Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These results indicate that index futures appear to conform to a general pattern of leptokurtosis . |
| 2 | Having said that , the question of to whom the resource should be provided must be addressed , and here I propose to generalise to a large extent , though initially to make reference to the local situation . |
| 3 | Secondly , if you want to move to a certain subdirectory . |
| 4 | The incident happened between 1.30 and 2.40 on Saturday afternoon ; police want to speak to a young man seen on a pedal cycle in the area at the time . |
| 5 | I might then ask him to look at his hands and see whether they are those of someone who does manual work or whether they seem to belong to a well-to-do person . |
| 6 | The great achievements of the seventeenth century seem to testify to a new independence of scientific inquiry . |
| 7 | We have , then , two different kinds of language as potential objects for study : one abstracted in order to teach a language or literacy , or to study how the rules of language work , and another which has been used to communicate something and is felt to be coherent ( and may , or may not , happen to correspond to a correct sentence or a series of correct sentences ) . |
| 8 | In Denmark , opinion polls continue to point to a sizeable majority in favour of the revised treaty in the referendum on 18 May . |
| 9 | Try to keep to a regular timetable of waking and sleeping . |
| 10 | For example , his work on the death instincts in Beyond the Pleasure Principle is based on the assumption that he needs to show that all organisms , including mankind , aim to return to a tensionless state of inorganic matter . |
| 11 | If you intend to move to a new area to take up employment it is wise to do some homework on local factors affecting recruitment . |
| 12 | Certainly few of the Moi University students state any wish to revert to a traditional course , and many already show enthusiasm for the process of self-learning that underpins the whole philosophy of a problem-based approach to medical education . |
| 13 | If you wish to switch to a new scheme , this could either be to another company scheme or to a personal pension . |
| 14 | Many campesino refugees prefer to move to a controlled zone rather than cross the frontier into Honduras . |
| 15 | I do n't know how much the discount is for each game , or wether you have to go to a special members area which probably costs more than without vouchers anyway . |
| 16 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 17 | He greeted her calmly and as he turned the ignition key he said , ‘ I have to see to a young leopard and treat the hippo , who , they tell me , is a bit off colour . |
| 18 | The second is to act as a filter to ensure that only those cases which for some reason need to proceed to a formal process of adjudication do so . |
| 19 | Local tax offices now have to report to a central-control office . |
| 20 | They play in a relaxed atmosphere but you need to play to a reasonable standard and have your own ‘ whites ’ . |
| 21 | When it happens , we have to react to a new challenge . |
| 22 | Patients need to return to a normal weight , and that is determined by reference to scientific norms rather than by special pleading and personal opinion . |
| 23 | Many kinds of caterpillar need to move to a firm support to moult their skin the twigs in the cage serve this purpose . |
| 24 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 25 | Thus in Britain we usually have to resort to a occupation-based definition . |
| 26 | The snag in the new venture is that , once again , participants have to travel to a special studio room in a hotel in London or New York . |