Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [to-vb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 2 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 3 | Accurate medical and social assessment , followed by treatment , could enable such patients to return to the community . |
| 4 | We want these moneys to go to the coal mining areas , many of which are represented by Labour Members . |
| 5 | Members , who are advised to take walking boots or track shoes because of the likelihood of a muddy site , have been given these directions to get to the centre : from the M5 motorway , exit 17 , take the B4055 , signposted Severn Beach : straight on through Pilning and across the A403 dual carriageway at the traffic lights , then through Redwick and take first left B4064 , signposted Severn Beach half a mile ; through first set of temporary traffic lights ( plant crossing ) , then sharp right at next set of lights ; look for visitors ' centre on left-hand side . |
| 6 | What beckons me forward is a faith in God 's Hand in history , the conviction that He means these lands to speak to the world with an answer , and the decision to support in any way I can those — black , brown and white — in whose lives I see God 's power working . |
| 7 | There can be no alternative now but to press for guaranteed and unrestricted verifications , backed up by tougher international penalties against violators and greater pressure on all nations to accede to the treaty . |
| 8 | It has also encouraged many families to move to the Chapare and Yuuga valleys to grow coca leaves for the lucrative narcotics trade . |
| 9 | There was no doubting the eagerness of many colleges to respond to the challenge and the opportunity , and the Board — containing a number of lively young university people and interested employers — was torn between its anxiety to go ahead quickly and the need to ensure that it established what it called at its first meeting ‘ lasting standards ’ . |
| 10 | Now , if you go through the door you 've got so many seconds to get to the box to turn it off . |
| 11 | So if you go , if you page up several times to get to the start of the document . |
| 12 | On 17 May Brig Mitchell , commanding 26 Armoured Bde , even signed a local written agreement with the commander of the Yugoslav 14th Division [ KP 143a ] that " all CROAT soldiers SOUTH of the RIVER DRA VA , within 26 Armd Bde area , are the prisoners of Marshal TITO 's forces " , that the brigade would not allow any Croats to cross to the north bank of the river , and that British troops would not interfere with the disarming and taking prisoner of Croat soldiers in the area . |
| 13 | He would have to telephone around and see if anyone else had any titbits to add to the mystery . |
| 14 | If there is no good reason for delay , the sanction available would be the issue of a summons to the solicitors on one or both sides to come to the registrar or master to explain matters . |