Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this also means that as the morphology of species matured over great periods of historic time , other forms became more adapted to life on land , while yet others returned to the water to escape the increasing competition . |
| 2 | The rise of complex , enterprise-wide client/server computing strategies has inevitably lead to demands for a single mechanism that will allow users to access information which resides on databases that may be distributed across a range of hardware platforms . |
| 3 | The rise of complex , enterprise-wide client-server computing strategies has inevitably lead to demands for a single mechanism that will enable users to access information which resides on databases that may be distributed across a range of hardware systems . |
| 4 | The law of diminishing returns has not applied to food production in the countries which have undergone the industrial revolution , although there have been periodic crises , such as the Irish famine of 1845–6 , to remind us that Malthus was not completely wrong . |
| 5 | They claim that opposition to Saddam Hussein 's troops is growing , as Tim Friend reported on Wednesday , one of the resistance fighters has recently returned to London after being wounded . |
| 6 | Voices raised angrily floated to Cheryl 's ears . |
| 7 | The management want me to put another voice on it so the rushes do n't go to waste . |
| 8 | Frequent sugary snacks do more damage to teeth than the same amount of sugar all in one go , so try to limit sugary foods to mealtimes . |
| 9 | No side has won successive grand slams since Wavell Wakefield 's England of 1924 , though it is worth recalling that what has become known as the Irish Problem deprived Wales in Barry John 's farewell year , 1972 ; they won handsomely against England , France and Scotland but like the Scots dared not venture to Dublin at the height of The Troubles . |
| 10 | It is as if the words had suddenly come to life inside my head . |
| 11 | The junior recruits have all gone to Aldershot to take their Military Swimming Test and to have chest X-rays . |
| 12 | Two different methods have recently come to hand . |
| 13 | Two training books have also come to light this month . |
| 14 | Top choice was still MS-DOS with Windows , with 44% ; the 18 percentage points it has lost in the past six months have all gone to Windows NT and OS/2 . |
| 15 | Undoubtedly there are differences in people 's experiences of support between grandparents and grandchildren , but we have so little up-to-date evidence on this issue that it is difficult to say how far such experiences vary systematically according to gender , ethnicity or social class . |
| 16 | But the question is , can he both maintain that monads do not reduce to bundles of qualities and continue to adhere to his principle of indiscernibles without being guilty of a serious inconsistency ? |
| 17 | The government is now worried that its industry will suffer from unfair competition if other EEC countries do not have to fork out for the extra equipment necessary to reduce emissions . |
| 18 | A central idea of postmodernism is , therefore , that appearances do not correspond to reality ; reality in the above case being the actual emotions and feelings transmitted and interpreted . |
| 19 | Several thousand refugees had also fled to Hungary . |
| 20 | Training has been ‘ in-service ’ rather than before entry , and the highest posts have not gone to specialists but to broadly educated men and women who have specialized only in administration . |
| 21 | The parents have now gone to Scotland . |
| 22 | The discharge of sewage from boats has also contributed to eutrophication problems in the region ( which is mainly due to runoff of fertilisers from adjacent arable land ) . |
| 23 | The offer 's open only while stocks last so hurry to post off the order form . |
| 24 | ‘ Our computerised systems have definitely played a big part in the fact that our guests keep on returning to Hallery House ; the hotel continues to provide the same level of efficient , friendly service ( whether or not we are there in person ourselves ) at all times . |
| 25 | The possibilities sketched above relate to emergency planning , the search for hazardous sites , and risk assessment . |
| 26 | Calorie-free fluids do not add to body fat , hinder weight loss or cause fluid retention in those of normal health . |
| 27 | Many hotel workers do n't belong to trade unions . |
| 28 | Great advances have been made in this technique because of the interest in skin grafting , and ibroblasts do not transform to cancer cells easily in culture . |
| 29 | The bar to costs does not apply to costs incurred after the rescission of the reference . |
| 30 | Major changes in organizations in the last 20 years have often led to dissonance over expectations . |