Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] 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 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If he does , he may just come face to face with himself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The CB must somehow involve obedience to instruction on the grounds that Chris can not have a tantrum while doing as he is told . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 11 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things . |
| 13 | " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . " |
| 14 | 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 … ’ |
| 15 | So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst . |
| 16 | ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 20 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 21 | Earlier this year , The Sunday Telegraph reported scientists also fear damage to life in the oceans . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | THE acoustics at the Anglican Cathedral have often given rise to speculation about its suitability for Philharmonic concerts . |
| 24 | But that is explained , partly , by the fact that Mike did the negotiations himself and they were often done face to face with Jefferson . |
| 25 | In short , the probability is that women will more often gain access to heroin through a male , frequently via a ‘ romantic relationship ’ , than any other social route . |
| 26 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
| 27 | Her later career , from the time of her marriage to Darnley in the summer of 1565 , inevitably gave rise to writing of a very different and much more partisan nature . |
| 28 | Charlie found he was continually spitting out mud and once even came face to face with a German who could n't blink . |
| 29 | With the backing of the BBC , the guarded co-operation of the couple and the collaboration of a fine screenwriter , Andrew Davies , a full-length film drama was prepared and Gerard even secured permission to film in Cape Town . |
| 30 | Since the late 1970s feminist sociologists have increasingly drawn attention to gender as a dividing principle too . |