Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time the festival of Christmas had arrived , and both papal and royal courts joined together to celebrate in St Peter 's basilica . |
| 2 | Will my right hon. Friend find time today to tell the House of the decision made yesterday to restore to Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia the gold deposited for safe keeping in the Bank of England but misappropriated by the then Labour Government with the support in the Division Lobby of the leader and Chief Whip of the Liberal party at that time ? |
| 3 | Their meanings change continually to suit the circumstances in which they are used . |
| 4 | It is also true that studies of this kind tend only to highlight differences without revealing the qualitative nature of the differences . |
| 5 | ‘ The board turns well to start with but then I just head downwind . ’ |
| 6 | Therefore , the RAF applied successfully to join the PLANIT Club . |
| 7 | The projects failed both to protect natural forest , and to improve prospects for the poorest people in the area , according to the report 's author , consultant Michael Flint . |
| 8 | Staff from our businesses and Estates met recently to see how networking works and how it could increase our share of business in the water industry . |
| 9 | Because of properties that we can think of as their ‘ shape ’ , atoms and small molecules tend naturally to pack themselves together in a fixed and orderly manner . |
| 10 | And how two cultures failed entirely to understand each other . |
| 11 | Gerald Sterling neatly summed up the Conservative case : ‘ Voting Labour means high taxes , high taxes mean less to spend , less to spend means fewer things bought , fewer things bought means fewer things produced , and fewer things produced means less work for everyone . ’ |
| 12 | Sunderland failed badly to reproduce the form that had accounted for the division 's runaway leaders , Ipswich , by a comfortable 3–0 scoreline just 48 hours earlier . |
| 13 | He returned Malkin 's right-wing ball for Irons to crash a shot back off the crossbar , Aldridge reacting instinctively to hook the rebound in . |
| 14 | In trying to provide answers to the questions why have social policies failed significantly to reduce social class inequalities , it is best to look at each of the three steps in the process separately — access , use and outcome . |
| 15 | But as the sepoy lunged forward to put an end to the struggle he stumbled , blinded by the dust and plaster from the ceiling , and fetched up choking on the floor beside Fleury . |
| 16 | One version is shaped with grooves just inside the lips , into which plasterboard fits neatly to complete the arch shape . |
| 17 | They then drew up rules , based on the data , showing how these acts combine together to form moves and how moves combine to form various kinds of exchange — rather as grammarians formulate rules describing how words combine into phrases , or phrases into clauses . |
| 18 | That is why we know that people will not only feel that it is unfair and understand that it is unfair , but will at the general election bring home to roost the chickens that many Tory Members will be voting on at 10 pm tonight . |
| 19 | Though he admitted he had become ‘ the least employable pilot in the land ’ , Mr Stewart fought vainly to re-establish himself . |
| 20 | ‘ We chose sponsorship through ActionAid because of the personal link with a child and the fact that the money goes directly to help the child 's family and village . |
| 21 | Several students told me of their plans to go abroad to live because the party would never release its tight grip over people 's lives . |
| 22 | Possibly this was because he distrusted the enthusiasm , sometimes pushed to excessive lengths , which some agnostics felt for the church ( for example their defence of Cranmer 's Prayer Book ) , and Hardy 's enthusiasm amounted almost to love . |
| 23 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 24 | Euratom failed completely to control and direct developments , or indeed to resist governments that wanted to weaken the supranational element in this policy area . |
| 25 | The other major departure on ‘ Out Of Time ’ is Mike Mills stepping forward to take the lead vocal on two tracks : the cheery garage pop of ‘ Near Wild Heaven ’ and the bloodrush charge of ‘ Texarcana ’ , which evokes memories of the days of ‘ Reckoning ’ . |
| 26 | TWO-YEAR jail sentences and unlimited fines will face Scottish knife-carriers under Scottish Office plans announced yesterday to toughen up the proposed law . |
| 27 | Her teeth gritted together to stop herself screaming , she rocked backwards and forwards like a child , oblivious to the drizzle that had begun while she 'd been in the kitchen with Gwen as disjointed sentences jostled in her brain for supremacy . |
| 28 | Professional preparation needs therefore to include an understanding of the role of language in human relationships and this should include non-verbal interaction . |
| 29 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 30 | A SERIES of team-building initiatives have been taking place across AEA to give staff at all levels the opportunity to work together to formulate team action plans which can be applied in the workplace . |