Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] an [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne felt a stab of pain , although she told herself that she was not interested in John Redmond any more , yet eagerly accepted an invitation to Sunday tea from Sarah . |
| 2 | Rhodesia had long presented an affront to Ghana and other Black African states , yet Nkrumah still valued the Commonwealth connection sufficiently to support Britain 's compromise proposals . |
| 3 | The life which Jesus advocated must have necessarily had an appeal to men rather than to women , for it would in many cases have put women in an impossible position . |
| 4 | On 6 January , 1918 , the soldiers ‘ protecting ’ its deliberations marched in to put an end to proceedings . |
| 5 | She 's only to give an envelope to Louise . |
| 6 | Even so , it should not be assumed that the abolition of public examinations would necessarily put an end to transmission styles of teaching . |
| 7 | Imaginative story-telling thus represents an alternative to information , but also to the realist novel which shares the media 's obsession with factual precision . |
| 8 | This column has already reported an addition to Matthew Hall 's family and now it gives me pleasure to report another addition at the Dodge Chemical Company — but this time its not another birth , it is the news that Adrian Haler 's daughter , Patricia Lewis joined the company on August 17th . |
| 9 | The promise refers to the post-resurrection days ; it does not provide an exception to Mark 's sharp portrait of Jesus alone as the man uniquely possessed by the Holy Spirit . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman does not set an example to others in the consumption of champagne , as I do not believe that he seeks such a tipple |
| 11 | Whilst operating systems as distinct as Unix SVR4 and DEC 's OpenVMS embrace the Posix standard , each has thousands of other calls beyond the specific Posix requirement , says Price , which means that it is not sufficient just to port an application to Posix and assume that it will then run on any Posix-compliant system , because it wo n't . |
| 12 | Early attempts to eradicate mink failed , despite a reward on its tail , but the relaxation of bounty-hunting does not mean an end to suspicion and enmity . |
| 13 | They do not require an appeal to effects specific to the discriminative stimuli . |
| 14 | ‘ I was not making an expedition to Luxor . |
| 15 | However , this legislation did not put an end to complaints about military obligation . |
| 16 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 17 | Its appraisal must be made by reference to the market position and the economic and financial power of the parties ; to alternatives available to suppliers and users ; to access to suppliers or markets ; to the structure of the markets affected , to take account of international competition ; to consider legal and factual barriers to entry ; and the interests of consumers and the development of technical and economic progress ( provided that the latter is to the consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition ) . |
| 18 | It must also take account of : ( 1 ) the market position and economic and financial strength of the parties to the merger ; ( 2 ) the availability of alternative products ; ( 3 ) barriers to entry ; ( 4 ) the interests of consumers ; and ( 5 ) the development of technical and economic progress as long as it is to consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition . |
| 19 | The Swedish government welcomed the positive opinion , and reiterated its view that neutrality or defence considerations would not form an obstacle to Sweden 's accession to the EC . |
| 20 | When Austria finally despatched an ultimatum to St Petersburg on 16/28 December 1855 , the need to make peace looked overwhelming . |
| 21 | Sirius All stays 7 nights or more receive an excursion to Mount Etna . |
| 22 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 23 | It also involves an introduction to forms of discourse which were powerful in the past and from which our own culture has developed . |
| 24 | Once certain marks became well-known , they also provided an advantage to consumers , who were able to associate particular trade marks with a particular quality goods . |
| 25 | A shelf for decorative plates running at picture rail height will instantly bring an interior to life . |
| 26 | In 1848 Prussian peasants rose up to put an end to serfdom and to pledges of service to their landlords . |
| 27 | They also demanded an end to imports of French electricity . |
| 28 | She would probably lick an intruder to death . |
| 29 | This argument differs from the more modern notion , that dreaming is involved in the resolution of conflicts , but similarly ascribes an importance to dreams in preserving sanity . |
| 30 | Today , the electronic typewriter with its daisy-wheel printer , and the personal computer with its ink jet dot-matrix printer , have probably put an end to developments in handwriting , although many people are now studying and practising the art of good penmanship , and the term a ‘ fine Italian hand ’ may yet be restored to its original meaning . |