Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] them to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shark can not suddenly twist them to a vertical position to act as brakes . |
| 2 | Do n't shorten the stems , just tidy them to a clean cut , and do the same with any broken roots . |
| 3 | To allow them to live out their natural life-span it is necessary to slowly convert them to a marine environment as they reach a body length of 5cm . |
| 4 | the fact of belonging to the same class , and that of belonging to the same generation or age group , have this in common , that both endow the individuals sharing in them with a common location in the social and historical process , and thereby limit them to a specific range of potential experience , predisposing them for a certain characteristic mode of thought and experience , and a characteristic type of historically relevant action . |
| 5 | The combative veteran gave his side the lead on the hour , and then helped them to a flattering 3-0 win . |
| 6 | Thus if a bailee negligently allows goods in his charge to be destroyed the plaintiff 's loss is just the same as if the bailee had wrongfully sold them to a third party but there is no conversion because the negligent ( as opposed to deliberate ) destruction is not an assertion of any rights in the goods . |
| 7 | This exception applies where the seller continues or is in possession of the goods or documents of title and subsequently delivers them to a new innocent purchaser . |
| 8 | Kant then goes on to describe how Leibniz ( 1646–1716 ) , the great polymath , carried out field observations of caterpillars and similar creatures , being careful afterwards to return them to a suitable leaf out of harm 's way , ‘ so that it should not come to harm through any act of his . |