Example sentences of "fight to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They simply seem to charge into battle , and would probably to fight to the death unless we separated them . |
| 2 | The colour white signifies purity and death amongst High Elves , so the robes are a symbol of their unity and determination to fight to the death if necessary . |
| 3 | ‘ What would you have done if Sipotai had decided to fight to the death ? ’ |
| 4 | Sun Tzu is right : leave but one avenue for a man to escape by and his determination to fight to the death will be totally undermined . |
| 5 | On Jan. 14 Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis once again to fight to the death to defend Kuwait , and the National Assembly in Baghdad formally voted unanimously to approve full powers for him to determine both the Iraqi military response to any allied offensive and the handling of any negotiations . |
| 6 | A lawyer prepared to fight to the death |
| 7 | Gerald fought to the bar for a couple more glasses and generously shared the bottle . |
| 8 | Unacknowledged before , the truth fought to the surface of her mind , demanding recognition . |
| 9 | But if you listen carefully , you can hear fighting to the south . ’ |
| 10 | Above : Only use fire extinguishers in the home if the fire is very small — it 's safer to leave fire fighting to the professionals |
| 11 | Then when the evil day comes , you will be able to resist the enemy 's attacks ; and after fighting to the end you will still hold your ground . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We fight to the death , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The males set up territories which they will defend vigorously against others of their own kind , and fights to the death have occasionally been witnessed . |
| 14 | Then most vividly he had described his own studies there at the ancient university of Heidelberg , capturing the attention of the two lordling drunkards by directing his talk not to his studies of the classics , philosophy , German language and metaphysics , but to the duelling societies , their codes and practices , feuds and meetings at misty dawn — sword fights to the death … |
| 15 | While not explicit , many implied that they would indeed fight to the death for their managing director . |
| 16 | He therefore decreed that before either could reproduce they must fight to the death , with the flesh from the loser being fed to deserving men . |
| 17 | If the adventurers pursue the Harpies back to their lair , they will fight to the death to defend it . |
| 18 | Due to this ancient enmity Dwarfs and Goblins are implacable foes and will often fight to the death rather than give an inch of ground to their enemies . |
| 19 | Night Goblins hate their old rivals the Dwarfs so intensely that they will often fight to the death rather than run away . |
| 20 | They never flee from combat , and will fight to the death even if repeatedly beaten by their opponents . |
| 21 | So an unholy alliance of cow-keepers and slum-owners repeatedly elected the kind of corporation that would fight to the death ‘ the unsightly monster ’ of enclosure — as the mayor called it in 1825 . |
| 22 | We would fight to the death on that night . |
| 23 | But this man will pull no punches when he is irked : as the head of the Thatcher loyalists determined that she should fight to the end , he threatened to floor a Thatcher aide who was guarding her door unless he allowed him in to see her . |
| 24 | His solicitor Andrew Dismore criticised London Underground for making them fight to the end . |
| 25 | At his press conference on Aug. 22 Gorbachev took a position of continuing support for the CPSU , saying : " I shall fight to the end for the renewal of the party . " |