Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 2 | We recently joined with other organisations to write to the Secretary of State for the Environment urging him to change the rules set out in Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 . |
| 3 | In it , you mentioned that you would be willing to write to an official in support of the building of a proper path between Bloomiehall Park and Muirwood Road , to give children a shorter and potentially safer route to school avoiding the Lanark Road . |
| 4 | Consciousness , to come to a kind of summation , consists in general in this interdependent existence of subject and content . |
| 5 | An appeal by Landsbergis for Lithuanians to come to the defence of parliament was answered by several thousand people who formed a cordon around the building . |
| 6 | ‘ It is reasonable for the telecommunications industry to come to the aid of law enforcement . |
| 7 | Largely due to Bernard , they were to come to the forefront of politics and to find a place within the papal court . |
| 8 | We are delighted that the BBC Big Band has been able to come to the Festival as part of BBC 's ‘ Radio Goes To Town ’ — they will return briefly for a lunchtime programme with David Jacobs in the Ulster Hall on Wednesday ! |
| 9 | A chance mention in a letter written in the 820s shows that one card in a Carolingian king 's hand was the existence of a " solemn custom " whereby any recipient of a benefice had to come to the palace in person and ritually " commend " himself to the king . |
| 10 | The easiest task for Emma was learning to come to the table for lunch when called and once she had started to receive stickers for this she became aware of how to earn them . |
| 11 | TWELVE YEARS OF WEARING GREEN DUNGAREES ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN END FOR HOMEBASE STAFF WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW UNIFORM . |
| 12 | Participants may swim faster or indeed may sink , much depends on the willingness and abilities of firms to adjust to the increase in competition . |
| 13 | In June 1964 a law transformed RTF into O ( for ‘ Office ’ ( RTF's ' This law had more to do with the organizational needs of a body attempting to adjust to the expansion of broadcasting than with the issue of political control . |
| 14 | Naturally this can radically affect her choices , as to whether she takes her job back again , for instance , or gives herself time and space to adjust to the demands of motherhood . |
| 15 | Modern medical technology suggests that Mr Souness 's operation should not be life threatening but his predicament indicates he has become the latest to succumb to the strain of football management . |
| 16 | The ivory towers of Oxford look set to shake to the sounds of battle for some time to come . |
| 17 | Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years . |
| 18 | The Grand Old Duke of York did lead his men ; Dick Whittington was a 15th century Lord Mayor of London ; Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses is said to relate to an outbreak of plague in London in the 17th century ; and Bluebeard is based on a psychopathic French murderer of the 15th century . |
| 19 | The Faculty works very closely with the wider community , and courses provide opportunities for students to relate to the world of work and professional practice . |
| 20 | Ability to work to a deadline under pressure was another skill I was quizzed about . |
| 21 | It would be difficult for me or for any other minister to have to defend leaving things unchanged in these other areas if the affect of having done so was subsequently to lead to a case of fraud in an investment firm , building society or insurance company which the existence of the duty would have helped to prevent . |
| 22 | A currency union is likely to lead to a reduction in member countries ' natural rate of unemployment . |
| 23 | Moreover , a cash supplement to income would also be expected to lead to a fall in work effort . |
| 24 | Christopher Huhne says that this ‘ would represent the lowest growth rate since 1981 and is almost certain to lead to a rise in unemployment ’ . |
| 25 | The ACP countries also expressed concern that the aims of the convention would be jeopardized by the planned introduction of a single market in the Community by 1992 , the opening towards East European countries , and the EC 's willingness to grant concessions to third countries under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , all of which were expected to lead to a dilution of aid and benefits for ACP countries and to weaken the EC 's commitment to the convention . |
| 26 | More recently some Universities and Polytechnics developed courses for ethnic minorities — but these when they were focused on developing multilingual skills were not intended to lead to a specialism in minority languages but simply to serve support strategies which fall far short of teaching the languages as such . |
| 27 | The short-cuts provided in weapon development were to lead to a paring of independence , stunting of British research and development capacity , and a strengthening of the anchor cables holding Britain in her position as an offshore island of the United States at a time when closer relations with Europe were becoming more compelling . |
| 28 | The combination of a new regulatory system and increased competition ought to lead to an increase in efficiency in the provision of financial services , although this still ignores the cost of the overall regulatory framework . |
| 29 | Thus the merger of Fiat/Lancia and Alfa would increase Fiat 's existing dominance of the Italian car market and be liable to lead to an increase in monopoly power . |
| 30 | The results of these studies , however , were too variable to lead to the use of cholera toxin as a secretory model . |