Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most had nothing at all to say about it and those that did comment relied to a large extent on a discourse and terminology borrowed from the ‘ agenda setting nexus ’ of mainstream criticism . |
| 2 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 3 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 4 | You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you want to come to a Finnish film festival at the ICA tomorrow ? ’ asks Pamela . |
| 6 | But I refuse to be tempted : I really have no literary ambition at all ; I do n't need to conform to a prevailing stereotype in the search for distinguished and illustrious positions . |
| 7 | Jack 's tactic was to keep as far away from his team-mates as possible — not difficult , because he was hitting the ball pretty straight and the Sunningdale amateur , who was also fairly straight , did n't really want to talk to a pro golfer . |
| 8 | The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit . |
| 9 | Organisations may choose to relocate to a new area for a variety of reasons . |
| 10 | With a few words a woman can give meaning to a whole day 's struggle , and a man will be very grateful . |
| 11 | Would you like to go to a real gallery , Ruth , to look at some paintings ? ’ |
| 12 | When he had left , she was still prevented from giving way to rage as Penny put through one of the DJs she had already been out with once , ringing to ask if she would like to go to a Mongolian barbecue with him that evening . |
| 13 | in fact that would be catered for by other provisions because erm under the directive on choice , any individual has a right to er say that they would like to go to a particular home . |
| 14 | Employees may regard their property in a high-priced area as a ‘ nest egg ’ for their retirement ( as they may plan to retire to a cheaper area of housing and fund their retirement with the sale proceeds ) or they may not wish to reduce their stake in the housing market . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd like to write to a young lady of fifteen plus , over 5ft , not fussy about looks but please send photo . ’ |
| 16 | Anderson 's history must work according to a rational principle , the dialectic , and be moving towards an end which will reveal and enact its meaning . |
| 17 | People will soon stop listening to a monotonous voice . |
| 18 | ( 1978 ) point out , this leads to the denial of any specific effectivity on the part of the management of particular enterprises : each enterprise will function according to a uniform mode of calculation , as a mere ‘ aliquot part of the total capital ’ . |
| 19 | So you can vote to change , Harlow could vote to switch to a whole council system . |
| 20 | Afterwards he said : ‘ The magistrates have refused to issue a summons so I will have to go to a higher court . |
| 21 | Afterwards he said : ‘ The magistrates have refused to issue a summons so I will have to go to a higher court . |
| 22 | ‘ The greatest thing is telling him there is no point going to his mainstream school any longer if he is not going to get around and that he 'll have to go to a special school — at which point he explodes in terror and starts to make special efforts . |
| 23 | If they can not agree it will have to go to a public inquiry . |
| 24 | Market estimates for yesterday 's intervention put the Bank 's purchases of pounds as high as $500m , and there were indications that the authorities may have intervened to a similar extent the day before , when sterling fell almost 6 pfennigs . |
| 25 | The offeror and its financial advisers will therefore have to work to a large extent in isolation in determining the right level of consideration . |
| 26 | It was with Rohde that Nietzsche had intended to spend the forthcoming year in Paris on what might have amounted to a non-classical refresher course . |
| 27 | But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 . |
| 28 | Given these competing interests , the best he could propose was that the two governments should try to come to a prior understanding concerning each other 's needs and thereby avoid the formal commitments which the US Joint Chiefs feared might paralyse American forces at the start of hostilities . |
| 29 | Because the sun 's rotation drove the planets around , the whole system would have come to a gentle halt for the duration of the miracle . |
| 30 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |