Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [to-vb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she learns to listen to the other members of the group describe their " " pictures ' " and this gives a wider perspective on reality than is possible for one individual in isolation . |
| 2 | A member of the Orrell Park Community Centre which does n't own a snooker table he has to travel to the Red Rum Snooker Club in Croxteth to practice . |
| 3 | It has to respond to the emerging consciousness of the black community , gay people , feminists by marginalising them and delegitimating their claims . |
| 4 | In addition , by having this land available at the value of its current use , rather than at a value based on speculation as to its possible development , the community will be able to provide , in the places that need them , the public facilities it needs , but can not now afford because of the inflated price it has to pay to the private owner . |
| 5 | Talking of ‘ inflation ’ — a neat theoretical idea of exponential growth in the early history of the universe that disposed of a lot of problems in the marriage between theoretical physics and cosmology — he refuses to subscribe to the overwhelming enthusiasm with which many scientists discuss the subject : |
| 6 | As I said before , the risk of collective action of this sort , which is regretted by many teachers ( as reflected in the rise and fall of the memberships of the different unions over the last few years ) , is that it tends to reduce to the lowest common denominators of more pay on the one hand and a narrow-minded , knee-jerk resistance to change on the other . |
| 7 | I believe that it is a convention of the House that , when a Member speaks , he waits to listen to the subsequent speaker . |
| 8 | It aims to relate to the main area of the job description , but also leaves space for people to say what seems to them significant with more freedom . |
| 9 | I 'd be very surprised if he manages to keep to the 1.5 per cent increase in public sector pay . |