Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Active during the day as well as at night , they appear to adjust their pace to the human by-products on which they depend , such as scraps from butchers shops and other handouts . |
| 2 | Here I propose to confine my discussion to the contemporary debate surrounding the electoral system as an electoral system . |
| 3 | Castle Drachenfels is designed to present a challenge to characters of all levels of experience , but inexperienced adventurers will have to be very careful indeed if they want to survive their visit to the Castle ! |
| 4 | It 's likely that your awareness of the challenge you face increases your sensitivity to the pain , feeding into a vicious circle . |
| 5 | As it settles down and the chances of ever attaining the radical goals become ever more remote , members begin to shift their attention to the routine satisfactions of just ‘ being a member ’ . |
| 6 | We also intend to publish our response to the Government 's proposed UK National Sustainability Report to the United Nations . |
| 7 | I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time . |
| 8 | I suggest that we delay announcing our existence to the press until we have a name and clearly stated function . |
| 9 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 10 | ‘ I intend to keep your nose to the grindstone , Rob . |
| 11 | Negotiations between the Republic and the Vatican languished ; many Spanish bishops , including the primate , Cardinal-Archbishop Segura of Toledo , made little attempt to conceal their hostility to the Republic , Segura himself being eventually declared persona non grata by the government ; and in May 1931 Catholic sensibilities were outraged when the Provisional Government appeared unwilling to crush an outburst of church-burning and anticlerical violence in Madrid and several southern cities . |
| 12 | This is perhaps the most fundamental principle of sign systems : no matter how much they are able to draw from a sign language they attempt to match their production to the spoken language which is produced simultaneously . |
| 13 | He studied the adaptations which adult Jamaicans made to accommodate their speech to LE — the reverse of what happens when young Black speakers of LE try to adapt their speech to the patterns of JC . |
| 14 | So small and large record companies all try to bring their music to the market place for an audience to buy . |
| 15 | Environmental campaigners constantly try to bring their cause to the attention of a wider public through protests , marches and debate . |
| 16 | If pupils are disaffected with school because they fail to see its relevance to the labour market , then non-sexist curricula may become yet another target for displays of boredom and alienation , yet another part of the school fabric to be attacked . |
| 17 | Children tend to tailor their behaviour to the particular places in which , and different persons with whom , they find themselves . |
| 18 | Secondly , witnesses tend to adapt their account to the examiner 's expectations . |
| 19 | It has to tell the world openly that the mid-range machine is its chosen contender as the central repository for the 21st century , and above all make convincing its commitment to the AS/400 by rushing out top end machines that are much bigger than the present top model while instituting a crash programme to slash the costs of manufacture — and then slash them again , work out how to make money out of the machine while charging much less for the software — and making all the remaining System 36 users an offer they ca n't refuse to convert to the AS/400 , even if every sale to that base is a dead loss to IBM . |
| 20 | need a new kitchen , du n no about need a new back door , our kitchen looks totally different to them , oh I know what it is , they 've got their door to the living room in the kitchen , that 's what makes a lot of difference do n't it ? but it could be designed better than that |
| 21 | ‘ We were talking about my career , and how I 'm not prepared to have you insinuate that I 've slept my way to the top ! ’ |
| 22 | On behalf of the Opposition , and indeed the whole House , I wish to express our sympathy to the victims and their families of what can only be described as a crime against humanity . |
| 23 | Neil I wish to draw your attention to the Ministry of the Defence guard force . |
| 24 | I wish to record my gratitude to the Dean and Faculty of the Center for that opportunity , and for my professionally valuable time in Huntsville . |
| 25 | The fake Doc Martens were seized in Hong Kong … and now they 've found their way to the Oxfam Emergency Warehouse in Bicester . |
| 26 | When I 've mumbled my way to the end of it he stares into his Guinness with the glum patience of a headmaster approaching retirement . |
| 27 | We 're playing the hated enemy Sunderland ( they 've fluked their way to the final ) . |
| 28 | I trust that the above gives you the information you require to take our discussion to the next stage , but in any event , I should be please to discuss any further matters that you may raise . |
| 29 | In the case of Foresterhill , all the main clinical departments have given their support to the proposal — a proposal that has been drawn up by a multidisciplinary team . |
| 30 | The second wave , from the 1970s to the present day , have limited their attention to the question ‘ how effective is a particular program with a particular type of client ? ’ |