Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once we do so , once we see that by calling God ‘ transcendent ’ we are not banishing Him to some distant celestial isle from which to look down on us , then it becomes easier and not harder to understand His presence . |
| 2 | Please do n't think you 're doing your horse a favour in cold weather by shutting his top door , because you 're actually subjecting him to all sorts of health hazards . |
| 3 | ‘ People are always comparing us to Bogshed ’ , slurs Carl in the band van after the third encore and the obligatory dressing room conversation with two fully grown men with Baldrick haircuts , plastic carrier bags , tatty combat jackets , thick lensed NHS glasses and lots and lots of badges . |
| 4 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 5 | Are you sure you are n't treating yourself to easy self-congratulation , seeking approval , making certain you 're on the right side ? |
| 6 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 7 | This simile of the mustard seed is not to call us to some great Cecil B Demille-like ambition . |
| 8 | YAHOO , a length and a half runner-up to Desert Orchid in last season 's Cheltenham Gold Cup , is being heavily backed to take his revenge in Boxing Day 's King George VI Chase at Kempton , and Coral 's yesterday cut him to 6-1 from 10-1 after laying him to lose £40,000 . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , he knows all the VIPs , ’ she says , ‘ and he 's even introduced me to some of them . |
| 10 | AE 's sometimes addressed themselves to irate people who said they would never invest in futures , let alone through DPR . |
| 11 | To make matters worse , the Czech-Slovak clearing system has also all but ground to a halt and simple financial transactions between companies in the two the states are currently taking one to two months to complete , according to local businessmen . |
| 12 | There is also evidence that many who have the financial means to be mobile are actually committing themselves to post-retirement migration . |
| 13 | He struggled to match the already competent Dave Fielding , but was soon applying himself to pecuniary areas . |
| 14 | He was always inviting me to little supper parties and so on , and it became so noticeable that other people began to make snide comments . |
| 15 | He was always taking me to one side , telling me what I should and should n't do . |
| 16 | 4 ) ‘ My daughter met any other child at playgroup with a resounding thump if they touched ‘ her toy ’ ( because I think her older brother was still treating her to this type of jealousy at home ) . |
| 17 | One interesting reaction was that in stating , for example , that science should be taught to all pupils in some form or other in the last two years of schooling for 10–20 per cent of the time ( in addition to a broad course up to age 13 years ) , the DES was implicitly committing itself to increased resources , in terms of teachers and facilities . |
| 18 | The Cold War was reaching a point where , having reactivated the Anglo-American relationship , it was about to expose it to new strains and tensions . |