Example sentences of "to [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electrons may be emitted from a hot cathode maintained at a fixed temperature and then conducted through a stable arrangement of electric and magnetic fields which imparts to them a certain amount of energy and focusses them in a particular region of space . |
| 2 | Goleniewski had been in touch with the CIA since 1958 during which time he had passed on to them a considerable amount of information that had led to the arrest of several important spies . |
| 3 | At the same time he thought it desirable to submit to them a brief record of his work ( Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , 1899 , pp. 3–11 ) , in view of what were in his opinion the less than adequate references to it in the 1899 James Forrest lecture on ‘ Magnetism ’ by J. A. Ewing [ q.v. ] , in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers ( vol. cxxxviii , pp. 289–311 ) . |
| 4 | On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’ |
| 5 | That seems to me a better way of spending Sundays — among my family . |
| 6 | It seems to me a definite kind of immortality both to be remembered with great affection and to give that feeling ( which I and so many friends have ) that we ca n't believe he has died . |
| 7 | Erm , my fear of this report is that we are actually erm , it shows to me a certain level of complacency . |
| 8 | " The world constructed by the media seems to me a reasonable surrogate for " real life " , whatever that is . |
| 9 | He had what seemed to me a great genius for — how can I put it ? — drawing the orchestra together and controlling it as a single expressive instrument . |
| 10 | This seemed to me a poor reason for making the announcement and I told him that I strongly disapproved of his breach of trust . |
| 11 | Obviously it seems to me a good grounding for the younger horses ? |
| 12 | Marjorie and Heather spent hours poring over cookery-books , which seemed to me a strange occupation for Oxford graduates , especially in the face of wartime rationing ; but perhaps it was a matter of the fox and the grapes , for I myself had not acquired any culinary skill . |
| 13 | You have to understand its confines , and to me a psychological understanding of this kind is essential . |
| 14 | Now I 've not seen this suggested , but it seems to me a fair way of doing it . |
| 15 | That seems to me a basic requirement of er , of all the sale of food . |
| 16 | The two vices , he points out , are connected , for That seems to me a fitting explanation for the resolutely ‘ Implacable Malice ’ of Iago . |
| 17 | Drenching even a few rooms , with foam and then a chemical spray seems to me a high penalty for catching what American police forces call a perpetrator . |
| 18 | I must have poured out my troubles at such length , and he must have put to me a sufficient number of searching questions , that , before we had drawn breath , the afternoon was already far advanced . |
| 19 | Yes , I think that we could actually kill as it were two birds with one stone here er , the conversion of military industry into civilian industry has begun in the Soviet Union but it was going very slowly and part of the reason for that is , is it 's very expensive , now that seems to me a worthy recipient for Western direct economic aid . |
| 20 | Because our conscious memories are selective , because we remember stories that meant something to us , that spoke to us , your answer will reveal to you a great deal about the way you used stories when you were a child . |
| 21 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
| 22 | Steve Harper , haulage contractor , stood outside alone for a grateful crisp smokeless moment of silence , and when they opened the door to him a strange shadow of the night sidled in with him from prehistory . |
| 23 | The interpretation of his objective through committees , in which he could win over doubters , was to him a central part of the chairman 's task . |
| 24 | I recommend to him a good paragraph in ’ Raising the Standard ’ : ’ We propose that every LEA should be placed under a legal duty to maintain a local inspectorate of schools , separate from any team of advisers or advisory teachers . ’ |
| 25 | Both reactions intensified when Lord Wyatt looked around , surveying what was to him a motley collection of petty gentry , squires , and baronets . |
| 26 | I then quoted to him a remarkable analysis of how drivers must use their minds . |
| 27 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 28 | It had seemed to him a natural extension of his duties , and somehow consistent with Islamic notions of hospitality , to assume responsibility for seeing that Owen was properly supplied with coffee . |
| 29 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every director of a building society to satisfy himself that the arrangements made for assessing the adequacy of the security for any advance to be fully secured on land which is to be made by the society are such as may reasonably be expected to ensure that — ( a ) an assessment will be made on the occasion of each advance whether or not any previous assessment was made with a view to further advances or re-advances ; ( b ) each assessment will be made by a person holding office in or employed by the society who is competent to make the assessment and is not disqualified under this section from making it ; ( c ) each person making the assessment will have furnished to him a written report on the value of the land and any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value , and is not disqualified under this section from making a report on , the land in question ; but the arrangements need not require each report to be made with a view to a particular assessment so long as it is adequate for the purpose of making the assessment . |
| 30 | £pound1 , 000 had seemed to him a pretty sum on which to " have a union of his own , manipulated by himself , despite the fact that in refusing to hand over the money to Head Office , he was bringing great hardship to the men in other ports still on strike , and to their families . |