Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [art] [det] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make .
2 And although this particular episode in the end solved no major scientific problem , it serves a crucial role in bringing to light the many aspects of what science is all about and what it means to do good science .
3 The army occupies an area of land the size of Torness turbine hall with each soldier standing stiffly to attention a few inches from his neighbours .
4 To ground the many provisions of , let us say , the UN Declaration of 1948 in the mere possibility of their being defended by moral argument is to consign them to a very combative arena indeed , the vagaries of which we have explored in this chapter and are precisely those exploited by Hare in his gloomy quotation .
5 As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one .
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