Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centre of Cardigan an earth mover used to try to reach a trapped mother and child overturned , and the occupiers eventually scrambled to safety . |
| 2 | Nineteen of the 31 authorities who spent over £3,000 ( see Table 11 ) actually spent £5,000 or more , and it should be noted that this group of 19 library authorities accounted for 55% of the money directly allocated to training by our sample , while employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 3 | The goals commonly attributed to management , in no particular order , are status , power , salary , and security . |
| 4 | RM1 , on the other hand , returns all possible word matches , but performs the search strictly left to right . |
| 5 | A court heard how the plan almost turned to disaster when , half way across the North Sea , the dinghy began filling with water . |
| 6 | Thus in the theoretical study of language the deference previously accorded to analysis and explanation by the informed observer has been questioned in favour of an uncommitted approach to enquiry , without preconception and without privilege , into the ways in which participants negotiate their own conditions for achieving their purposes . |
| 7 | The battle now shifted to parliament , where the second reading was carried by a huge majority on 22 May ; many Unionists spoke against the Bill , but few could bring themselves to oppose it in principle , and so Sanders could mobilize only forty MPs to go with him into the No lobby . |
| 8 | This must be a version of the module already known to LIFESPAN . |
| 9 | This displays the latest version of the module currently known to LIFESPAN . |
| 10 | ‘ And has the king too adapted to circumstance ? ’ she asked soberly . |
| 11 | is the name generally applied to rice of varying quality and sold as an all-purpose grain . |
| 12 | Different views on the emphasis currently given to prevention and rehabilitation in practice . |
| 13 | 3 The emphasis currently given to prevention and rehabilitation with natural parents in practice |
| 14 | The police discretion and powers under the legislation already referred to will , as usual , bring industrial protesters and pickets into a relationship with the police and it is on that relationship that the quality of freedom to protest and its scope will be worked out . |
| 15 | The pre-eminence apparently accorded to Christianity here may reflect the position in the country as a whole ; but it is easy to see how some religious groups would identify an implicit suggestion by the section that the other religious traditions in Great Britain are less important . |
| 16 | — It was Whatham who had the idea of casting Crawford , but the star best known to television audiences as a loveable idiot was not sure whether his presence would be beneficial to the plays . |
| 17 | The Jacobites now threatened to bombard Carlisle if the castle did not surrender , causing the remaining militia , on 15 November , to desert , leaving Durand with only the ‘ invalids ’ to form the garrison , while the civil authorities , horrified at the threat to the town , seem to have encouraged him to capitulate . |
| 18 | The bank finally agreed to loan sixteen thousand pounds for the business plus overdraught facilities and a further nine thousand pounds secured on our client 's home repayable over five years , any further mortgage over a future was to be arranged elsewhere and my Lord er will hear that in fact the , having the sale of their home having been completed on the fifth of December the plaintiffs were then homeless for some three months living with their daughter until such times as they were able to arrange a mortgage on their present property with the Halifax . |
| 19 | It had been a long day — the children safely delivered to Grandma , the freezer full of food ( for a husband to cope on his own ) , leotards and tights packed along with all the other paraphernalia needed for a Medau display . |
| 20 | The Caesars eventually turned to Christianity and became Popes . |
| 21 | Despite the change of circumstances by 1944 , British Bomber Command continued area bombing , contrary to military advice , and alone , since the Luftwaffe had shot its bolt and the USAAF still held to precision bombing . |
| 22 | Yes , the Kings of the Castle finally laid to rest the CIS Irish Senior Cup hoodoo which has haunted them since they came into bowls in 1947 . |
| 23 | Since I am persuaded by Mr. Lester 's first argument on article 10 , I do not propose to review further the alternatives ; but if it had been necessary to make a decision I , for my part , would have found the task more suited to Parliament than to this court . |
| 24 | The SLORC frequently resorted to violence and terror to subdue its opponents . |
| 25 | Needless to say , he was soon talking to God on the big white telephone but that did n't stop his band-mates from trying to drink seven pints of water in 30 minutes , followed by a dry Weetabix race upon which the Kinkies nearly choked to death , thus depriving the world of a hot new item . |