Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the ignominious collapse of the grand scheme the two separated , each to accommodate itself to the developing capitalist system , each to find its own way forward within the system and as part of it . |
| 2 | But there is no life , if you dare not test yourself , if you dare not feel free to live it to the full . |
| 3 | My members are willing to assist you to the best of their ability . ’ |
| 4 | To take the initiative yourself , however is often too difficult : your mind may have convinced you that your confusion is so much greater than other people 's , your backlog of work so much longer , your reputation so much lower , that to open yourself to the social confirmation of these frightful facts would be a pointless and self-sacrificing thing to do . |
| 5 | Our white 's qualities would certainly tend very much to preserve him to a good old age , and yet he would not suffice in any number of generations to turn his subjects ' descendants white … |
| 6 | Even in normal society it is boring and , after a while , meaningless to trace everything to a common source , especially when the detail is elaborate . |
| 7 | It indicates that he is not content to confine himself to the small island of his own tradition and culture and consequently not recognize the significance of the spiritual insights of other religious traditions . |
| 8 | Mann considered these objective to be so important that in January 1897 he gave up the secretaryship of the Independent Labour Party which he had held since 1894 to devote himself to the continental agitation , especially in Rotterdam , Antwerp and Hamburg , which had been started in the previous year . |
| 9 | An expensive all-concrete , all-dredge , work-from-both-sides approach may in certain cases have much to recommend it to a few of the more old-fashioned river managers , especially since the cutting of straight ditches involves minimum initial design and subsequent supervision , combined with maximum actual earth-moving and construction works on the ground . |
| 10 | The Romans , imitating the Greeks of Asia Minor and , nearer home , the Etruscans , thought a grid should have precise right angles , and so the rectangle of streets sits awkwardly in the bend of the river and one has to tack this way and that to cross it to the medieval cathedral and the Roman bridge . |
| 11 | Mr. Newman also sought to invoke section 11(3) of the Act of 1989 , which confers upon the High Court jurisdiction to order a person 's discharge if , having regard to certain matters specified in the subsection , it would be unjust or oppressive to return him to a foreign state . |
| 12 | ‘ Times when it is hard to take yourself to the 1st tee . |
| 13 | Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is not possible to reduce it to a single definition , but for the purpose of this passage I will concentrate on the individual learner . |
| 15 | She was reluctant to lose him to the other side . |
| 16 | Only in his own pieces ( all transcriptions of other composer 's works ) is he able to stretch himself to the outer limits of his technique . |
| 17 | Then there was one from ‘ R. Ufricks District Postmaster ’ informing residents of his area that pillar boxes with two holes in them had been ‘ put to an improper purpose ’ , which he spelled out in a way unlikely to commend itself to the Royal Mail . |
| 18 | You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow . |
| 19 | Your son 's teacher should be able to refer him to an educational psychologist who 'll try to find out why he acts as he does , and how he can be helped . |
| 20 | But it is important to push yourself to the absolute limits of your endurance . |
| 21 | Although judicial business was conducted in English and followed procedure alien to pre-British Sri Lanka , people were able to adapt themselves to the new institutions and the courts soon handled a very heavy criminal and civil load . |
| 22 | They are free spirits , to independent to tie themselves to a single magazine . ’ |
| 23 | Yet if part of the problem at Ibrox in respect of injury has been caused by the addition of European Champions league matches to an already congested domestic schedule , it is only Vogts 's good fortune that no German side was able to make it to the last eight of the European Cup . |
| 24 | Once Ann had been helped to understand that she felt insecure in her relationship with Charles as a result of earlier experiences , she and Charles were then able to commit themselves to a contractual approach to problem-solving . |
| 25 | Pots of money and willing at first to squire her to the latest ‘ in ’ restaurants and nightspots , charity balls , Henley , Ascot , the whole shebang . ’ |
| 26 | His story had been absorbing and very revealing ; it was difficult to relate it to the other , more menacing side of him . |
| 27 | They reckon they 've had enough and theywant to leave it to the younger ones.0 |
| 28 | Health expenditure increased , but not by enough to lift us to a comparable position with our main industrial competitors . |
| 29 | The turbo-charged version of Renault 's familiar 1,870 cc diesel engine produces 93 bhp ( the non-turbo is 65 bhp ) , sufficent to propel it to a claimed top speed of 114 mph , yet return between 45 and 50 mpg . |
| 30 | When Donald examined his wire in the last stages of the illness it might be necessary to lead him to a medical textbook and steer those calm , grey eyes in the direction of the chapter headed ‘ The Guillain-Barré Syndrome ’ . |