Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in shaping the format and means of communicating plans and performance down to managers , ‘ having run the retail operation at TSB I appreciate the needs of the front-end operation and the importance of giving people the information that really matters to them with the right commentary . |
| 2 | If the Americans accepted that the Israel-Palestine problem was insoluble , at least for now , they could concentrate on what really matters to them in the Middle East . |
| 3 | This seemed like a Falangist revival , for it was the first session that had been held since 1945 and Franco asserted that it was " necessary that the National Council should recover the role which corresponds to it in the political tasks , because it is hierarchically the highest body in the Movement , whose duty it is to ensure the purity of the organization and the continuity of the doctrine " .18 But many of those present , including the Vice-Secretary of FET , Diego Salas Pombo , detected behind the smokescreen of verbiage a lack of genuine commitment to Arrese 's plan for a Falange-dominated future . |
| 4 | So what happens to me in the great cultural revolution ? |
| 5 | ‘ We 're not going to pay skilled workers $18 an hour to clean phone booth ’ , he says to me in an aggressive tone of voice . |
| 6 | Where an innocent purchaser is able to rely upon an estoppel , property in the goods passes to him in the normal way , i.e. as if his seller himself has good title to give . |
| 7 | A. This sounds to me like a classic case of the ‘ straw that broke the camel 's back ’ syndrome . |
| 8 | Now it sounds to me like the final stages of a marriage : two separated parties , screwed to their own particular pieces of floor , uttering routine chatter while the rain begins to fall . |
| 9 | ‘ That one sounds to me like an archetypal priest , ’ said Dhani . |
| 10 | The time interval between one bird stopping and the other starting is so short that we can not detect it , and the duet sounds to us like a continuous solo . |
| 11 | It seems probable that the high metabolic rate of such diminutive creatures is a reflection of what appears to us as a high-speed mental appreciation of events . |
| 12 | ‘ It seems to me like the perfect time for a little humour . ’ |
| 13 | — Amadou has never seen a beautiful white starwoman like this , and she speaks to him in a soft low voice like the south breeze stirring in the palms , like it does just before the sun sets . |
| 14 | Alfieri takes Marco 's hand , and speaks to him like a wise older brother , giving him advice and trying hard to help him . |
| 15 | In listing the objectives that shape the exhibition , Whitney museum curator Elizabeth Sussman said her team of curators searched for ‘ the best new work that speaks to us in a compelling manner and in some cases challenges conventional ideas about artmaking . |
| 16 | Further genetic progress on mastitis resistance is expected because the weighting gives to it in the Norwegian breeding programme has recently been more than doubled . |
| 17 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 18 | I am willing to talk to anyone who comes to me with a proposed solution that they believe the House would accept — including the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West and other Labour Members . |
| 19 | He comes to us with a distinguished career in a technologically-orientated industry and I and my board colleagues look forward to working with him in taking AEA forward through an extremely important period in our development . |
| 20 | And of course the Collection comes to you with a written Guarantee assuring you of satisfactory playing condition or free replacement without question — and with a fascinating illustrated booklet telling you all about the stars and songs featured . |
| 21 | I love camping and do n't feel that anything can compare with waking up in the morning with the day just a few hours on from dawn , dew still on the grass , so that when you open the tent flap the smell of a new day comes to you with the early morning sun . |
| 22 | 9 Every pack comes to you on a see-before-you-buy basis . |
| 23 | Not exactly impressing with all the chances which comes to you in the english league ’ frank says . |