Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1906 , he married a widow he had met on his first Australian tour in 1887–88 , and after becoming secretary to Neasden Golf Club , he took £300-a-year sinecure as secretary of Queen 's Club , for his stockbroking activities had not flourished . |
| 2 | Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack . |
| 3 | Before turning south to Crummack Farm , cross the moor east to the stream descending in a series of minor waterfalls from the large resurgence at Austwick Beck Head , where all the streams disappearing in the Allotment area on Ingleborough return to daylight . |
| 4 | By progressing from the sampling of collections to storing details of every object in a computer database , we have therefore simply transferred our allegiance from sampling theory to graph theory . |
| 5 | Commenting on the influence of his parents on his footballing career , Carlos Francis , brought up in the East End before moving north to Birmingham City FC , said : ‘ They 've never even seen me play . |
| 6 | In 7 the switch from the past tense ( " was ' ) to the present tense ( " walks ' , 'says ' ) marks a shift in the temporal deictic centre from coding time to content time . |
| 7 | US charity Population Action International has singled out five countries " Bangladesh , Indonesia , Iran , Peru and Zimbabwe " for an award marking their success in providing access to family planning . |
| 8 | Ignoring advice to head directly north to Canada , Looking Glass insisted upon travelling south to Crow country . |
| 9 | Oakland 's starting pitcher , Dave Stewart , recovered from a shaky start to allow just five hits over eight innings , before giving way to relief pitcher , Dennis Eckersley . |
| 10 | Conversely , they are all deducted from income support and housing benefit and maintenance are taken into account in calculating entitlement to family credit . |
| 11 | Semi-industrial units for converting straw to animal feed would be started first and then the calf-rearing would commence . |
| 12 | He was sent on teaching practice to Cowbridge Grammar School , one of those small country grammar schools which used to be the glory of Wales . |
| 13 | Continue on rising path to road junction at Webbers Post . |
| 14 | If you find the full menus over powering switch to novice mode and you still have quick access to all key features . |
| 15 | If you find the full menus over powering switch to novice mode and you still have quick access to all key features . |
| 16 | Used for reducing resistance to water flow . |
| 17 | This is made by adding water to ethylene gas , which itself is obtained from oil . |
| 18 | Perhaps the Chancellor will decide to encourage energy conservation generally by adding VAT to household gas and electricity bills — in addition to any increased burden on the motorist who already pays VAT on top of the excise duty applied to petrol . |
| 19 | Overcrowding in custody is to be prevented by extending control to community custody , using a mixture of existing and contracted services . |