Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 2 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 3 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 4 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 5 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 6 | Those who preached the crusade dwelt on the significance of Jerusalem and on the death of Jesus , and so roused men to fervour against the Jews who had killed him as well as against the Muslims who had captured his tomb ; and apocalyptic notions of the time associated the conversion or elimination of the Jews with the liberation of Jerusalem , as a necessary prelude to the end of the world . |
| 7 | A walk through the arboretum soon turned thoughts to life as a lumberjill half a century ago . |
| 8 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 9 | If he does , he may just come face to face with himself . |
| 10 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 11 | The CB must somehow involve obedience to instruction on the grounds that Chris can not have a tantrum while doing as he is told . |
| 12 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 13 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 14 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things . |
| 16 | " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . " |
| 17 | Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’ |
| 18 | So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst . |
| 19 | ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it . |
| 20 | As a person 's independence gradually gives way to dependence in one or more areas of daily life , it is generally accepted that the family will increase support and assistance . |
| 21 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 22 | In this connection , it is interesting that many of the restrictions on economic life in the Pentateuch were to ensure that each family always had access to part of the society 's capital — namely a plot of land and some animals . |
| 23 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 24 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 25 | Earlier this year , The Sunday Telegraph reported scientists also fear damage to life in the oceans . |
| 26 | However , the internationally recognized rights to freedom of expression and to peaceful association fully encompass peaceful actions such as those carried out by Abie Nathan . |
| 27 | He may also fall prey to complacency in that , having added his bottle of Preparation W , he then fails to notice ailment Z which requires a quite different treatment . |
| 28 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 29 | Because it imposes constraints by reference to what a person says , the section clearly sets limits to freedom of speech , and if too stringently enforced , is a potential threat to the civil liberties of the individual . |
| 30 | This would also open doors to coverage in non-Olympic years , the ones which are currently closed to us . |