Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [to-vb] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Washington , a Virginia gentleman whose home at Mount Vernon was quite close to the salt water of Chesapeake Bay , could ride off to the frontier with no difficulty and acquire land to sell to future settlers . |
| 2 | Please encourage people to contribute to this fund as it consistently fails to cover the annual costs of the education of our students for the priesthood . |
| 3 | allow students to progress to occupational SVQs and other vocational qualifications ( see page 2 ) |
| 4 | CAMs allow cells to bind to each other by a mechanism in which the molecules of the CAMs show a specific affinity for each other . |
| 5 | Many land animals use sound to call to each other , for example , to warn of danger or to find mates . |
| 6 | take action to respond to these concerns . |
| 7 | Do not direct a beam where people will walk through it : eyes take time to readjust to dark areas again , and this can be a potential hazard . |
| 8 | He never lacked for both helpers and escort , but men on starvation diet take time to respond to good feeding , and their willingness far outran what was left of their strength . |
| 9 | Although the reservists come under the authority of the neighbourhood police sergeant , both forms of beat work involve little active community policing , save that which their presence alone ensures , and both require constables to respond to logged calls from central control when necessary . |
| 10 | To avoid the complications of need theories it has become more acceptable to talk about goals , values or work orientations — i.e. to acknowledge that people have tendencies to return to similar ends or goals that seem to be ( sufficiently ) important to them to suggest an underlying theme , pattern or goal behind their behaviour . |
| 11 | The fining of airlines plus the fact that the nationals of many refugee-producing countries now need visas to travel to this country , has made it extremely difficult for many people wishing to apply for asylum , to reach the UK . |
| 12 | In practice the solution was to find the right placement for the children , rather than try to help the parents , child or care staff to adjust to each other . |
| 13 | Although the Church of the period lamented Charles ' sexual vigour and lack of suppressive morality , to the modern imagination it seems remarkable that he could rule a vast empire and still have time to devote to three concubines . |