Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensation therefore was immense when he abandoned cricket , and a life of wealth and ease , to go as a missionary to China . |
| 2 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 3 | We considered various possibilities , but as neither of us could drive far and neither of us could face airport hassle , we decided to go for a week to Wales . |
| 4 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 5 | On the one hand for environmental reasons , for their environmental reasons I should say , and on the other hand so as not to come as a nuisance to residents of existing communities . |
| 6 | She needed it for the letter she was going to write in a minute to Nora . |
| 7 | rather than walk round with wads in your pocket every day , they liked to be able to work on a day to day pay system |
| 8 | But since it was established in 1775 to serve as a printer to Edinburgh 's legal , banking and ecclesiastical communities P&W has developed a strong position in financial printing , providing it with a coverage that goes much wider than ‘ Sketch and describe an electronic circuit . ’ |
| 9 | The new space will enable the three departments to exhibit on a three- to four-month rotating basis , showing up to seventy-five works per time . |
| 10 | It is rather that the idea and ideal is always likely to function as a corrective to complacency rather than as a prop to It . |
| 11 | In Leeds , aliens of whatever background were given a B label , whereas in Manchester they were designated grade C. Several tribunals put the unemployed into B category , telling them to apply for a transfer to C when they found jobs . |
| 12 | of the time in Trebizond itself , I managed to fit in a trip to Rizé , where the countryside resembles that of Switzerland , and also , by great good luck , to Hopa , which is not far away from the Russian frontier . |
| 13 | He departed again and , after a moment 's thought , I went into the office to put through a call to Doone 's police station . |
| 14 | After about ten minutes of deliberation , Fabia could plainly see that there was only one place to start , and that was to put through a call to Lubor in the hope that Ven had phoned him too last night . |
| 15 | When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band . |
| 16 | Plus I learned that you know from from our group reading of my play the other week , I learned what the function of a director was because you know obviously I should n't have given you all your parts to read for a week to sort of work out what the inflection should have been . |
| 17 | Lawrence then had the task of persuading Kernaghan to forget about a move to London ! |
| 18 | The resumption of relations , suspended by Indonesia in 1967 [ see below for background ] , was planned to coincide with a visit to Indonesia by the Chinese Premier , Li Peng . |
| 19 | They even managed to cram in a visit to Notre Dame and the delightful pet shops along Quai de la Megisserie . |
| 20 | Their relationship had been coming to an end and Miss Turner 's parents had arranged for her to go on a holiday to America to deter her from seeing him . |
| 21 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 22 | The board is also having to readvertise for a replacement to Dr Forwell after Mr Fyfe insisted that he must have a say in the appointment . |
| 23 | The supplying company will attempt to respond on a status to status basis , such that its products are presented and promoted to equals by equals . |
| 24 | The finance minister , Theo Waigel , wailed that he has no money to pay for a move to Berlin , costed ( depending on the interest of those doing the sums ) at between DM6 billion ( $3.4 billion ) and DM125 billion . |
| 25 | His body was left to rot as a warning to others who might be tempted to stray from those paths of righteousness . |
| 26 | In his History of the Abbots Bede says that Ecgberht , king of Kent , sent a certain Wigheard to Rome where he wished him to be consecrated archbishop , and only subsequently in the Ecclesiastical History does Bede report that Oswiu and Ecgberht consulted together on what action to take about a successor to Deusdedit and that they agreed on the choice of one of Deusdedit 's clergy , Wigheard , whom they sent to Rome to be consecrated ( HE III , 29 ) . |
| 27 | It argues that new housing is essential to boost labour mobility and maintain economic growth in areas where spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development . |
| 28 | The state has actively sought to develop tourism , both to attract foreign visitors and to act as a counter-magnet to holidays abroad for Britons . |
| 29 | She had received a sound enough education to act as a governess to children with parents overseas and , later , as a secretary-companion to American ladies . |
| 30 | Christians were baptized into ‘ Christ ’ , not into ‘ Jesus ’ , that is to say into a relationship to Jesus as God , not into the human Jesus . |