Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you work on the pronunciation of the vowels and consonants in the new language you will of course need to concentrate on those that are unfamiliar and difficult . |
| 2 | For most people , a love of animals tends to extend to several pets , the odd donation and perhaps a rally . |
| 3 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 4 | Obviously this indirect mechanism by which real income rises as the price level falls could continue for as long as ( a ) the rate of interest continues to fall ; and ( b ) the rate of investment continues to respond to these interest rate reductions . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a lot of work left to win on that particular job and we will be trying hard to get it . |
| 6 | What is more surprising , when considering what advocates of testing have to say on this subject , is the lack of ideas on how such information could ever help schools . |
| 7 | This quality of suffering seems to go beyond any classification of appropriateness or inappropriateness . |
| 8 | Memories of that now vanished organisation are sad to recall , for as the international situation grew graver , and the shadow of war began to fall on all of us , enthusiasm waned . |
| 9 | Yet , on the other hand , an equally impressive body of evidence seems to point to these rites being concerned with witchcraft and its repulsion . |
| 10 | A bout of sickness and diarrhoea exacerbated the problem intensely to the point of Darren refusing to eat at all and becoming extremely weak and debilitated . |
| 11 | The anxieties of some UK companies over the reluctance of UK banks to participate at this stage were assuaged with the early November announcement of a meduium-term facility worth about £700 million ( $190 million ) to be extended to Kuwait by the UK government . |
| 12 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 13 | To calculate the size of gutter needed to cope with this amount of rain , allowance has to be made for the fact that the wind will tend to drive more rain on to the roof than would simply fall on the ca flat plan area . |
| 14 | I 've got a lot of players fighting to get in this team , and the Russian will have to join them . ’ |
| 15 | The events of Asyut seemed to belong to another world . |
| 16 | We did , at the time , when the expenses were incurred , we gave it , that we were opposed to all the increases that were being made , we still maintain that policy , and I believe that there is a time when we should be be in approval , that we in fact , expending money on new active members is wrong , when in fact , have the cut backs , because at the end of the day , people of Lincolnshire have to pay for these additional expenses incurred to elected members . |
| 17 | Finch disapproved of Flynn coming to work in such a state , but when drunken Flynn caused chaos on the set , Finch knew that the fading swashbuckler was incapable of filming for that day , so he would join Flynn for a drink and a sing-song . |
| 18 | This marginalization of women seems to draw on both dominant discourses ' elevation of men , as the bearers of culture , over women , the repositories of biology ; and biological discourses ' own low valuations of women and femininity . |
| 19 | I suppose it has something to do with the feeling that what came out of America tended to operate at either of two levels . |
| 20 | After 1893 the crime declined in Kurunagala , but not in the Low Country , where organized networks of thieves continued to operate for another fifteen years . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal declined to adjudicate on this matter , holding that the views expressed by the judge as to the nature of the court 's jurisdiction were both obiter and academic . |
| 22 | Then we realised the mistake was ours : we were heading down one of Madeira 's ordinary roads , with cars hooting to overtake on both sides . |
| 23 | The main oil fields in production are the Bombay High off the west coast and some onshore fields in Gujerat and Assam but with consumption expected to rise at some 6% per year this aim is unlikely to be achieved without significant new discoveries . |
| 24 | Presidents in their dealings with congress had to cope with some extraordinarily powerful leaders . |
| 25 | But clearly it would not be right for Sara to have to deal with all the arrangements by herself . |
| 26 | The Orwell Counselling Group offers a wide range of therapeutic skills and personal therapy in East Suffolk for people trying to deal with all kinds of problems . |
| 27 | Bristol and West claims these auctions will help to bring some action to an otherwise slow market , and says it was overwhelmed by the response from people wanting to sell in this way . |
| 28 | Each member of the team in turn has to jump on all the lily leaves . |
| 29 | The external factors affecting your business are constantly changing and you have in order to survive to adapt to these external changes . |
| 30 | In order to attempt to provide for this possibility there should be a contractual provision which permits renegotiation and see R S Components Ltd v Irwin [ 1974 ] 1 All ER 41 . |