Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice the express remedies were actually in many cases fairly limited , so that the effect of such guarantees was rather to avoid the manufacturer 's liability than to provide an additional remedy . |
| 2 | They said , ‘ It is more radical and revolutionary to change the white man 's heart than to slit his throat . ’ |
| 3 | We ventured to ask him what he was writing , and he replied that the trouble with being a publisher was that one was so absorbed in other people 's books as to have insufficient time and energy to devote to one 's own . |
| 4 | The only person to whom we can give any credence is Manningham ; doubtless any delay in embalming the body was caused by Cecil 's dilemma whether to obey the late Queen 's wishes or not . |
| 5 | She knew , as she carried articles that required hanging up through to the wardrobes , that she was not going to tresspass any further on Ven 's generosity than to partake of a cup of tea with him . |
| 6 | They refused to allow him to examine his sister 's file except to show him that it contained a photograph of her . |
| 7 | Quite the contrary , it assumes that the nature of criminal definitions and their application are factors that influence people 's decisions whether to comply with them or not , and are therefore an issue for correctionalism . |
| 8 | If that did n't work , it was more logical to let her express her anger in the safety of her mother 's arms than to give her an irrelevant bottle , dummy or biscuit . |
| 9 | There would be no better tribute to Wagner 's contribution than to start defining those questions now . |
| 10 | In the 1840s the aim would have been not so much to save the debtor 's soul as to save his creditors the expense and boredom of having to sue him . |
| 11 | Now , when you are entering into a contract , and I wonder if you could send this to the to the chairman er your letter er of erm contract because to have a contract which can be varied in its cost always upwards is a very dangerous contract and I would interested to see the contract that is supplied which does not control price . |
| 12 | My fourth point is that some of you may be persuaded to regard as a good reason for non-intervention the fact that the child , if it survives , will so disrupt its parents ' lives as to destroy the marriage , or will end up in some institution , in a form of living death . |
| 13 | His whole and deepest self was so drenched in the brooding melancholy of la Sologne as to make his years in Paris seem unreal . |
| 14 | Central London agents Cluttons estimate that for properties valued under £185,000 , it is now cheaper to buy with a 95 per cent mortgate than to rent . |