Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The truth of the matter is that , conceptually , rhythm occupies that grey area of learning that few students of the guitar will admit to having any desire to explore . |
2 | The letter filled Lucy with indignation , and although she answered it politely she longed to ask whether the writer would agree to allowing a similar number of plants to be dug from her own property . |
3 | But , um , the money will go to redeeming the body , you know . ’ |
4 | No one in the case will admit to knowing where the barrels are except Paringaux , who languishes in jail refusing , as a point of honour , to talk . |
5 | The research should contribute to understanding about the relative roles played by material circumstances and political mobilisation in the shaping of attitudes to welfare . |
6 | It is feared that the process will lead to overbidding by outsiders hungry to get into television , which will oust existing contractors intending to invest more money in a wider range of programmes and with a more realistic view of the cost of running a service . |
7 | In some roofing systems , it is envisaged that the investigation will extend to examining the condition of individual layers within the roof . |
8 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
9 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
10 | The Black Consciousness Movement asserted that negotiations with the government would amount to negotiating blacks into a " subtler form of subjugation " . |
11 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
12 | The £3m or so net of expenses that it expects from the placing will go to eliminating existing bank loans , which stood at £952,200 on November 13 , with the balance going for working capital . |
13 | The biggest shares of the cost would go to cleaning up and limiting acidification ( to which Dutch soils are among the most vulnerable in Europe ) and disposing of wastes . |
14 | The General Secretary and the C E C have to be quite clear , the cost will have to met by other means than altering our annual congress . |