Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slightly confusingly named Utsly-Gtsly , this model is one of many Nakamura creations made up from sketches given to him by flat-proud clients with 200,000 yen to spend |
| 2 | Biological factors assume importance in many stratification systems because of the meanings assigned to them by different cultures . |
| 3 | His eyes clung to her like thirsty leeches , watching for any movement , the revolver trained on her back . |
| 4 | Further to my note of 11th December , Susannah Wainman of SAWD Books writes to me with more details of the competition for a new logo for the Independent Publishers Guild . |
| 5 | True , Edward 's failure on the expedition of 1359–60 ( when he had not been able to capture either Reims , where kings of France were crowned , or Paris , the capital ) meant that he had to forego the important territorial concessions made to him in 1359 , including Normandy and the Angevin lands in central-western France . |
| 6 | If the parties had not agreed on the naming of the appointing authority , or if the authority which |
| 7 | There 's a process getting the kids used to it with dummy running so that the picture you get is a realistic one . |
| 8 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
| 9 | Personal growth and opportunities come to you through intimate one-to-one relationships this summer , Pisces . |
| 10 | Life on the ‘ end ’ offers the actual or aspiring hooligan an alternative career as part of the ‘ Rowdies ’ : ‘ This ‘ career structure ’ gives some young people a sense of individual achievement within a semi-formal setting opportunities denied to them in most other institutions ' ( Marsh , 1976:348 ) . |
| 11 | Even experienced mountain walkers take to them with varying degrees of enthusiasm — so you should consider if that sort of thing will be to the taste of everyone in your group . |
| 12 | On his fret were huge lead boots with metal straps and weights attached to them by rusty nuts and bolts . |
| 13 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
| 14 | Meanwhile Sue has recently accepted a series of temporary secretarial posts offered to her by other companies . |
| 15 | More important , the CGLI argued that the latest proposal from the DES would break undertakings given to it in 1973 , when it agreed to provide the administrative services for TEC , that the latter would be confined to technician occupations and would not be used as an instrument of government policy . |
| 16 | If a local entity analysis is carried out , the model can be mapped on to a database and applications applied to it before another local data analysis is started . |
| 17 | Those whose husbands were away went in constant dread of advances made to them by Allied soldiers in the area . |
| 18 | These pieces speak to me of boundless beauty and passion and I rejoice in my tears but I use them too , intuitively , when I feel depressed or despairing , to release tears . |
| 19 | There will also be studies of how children 's tendency to believe or disbelieve statements made to them by other children is influenced by the presence of such verbs in the statements . |
| 20 | Will the Prime Minister , in the last couple of weeks left to him in that office , try answering the question ? |
| 21 | Try to recall three ideas put to you by various people during the last week . |
| 22 | I understand from the figures given to me by British Coal that more than 1,600 men are employed in private mines . |
| 23 | British Rail tell us that the train that should arrive at Oxford at 5.35 from Scotland is going to be two hours late this evening but I 've no problems to report to you from any of the bus companies locally . |
| 24 | These earth memories come to us in various ways . |
| 25 | Erm two things occur to me from this criterion . |
| 26 | , The tax on polyisobutane — a " low-smoke " motorcycle lubricant — has been cut from 40 per cent to 5 per cent , to encourage riders to switch to it from conventional , dirtier oils . |
| 27 | In terms of the economic activity projections , as a result of representations made to me by one of Professor Lock 's colleagues , that was one of the main reasons I increased the assumptions on the eco economic activity based projection , to increase B one office relocations to a a far higher degree percentage than previously . |
| 28 | Wasim , though has been reprimanded by Lancashire for comments attributed to him in this book . |
| 29 | But I have here a list of names supplied to me by General Friant . |
| 30 | Under the terms of the truce and the modifications agreed to it on 27 June , the siege of Quimperlé would be lifted , Duke John would withdraw his army from Brittany , Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte would be handed over to papal mediators who would deliver it to the King of France when the truce expired , and the English would receive 40,000 francs in compensation . |