Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas 's government mounted a counter-offensive , using press and pulpit to reinforce loyalty to Orthodoxy and autocracy . |
| 2 | The pun as a rhetorical motif of both dialogue and narrative gives way to utterances with multiple layers of meaning : I 'm sorry , I 'm very sorry . ’ |
| 3 | In the 1970s optimism and faith gave way to disillusion and doubt as medical costs soared with little apparent benefit . |
| 4 | Partners will vary in their ability and willingness to commit time to partnership activities . |
| 5 | Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient ; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation . |
| 6 | The interesting point , however , is that divisions within the student body would become less significant as conditions for all students deteriorated throughout the reform decade and optimism gave way to despair . |
| 7 | In an interview with Pravda in March 1979 , the Iranian Minister of Information and Propaganda drew attention to measures such as ‘ the establishment of control over bases from which the Pentagon was carrying out electronic intelligence observations of the territory of the Soviet Union , the termination of the services of American military advisers in the armed forces , and a sharp cutback in the military budget ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Made of birchwood they were — this wood 's mostly oak and birch giving way to conifers as we come out , with a view of the foothills . ’ |
| 9 | In the first , the reader can identify immediately with the woman on the page , and the headline and sub-head add humour to humanity : ‘ Get motivated — get yourself a kick-start and find the drive you need to succeed at work and at home ’ . |
| 10 | Live work is the one area where the artists and audience meet face to face . |
| 11 | All that was needed was a computer at each end of a dedicated phone line , and software to allow computer to computer communications . |
| 12 | My vision is of a team pulling together with a common aim and purpose to give glory to God and see His Kingdom extended in our part of the South Side of Glasgow . |
| 13 | Our task now is to work to persuade him to reverse them as soon as possible , so that legal aid can once again serve its purpose of enabling all those unable to afford legal advice and representation to have access to justice ’ . |