Example sentences of "[verb] to that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No matter how I tried to explain , he could n't see how the odd fifty pound note or bottle of whisky he spread around contributed to that image .
2 and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me .
3 There are men and women , black and white , in Rhodesia whose lives are committed to that aim .
4 I think the Communist Party actually adhered to that idea in the nineteen twenties .
5 He has adhered to that policy consistently for several years .
6 In a cyclotron the energy of the particles is deployed into an orderly spiral motion around the axis of the magnetic field and the pumping action of that weak pulsating electric field progressively adds to that energy and causes a pressure build-up at confining surfaces as the particles are driven in spirals of larger radius .
7 ‘ I mean , it 's obvious people will jump to that conclusion . ’
8 specifically and tailored to that child .
9 It was inappropriate of me but I have always been attracted to that kind of danger .
10 ‘ The energy generated within a Darkfall would be attracted to that kind of interaction , no matter how small .
11 Personally she had never been attracted to that sort in her life before .
12 The Bure Valley Railway promoting itself as the ‘ Broadline Line ’ is designed to capture the attention of the high number of tourists attracted to that region .
13 At 1st April 1991 , the date of the latest actuarial valuation , the market value of the main UK scheme 's assets was £277.4 million , the actuarial value of which represented 141% of the liability for benefits that had accrued to that date making full allowance for future salary and pension increases and after taking into account benefit changes introduced as of 1st April 1991 .
14 Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer .
15 So far , I am happy to say that in the case of children — I was about to come to that exception — and in the case of rape victims , the balance that Parliament has chosen , in that it has granted exceptions in those cases , has proved to be an effective one .
16 I assure my hon. Friend that I was going to come to that issue , which is important .
17 But I feel you have enough evidence in front of you to come to that conclusion .
18 Are you satisfied that you 've done enough examination of your existing towns and villages to come to that conclusion ?
19 The documents are technical , and I have arranged for them to be placed in all public libraries in Cardiff , and notices to that effect have been placed in local newspapers .
20 The fashionable creed of sustainable development panders to that sort of thinking .
21 Section 1 of the 1944 Act gave tremendous responsibilities to the Minister : ‘ It shall be the duty of the Minister of Education to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose , and to secure the effective execution by Local Authorities , under his control and direction , of national policy for providing a comprehensive educational service in every area . ’
22 It shall be lawful for his Majesty to appoint a Minister whose duty it shall be to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose and to secure the effective execution by the local authorities , under his control and direction , of the national policy for providing a varied and comprehensive educational service in every area .
23 According to the 1944 Education Act the Secretary of State has a duty to ‘ promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose … ’ , although effective control was , at the time of the Tyndale dispute , devolved to the LEAs .
24 Adult education classes can increase skills in subjects like photograph , badminton , or a language , often leading to joining a club or group devoted to that interest .
25 In a sense it continues the focus on the interior shown in our Ingres , ‘ La Comtesse d'Haussonville ’ in the exhibition devoted to that picture in 1985 ’ .
26 This meant that all electrical faults would be attended to by the electricians , but that mechanical faults would be dealt with by the mechanical trade nominated to that machine .
27 However , his elder brother was to die without issue , predeceasing his parents , so Bishop Sir Jonathon Trelawney , Bt. was to be squire of Trelawne , as well as Bishop of Bristol , being nominated to that See by James II as reward for loyalty during the Monmouth Rebellion .
28 And something was happening to that door ; something that he could n't make out , because it was screened by their bodies .
29 The bridge was like a symbol which suddenly made me realise what is happening to that country .
30 What on earth was happening to that girl she had left behind in London ?
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