Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , where such territories were too small and scattered , as in many colonised archipelagos , they were combined or broken up according to convenience or local politics . |
| 2 | On a local level it 's quite hard to distinguish ratings , but there is a certain folklore and sometimes it 's an information that comes out as to whether people to listen to things or do n't listen to things . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever I 've done or have n't done to Julius , it 's really none of your business , is it ? |
| 4 | Is it not by now abundantly obvious to everyone that those organisations that remain implacably opposed to Sunday trading will never agree to any compromise solution to the problem that could be laid before the House and command widespread support ? |
| 5 | But there is another type of risk affecting corporate bonds that has recently come to prominence and is known as event risk ( or restructuring risk ) . |
| 6 | But this is the most flattering thing that has ever happened to Howard ! |
| 7 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 8 | For instance , America is the only country that has seriously attempted to measure children 's drama . |
| 9 | There is a possibility that minister here refers to Ealdhun and that Offa was angered because Ealdhun had given his lands to Christ Church , Canterbury , without King Ecgberht 's permission , but even if this were the case , it is clear that Offa 's reaction was to the way in which Ecgberht also had made grants of land without his permission ; he revoked both Ealdhun 's donations and Ecgberht 's , not only to Canterbury but to Rochester . |
| 10 | the people that went before have to sort of do it , but as I say he was n't er , er |
| 11 | Condition is relatively immaterial , as those that do not appeal to collectors are often bought by visitors who can not afford the full price of an up to date guide . |
| 12 | Abuses that do occasionally come to light are wrongly sensationalized as being common place rather than being merely one off incidents . |
| 13 | No tax is payable on any gifts made seven years before death , an exemption that did not apply to capital transfer tax . |
| 14 | The venture that did most damage to Jinky 's bank balance was the ‘ Double J Bar ’ in Hamilton , a pub designed to cash in on his name , but destined like so many footballer 's pubs to become a financial nightmare . |
| 15 | These divisions were based around the old tribal territories to some extent , but absorbed many of the smaller tribes and lands that had previously belonged to tribes hostile to the Unberogens . |
| 16 | Drunk one day , driving her on his Harley , he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London . |
| 17 | Twenty-odd years ago Michael Stewart owned a Facel Vega that had once belonged to Ringo Starr . |
| 18 | That round , soft face with its clear blue eyes and straight nose , those small , pretty hands , the plump frame swathed in shawls , all that had actually gone to Afghanistan 60 years ago , had taken part in the adventure that had provided the myth and the burden of Alexandra 's childhood . |
| 19 | Network File System can provide only ‘ weak clustering ’ , while the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment is ‘ a very large chunk of code not fully shaken out ’ , according to Fitzgerald , and has a lot of baggage that does n't apply to clustering , ‘ when you have SQL access right there ’ . |
| 20 | Do women broadcasters have a sell-by date that does n't apply to men ? |
| 21 | In its relentless quest to buy up every open operating system technology that does not belong to Microsoft Corp , Novell Inc is reportedly considering buying what is left of NeXT Inc if it can come to terms with founder and controlling shareholder Steve Jobs . |
| 22 | Another is pain after stroke that does not respond to narcotics but in some cases is reduced by the opioid antagonist naloxone . |
| 23 | There is one kind of kite that does not respond to paying-out the line(s) and that is the basic two-line stunter . |
| 24 | Editor , — David Bowsher defines paradoxical pain as chronic nociceptive pain that does not respond to morphine . |
| 25 | The following is an example of a passage from the study , based on an extract from a newspaper report It contains a surface anaphor that does not conform to Hankamer & Sag 's criteria . |
| 26 | but all the things , everything that comes now comes to Mr and Mrs , you know ? |
| 27 | I can excuse them for not knowing all the facts that have now come to light but I can not forgive them or the government for failing to steer the health of the nation . |
| 28 | Prejudice , ignorance , frustration and fear together lead to hatred . |
| 29 | Do not fall , either , for the argument that America must have the oil underneath the refuge to reduce its dependence on foreign oil — at a time when , despite the greenhouse effect , the American government has all but abandoned incentives for energy efficiency and has repeatedly bowed to Detroit 's absurd demand that it relax its drive for fuel-efficient car engines . |
| 30 | The Freshman Consultancy opened in January 1991 in offices near London 's Euston station and has since moved to Chamber Street in E1 near Tower Hill . |