Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age . |
| 2 | Even so , it should not be assumed that the abolition of public examinations would necessarily put an end to transmission styles of teaching . |
| 3 | Plainly , there will be a very close connexion between the rules of change and the rules of recognition : for where the former exists the latter will necessarily incorporate a reference to legislation as an identifying feature of the rules , though it need not refer to all the details of procedure involved in legislation . |
| 4 | It is one thing to produce an unbiased manuscript which adequately tells the complex factors which contributed to the American disaster that day ; it is quite another to successfully bring the story to life before the cameras . |
| 5 | All the evidence available suggests that the rate of fall of the glucose concentration does not affect the response to hypoglycaemia in a clamp . |
| 6 | The Statute of Limitations itself does not affect the right to payment , but only affects the procedure for enforcing it in the event of dispute or refusal to pay . |
| 7 | In any event , the new regulations can not eliminate the risk to taxi drivers . |
| 8 | The publicity given to the award-winning designs must have helped to establish the popularity of the Second Empire style for certain buildings in Britain and the United States in the 1860s and 1870s , but it did not introduce the style to Britain . |
| 9 | I did not enjoy the journey to Blackpool with these grim tidings ; and when I came to the platform to deliver his message to the audience of 4,000 the hall was hushed with anticipation that something ill was in the wind . |
| 10 | If the client is willing to pay for a comprehensive pro-active search , MAS will generally refer the search to MC Strategy Services . |
| 11 | He did not give the money to charity . |
| 12 | York winner Sabre Rattler will be backed for the big two-year-old race , but may not give the weight to Urry Urry Urry ( 3.00 ) . |
| 13 | Firstly , there was a widespread opinion that arts staff do not give the priority to INSET which other areas of the curriculum do . |
| 14 | Typically , he did not break the news to Arrese himself , but instructed Carrero to do it . |
| 15 | That would not present a problem to England 's selectors , since the 16-strong party picked for India already includes one-day specialists Graeme Hick , John Emburey and Neil Fairbrother with eight limited-overs games due to be played on the sub-continent . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Open systems , client/server and case tools can not provide the answer to information technology alone , ’ he argued . |
| 18 | But even two apples a day may not keep Ciba-Geigy away and unless we act fast the prayer ‘ Give us this day our daily bread ’ could soon become a prayer to Shell Oil . |
| 19 | A few days ago Li Xiannian , a former President , broke his public silence to support the controversial Three Gorges project to dam the Yangtze , but did not use the occasion to back faster reforms . |
| 20 | Kelly , however , ventured the opinion that asking the manager for a statement on where the club were headed did not constitute a threat to Brady 's position . |
| 21 | And let's not limit the language to pictures of thunder and brute strength . |
| 22 | However , Japan said that the visit did not mark a return to business as usual , even though Japanese banks and businesses had been rapidly reviving business activities . |
| 23 | Lagan Valley finished last and , despite beating RUC in the last meeting , could not avoid the drop to division two . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | You should not just abandon the site to nature , these areas have very specific needs . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , as long as the marriage between the husband and wife ( assuming them both to be domiciled in the UK ) is not dissolved , transfer of property between them will not incur a liability to inheritance tax . |
| 27 | The land of a descent group is said to belong to the group as a whole and an outsider to the group does not have a right to cultivation inside the group territory when a member of the gens does so already . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not possible to draw a line between human and human and say some do and some do not have the right to life , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I do not have the figure to hand , although I can assure the hon. Gentleman that it is a great many more than in 1979 . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) Where , in pursuance of the contract , the seller delivers the goods to the buyer or to a carrier or other bailee or custodier ( whether named by the buyer or not ) for the purpose of transmission to the buyer , and does not reserve the right to disposal , he is taken to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the contract . ’ |