Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the term " criterion " can refer either to a description of the knowledge and skills possessed by the learner or the score which has to be reached in order to qualify for the description . |
| 2 | But while the breaking of convention may be agreeable , and therefore laughable ( cf. certain views of Freud , below ) , there is never any questioning of what is " right " and what is " wrong " : for that sort of conundrum one should look rather to a romance like Marie de France 's lay Eliduc . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 4 | While the fundamentals of caddying may not have changed since Skip Daniels and Gene Sarazen strode the Prince 's links , the financial aspect has : whereas a caddie in the 1930s might have earned only a pittance for sharing an Open success , the modern-day caddie earns a healthy basic wage on the European tour , and can look forward to a percentage of the winnings . |
| 5 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 6 | On top , he 's given a 3 500 housing allowance , and can look forward to a pension of up to 19 500 pounds a year . |
| 7 | Many children do n't look forward to a visit to the doctor 's — not surprising , as they may associate it with illness or injections . |
| 8 | With Isaac God can look forward to a world over which he can again clap his hands in delight . |
| 9 | Yes erm it was obvious because if he 's already told the man he 's going to move forward , to handcuff him erm he will not move forward to a person with his gun er in his hand . |
| 10 | We can also proceed quickly to a characterization of these . |
| 11 | The difference between a more conventional company and an incorporated contract computer programmer/analyst is merely that the former can and does respond simultaneously to a multiplicity of orders which partly overlap and partly succeed one another . |
| 12 | Provided a tribe member can recognise an intention that he should respond appropriately to a signal in the simple system , we are happy to regard the signal as linguistically meaningful to him , rather than simply causing or triggering certain behaviour — as was the case with the bees . |
| 13 | ‘ You tend to lose the origins of it ’ , was what Anne Smith said about Bellerby Feast , but the observation could apply equally to a number of events whose origins are lost in the ‘ mists of time ’ . |
| 14 | Firstly , Allied troops , after years of war , would not take well to a renewal of fighting , against forces whom they had been repeatedly told were our brave allies . |
| 15 | Is life the countervailing force , now pitiably weak but always improving from its lowly origins , which may lead eventually to a future beyond even the imagination of men like Boltzmann ? |
| 16 | Although , according to conditioned attention theory , exposure to a stimulus will inevitably lead eventually to a decline in its power to evoke an attentional response , this decline can be postponed ( even for a time reversed ) if the target stimulus ( S1 ) is followed by some other ( S2 ) during initial exposure . |
| 17 | That can lead only to a number of results . |
| 18 | Equating it with a study of the constitution , however , may owe less to a desire for realism than to a lack of concern about legal matters . |
| 19 | A really wide definition , aimed at including all gifts proceeding from benevolent motives , would certainly resolve most of the questions which arise today , but , besides perpetuating a number of imprudent gifts , might well lead later to a multiplicity of special definitions of charity for the purpose of particular statutes ; the Treasury , for example , would probably find that too much income tax was being avoided and introduce a special definition for tax purposes . |
| 20 | From the point of view of social and economic policy I believe we face a choice : either we accept the present trends which will lead inevitably to a decline in individual freedom and responsibility and the restriction of opportunities for our children and grandchildren or else we face the seemingly impossible task of dismantling the corporate state . |
| 21 | [ music ] There is a corollary to this in the curious offset notes and phrases of the vocal melody which lend a kind of speech colour to the basically simple tonal language , while giving mobility to the harmony ( a change of direction in an unaccompanied vocal figure may lead unceremoniously to a change of key ) . |
| 22 | Nobody would ever get close to a man like Felipe de Santis and she refused to acknowledge that she wanted to get close . |
| 23 | In 1370 , when the war had resumed , the clerical representatives would agree only to a grant of two tenths instead of the three sought ; the prelates , however , had already conceded three tenths , and their pressure and that of royal delegations eventually coerced the proctors of the lesser clergy into acquiescing , once again in the expressed hope that their grievances would be remedied . |
| 24 | With dry , mainly sunny conditions lasting through till dusk , the temperature will rise steadily to a maximum of about 18 celsius . |