myself to the service of my constituents and in any capacity whatsoever to the people of my country . |
| 12 | She almost jumped forward and darted towards the side entrance , dashed through the gate , up the shrub-bordered path and into the yard where , at a far door , Aggie was standing in the act of handing something to the maid . |
| 13 | Only through composition can pupils acquire effective mastery of the enlarged vocabulary with which they become acquainted through literature , but which remains inert in their minds without the exercise of applying it to the expression of their own thought . |
| 14 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 15 | He picked up his wallet with his free hand , and sort of tugged me to the door . |
| 16 | ‘ So what I think we 've got to do , ’ says Howard , ‘ is to set up a society where everyone has enough sort of … contentment … to be sort of contented , but not so much that they ca n't see that all this sort of contentment is sort of blinding them to the possibility of becoming sort of more contented in a sort of kind of deeper sort of … ’ |
| 17 | This is receiving the material , passing and sort of distribute it to the people within the group who are interested in writing letters . |
| 18 | He is in the business of conforming us to the image of his Son , and learning to handle conflict is a part of the spiritual maturity process . |
| 19 | The problem lies with systems of universal education which pretend that they are in the business of educating everybody to the limits of their potential , while hypocritically and determinedly doing the opposite . |
| 20 | ‘ And , believe me , I shall make a point of reporting it to the hotel manager without delay . ’ |
| 21 | Despite the difficulties of relating it to the archaeology , Bede 's statement about the origins of the Germanic settlers in England is generally accepted . |
| 22 | Erm he 'll erm if they accept it it 'll it 'll stand a chance of getting them to the main group . |
| 23 | Erm , we started off with was that , erm , we would just write down any word that came up to our head , in terms of relating it to the story i.e. we thought about memories , and memories Erm , this is gon na match up with your is n't it . |
| 24 | ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 25 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 26 | The trouble was this : although the native dispenser had applied Dr Dunstaple 's treatments on numerous occasions under his direction , he was overcome by stage-fright at the prospect of applying them to the Doctor Sahib himself . |
| 27 | THE Uranus-Neptune contact is aimed at changing your personal horizons in the sense of opening you to the idea that life can be different — and so can you . |
| 28 | Nurses can help all patients by talking with them , keeping in mind the objective of orienting them to the new environment and routine . |
| 29 | He 's not the only one — but he made the mistake of telling it to the Washington Post . |
| 30 | Her growing indignation at the way they were discussing her as though she were so much merchandise was abruptly swamped by misery at the thought of giving herself to the man she had dreamed of for years in such a cold-blooded manner . |