Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King of Portugal offered to raise him to the title of Count Torre Bella on condition he took Portuguese nationality . |
| 2 | Their skills were in demand as China struggled to adapt itself to the age of new technology . |
| 3 | There 's nothing to inspect and without my words the photographs are useless unless Mitch decided to sell them to the national Press . |
| 4 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 5 | The previous occasion was in 1925 when , by rejoining the Gold Standard , Britain sought to attach herself to the economy of the United States . |
| 6 | Italian club Torino tried to tempt him to the land of loads of lira , but Nigel 's mother put the block on that move . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 8 | Moslems in Bosnia on Sept. 9 detained Milan Martic , the " Defence Minister " of the ( Serb ) " Krajina Republic " , together with three JNA officers but Bosnia 's Moslem President Alia Izetbegovic decided to release them to the federal authorities after Serbs threatened to attack the town . |
| 9 | Justification had been the great theme of the Reformers , especially of Martin Luther , and Ritschl aimed to restore it to the centre of theology by drawing out its consequences and implications in reconciliation , and opening up the force and meaning of Christianity from that centre . |