Example sentences of "to [pron] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter said : ‘ It is important that parents , governors and school staff should be able to consider the options available to them to pursue their chosen option without fear of intimidation or harassment . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And was it part of my father 's plan that you make love to me to convince me that marriage to Jonathan was the wrong thing ? ’ she said angrily . |
| 3 | Some readers , particularly those convinced that if only we thought long enough , or prayed hard enough , we would discover reassuring tethering posts to which to secure our moral choices , will view with some disquiet the position reached so far . |
| 4 | But this does n't happen too often , so it is usually up to you to create your own image . |
| 5 | I would like to write to you to say what excellent service we are receiving with our sanitary unit collection . |
| 6 | The timber will usually be dictated by the original , but it is up to you to make your own choice , if you wish . |
| 7 | They 're not labelled either — it 's up to you to discover which coloured circle makes the ball stick to your bat , which makes it split into three , etc . |
| 8 | Is it really so important to you to get your own way ? ’ |
| 9 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 10 | Again misunderstandings can occur , and the person leading the service and trying to communicate a Christian message may be hard put to it to demonstrate their true meaning . |
| 11 | It is unlikely that corporate management has the information available to it to determine what social goals are supported by a broad consensus or what their order of priority might be . |
| 12 | I 'd say you 'd be hard put to it to pay your expensive dues on that flat you live in . ’ |
| 13 | As we have so much control in forming a horse 's habits it is up to us to teach it good ones ; and not through our own lack of thought or knowledge , or want of kindness and sensitivity , impair the horse ; or even worse , teach it such bad habits that its life will be a misery to itself or others . |