Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thank my hon. Friend for drawing my attention to the representations that he has made . |
| 2 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) for drawing my attention to the article in the Evening Standard . |
| 3 | There was something very attractive about delaying her return to the poisonous atmosphere of the office . |
| 4 | After completing your priorities to the satisfaction of your boss , discuss in depth the list of tasks that arrived through management by inertia , but do n't use that phrase ! |
| 5 | But all this depends on the time you have left after giving your attention to the centre of the question . |
| 6 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 7 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 8 | The £250,000 trip barely rose above the bergschrund on the unclimbed face , and failed again after transferring its attentions to the ‘ normal route ’ , the north west ridge . |
| 9 | FORMER world champion Alain Prost was cleared of bringing motor racing into disrepute yesterday , after offering his apologies to the International Motor Sports Federation ( FISA ) in Paris . |
| 10 | Here we offer a guide to what is worth pushing your way to the front of the crowd for . |
| 11 | The sub-contractor will be responsible for transporting his work-force to the site and for any travelling time or expenses . |
| 12 | For instance , in choppy water it is worth sacrificing your angle to the wind for a little more speed to punch through the waves . |
| 13 | Instead of submitting his organisation to the will of party bureaucrats , he turned it into his own power-base and started bombarding the party with his own initiatives . |
| 14 | He missed Aintree 's colour and clamour , the release of easing his mount to the first fence after the parade . |
| 15 | Having created their masterpiece , they 're hardly going to just sit on it ( and spin ) — putting it into the Public Domain is a very cost-effective method of bringing their work to the attention of leading software development houses ( Ashley Routledge and David Saunders of Poseidon and St Dragon fame started out this way ) . |
| 16 | Could it be that he was aware of Van Butchell 's intentions and saw this as a means of bringing his technique to the notice of the public , being able , at the same time , to lay any charge of indecency at Van Butchell 's door , if it arose ? |
| 17 | Farmers , generally speaking , like to grow crops and look after livestock rather than sell — and they prefer privacy ; but if they are to make a success of opening their farm to the public they need to be professional about it . |
| 18 | It is a well-established convention that a minister should be an MP or a peer ; the Ministers of the Crown Act , 1964 ( in limiting the number of ministers and parliamentary secretaries that can sit in the Commons ) forces the Prime Minister to select a nucleus of ministers from the Lords ; leading figures in the majority party practically demand a Cabinet place — and a ministry of their choice ; new young members need to be nurtured ; and even leaders of factions within the party might have to be given office if only in the hope of softening their opposition to the broad drift of government policy . |
| 19 | The studies produced interesting results , though there is some doubt about the statistical validity of applying its conclusions to the whole of the uplands in the UK . |
| 20 | The carriage window was quickly let down , and the Queen and Prince Consort … turned with smiling faces to the multitude who thought only of expressing their loyalty to the utmost . |
| 21 | Organisations of all kinds look to our sponsorship as a means of associating their name with enjoyment and a high standard of endeavour and of establishing their commitment to the activities of the broader community . |
| 22 | Organisations of all kinds look to sponsorship as a means of associating their name with enjoyment and excellence and of establishing their commitment to the activities of the broader community . |
| 23 | In the following sentence the narrator comments on what happened a week later than the time of the lady 's speech , from the point of view of his context at the time of writing his contribution to the novel , In a week afterwards … |
| 24 | I shall wish to see records of all dealings since the last formal audit , to ascertain the group 's cash position and to form an opinion of its prospects of meeting its debt to the bank within reasonable time . |
| 25 | Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland . |
| 26 | If they were children , they could be betrothed , but the Church insisted that they retained the right of refusing their consent to the marriage when they grew up . |
| 27 | At the subsequent party conference the National Executive made a point of reasserting its adherence to the electoral truce . |
| 28 | MANUEL NORIEGA , 54 , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes . |
| 29 | MANUEL NORIEGA , one time ‘ Maximum Leader ’ of Panama , was found guilty in Miami yesterday of selling his country to the Medellin cocaine cartel of Colombia for $4 million in bribes . |
| 30 | In such circumstances , all that would be protected would be the employer 's " lead time " , the advantage of getting his product to the market place first . |