Example sentences of "[verb] to [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the other offences adverted to in this chapter , the crime of threatening to kill is extended to threats to cause serious personal harm ( cl. 65 ) ; administering a substance without consent ( cl. 73 ) and assault to resist arrest ( cl. 77 ) are redrafted . |
| 2 | Their goals switched the spotlight back on the Ipswich title challenge as they moved to within seven points of their rivals and had their odds halved from 50-1 to 25-1 . |
| 3 | When another vehicle approached to within fifty yards , both would turn their lights off , and pass each other in total darkness . |
| 4 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 5 | Rather , in most ordinary kinds of talk these principles are oriented to , such that when talk does not proceed according to their specifications , hearers assume that , contrary to appearances , the principles are nevertheless being adhered to at some deeper level . |
| 6 | Like so much that was sacred at Canterbury , it was all hearsay , and all the more violently adhered to on that account . |
| 7 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 8 | Although there is much to support this view of the origin of our modern idea of time , it is now realized that it can only be adhered to with some reservations , as we shall see . |
| 9 | Version 9 will include all the specifications that must be adhered to for those designing and implementing 64-bit Sparc technology . |
| 10 | There is no need to hold that all human beings should always and only be approached using the interpretive action scheme , any more than the reverse claim makes sense if adhered to in all circumstances . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend consider legislation to ensure that those traditional criteria are adhered to in future to stop this cyclical problem arising every so many years ? |
| 12 | The Court was concerned to learn from counsel that these matters were not always adhered to in some courts . |
| 13 | ( See also Sunley ( 1990 ) , and note that Griffin does not accept the above interpretation , but rather prefers one which sees the Nottinghamshire miners as determined to avoid splits within the union , which would have been the case if the rule-book , specifically Rule 43 — p. 107 — had been adhered to in 1984 . ) |
| 14 | While Robson 's view is , today , largely rejected by academic observers , the agency model is still widely adhered to by many practitioners at local level — both councillors and officers — who in the second half of the 1980s see central controls inhibiting their freedom to act in what they regard as the local interest . |
| 15 | It is still a major world religion , adhered to by millions , and has affected the cultures of Europe , Russia , the United States , Canada , Australia and New Zealand , many societies in Latin America , and in sub-Saharan Africa . |
| 16 | It is adhered to by increasing numbers who have become disillusioned with British identity and have seen Paisley 's words about the traitorous nature of British governments become reality as protestant — loyalist domination in Ulster has been continuously eroded . |
| 17 | Seemingly , the only criterion adhered to by these ‘ starmakers ’ in signing new talent is not to upset the suits upstairs . |
| 18 | UKCCCR Guidelines were adhered to throughout all animal experimentation . |
| 19 | UKCCCR guidelines n the handling of animals for laboratory studies were rigorously adhered to throughout these investigations . |
| 20 | The temperature will fall to minus one Celsius and that 's 30 Fahrenheit , so if you 're out driving tonight beware of icy patches on untreated roads . |
| 21 | Other analysts , however , are less confident about the economic outlook and reckon the country 's growth rate will fall to between 2 and 3 per cent . |
| 22 | In the morning the colony may be very cold , for at night the temperature here can fall to within five degrees of freezing . |
| 23 | And we do n't need to outside this at all cos the ones they 're asking us are inside . |
| 24 | We do n't need to for two weeks . |
| 25 | Since statistics rarely mean what they appear to at first glance , we should , however , look at these figures with caution . |
| 26 | Will providers be expected to within existing contracts ? |
| 27 | ‘ Jesus , Father , and where would you be walking to at this time of the morning ? ’ |
| 28 | Adaptation to thrive in seasonal environments , in which day-length , temperatures , water and food availability and other important factors fluctuate widely throughout an annual cycle , may be at least as critical as adaptation to cold , and more difficult for species to adjust to by natural selection . |
| 29 | The price was that much redundant labour was squeezed out of industry , and unemployment rose to above three million . |
| 30 | In one subject intubation failed at the second study , and in the other five subjects basal acid output was 0 to 2.2 mEq/h ( mean 0.55 ) and stimulated acid output rose to between 0.1 and 1.2 mEq/h ( mean 0.68 ) . |