Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these enterprises are controlled by external corporations or by a landed élite that comprises only a small proportion of the population , and while they are responsible for a great deal of environmental degradation they provide little benefit to the majority of the indigenous people . |
| 2 | In this one episode we find interconnections with race , class , colonialism , and ( cultural ) imperialism , and in ironic , domestic , tragically intricate ways : witness Gide finally capitulating to the class , racial , and cultural prejudices of his own culture , as voiced through his mother , who in turn speaks through her servant . |
| 3 | Our newsletter is not the first to be produced using desktop publishing methods , in the UK that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , a bi-monthly journal for authors and writers . |
| 4 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |
| 5 | He destroyed my dreams in his first sentence by assuring me that the current wrought iron well cover only dated to the beginning of this century . |
| 6 | AINTREE racecourse yesterday leapt to the defence of the £5-a-race flagman accused of bearing the major blame for this year 's Grand National fiasco . |
| 7 | He replied that since the words put forward related to the past the later debts ought not to be considered to be in the legacy . |
| 8 | At 90 not out , he still pads up ready to bat at the end of the order , but in a four hour match seldom gets to the crease . |
| 9 | All output explicitly sent to the printer device : PRT.0 goes via the " Printer Filter " . |
| 10 | In general , areas of tabular relief seem best suited to the preservation , if not to the formation , of incised meanders , e.g. the Mesozoic areas of the Paris Basin and the lower Wye gorge , although why this should be so is not certain . |
| 11 | The present results lend further support to the idea that alternative splicing is the major mechanism for generating MHC isoform diversity in smooth muscle cells . |
| 12 | The findings of the present study lend further support to the concept that the entire anal canal should be preserved . |
| 13 | ‘ They seem more committed to the club than the county which is the way they want it but I have my own opinion on that , ’ said the highly respected Jones . |
| 14 | Individual colleges and institutes vary both according to the proportion of advanced work which they provide and also the types of courses which they offer , depending partly on the nature of the institutions which went to make them up and partly on the way in which they have developed in the past few years . |
| 15 | Both Jackson pickups seem well suited to the majority of modern rock sounds , with plenty of power , but more importantly , bags of tone . |
| 16 | Charges vary considerably according to the type of plan you select and the number of different investments you hold within it . |
| 17 | With the support of the likes of Prince Charles and Yehudi Menuhin , the appeal directors hope it wo n't be long before the they can guarantee that the Malvern Hills will forever echo to the sound of Elgar . |
| 18 | ‘ I remember also going to the Bank of England vaults to see whole rooms piled to the ceilings with gold bars . ’ |
| 19 | At the end of the parade — almost at once — it was announced that ‘ Red Riding Hood ’ and her ‘ wolf ’ had been awarded first prize in the parade , and would the winner , Angela Norcroft , of the 3rd Shortfields Pack kindly come to the prize-giving tent in half an hour 's time for her prize — a bicycle ? |
| 20 | You know that if the score 's above the mean do n't worry , I 've got an overhead for this , that 's if the score 's above the mean then i you know relatively speaking to the mean it 's high right ? |
| 21 | If they come up with a question maybe just find out what 's being it erm not just reaction to a particular behaviour , but asking them how the feeling , you know maybe pointing to the bit in their body that 's actually feeling butterflies or whatever and trying to help them to express the fears and , more importantly , to make them concrete in terms of play , drawing , or acting it out . |
| 22 | When Anglo-American political analysts use this term ‘ civil society ’ , they tend often to refer to the example of contemporary Poland . |
| 23 | " It should be obvious that in the crowded habitations of the poor , who live , cook , eat , and sleep in the same apartment and pay little regard to the washing of hands , the evacuations of cholera victims which are almost colourless and without odour can be passed from one person to another . |
| 24 | I do think its more viable when we ve all subscribed to the listserver . |
| 25 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel more committed to the company now , ’ she continues , ‘ not just employed by it . |
| 27 | Age strongly relates to the reason for taking temporary work . |
| 28 | I personally feel very drawn to the character of George , although he has his flaws . |
| 29 | The Government remain strongly committed to the EFA development programme and to the provision of high quality equipment for the armed forces . |
| 30 | Turn right to get to the path on the left leading to Studland . |