Example sentences of "[verb] to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a great way to repay them if I made the England side and contributed to its success . ’ |
| 2 | He who valued life so much to enter it in the form of a human person must be committed to its survival . |
| 3 | So , while McDonald 's is powerfully committed to its core values , it is constantly looking beyond the practices that made it successful in order to explore new opportunities . |
| 4 | When the idea of a school-industry partnership was first mooted a fundamental question required answering before time and resource could be committed to its development . |
| 5 | The global situation is that accidents such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl have initiated a move away from nuclear power but many countries still remain fully committed to its development , albeit with greater concern for safety standards and procedures at nuclear reactors . |
| 6 | It was n't committed to its God and was n't therefore committed to his way of doing things . |
| 7 | The promotion of Gaidar was seen as reassuring the West , prior to the Russian-US summit and the July G-7 meeting , that the Russian leadership was committed to its market economic reforms , notwithstanding the inclusion of ex-Soviet industrialists in the government in May [ see p. 38923 ] . |
| 8 | It can only realize its full potential when , at a school level , head and senior staff are actively committed to its use and prepared to involve themselves in discussion sessions , demonstrating , by example , allegiance to the notion that talking about areas of personal anxiety , confusion and failure is an essential part of professional development for all . |
| 9 | Upgrading the A628 — one of the most direct routes between the two cities — was one of the suggestions , but the DoT stated that it remained committed to its policy that ‘ No major development should take place in national parks except in exceptional circumstances . ’ |
| 10 | Yesterday , Sangster said : ‘ It had to come and I 'm delighted to hear that the government is committed to its introduction before long . |
| 11 | Safrane 's boot is big to start off and hatchback format adds to its versatility . |
| 12 | Places named sometimes after the dead , which adds to its beauty . |
| 13 | The moth 's physical appearance is not quite as wasp-like but it adds to its disguise by making a buzzing noise . |
| 14 | Because it would continue to share in the earth 's rotating motion , even after leaving the bow , it would fall to its origin even if the earth were moving . |
| 15 | The Purple Hour had deepened to its utmost now , and the shadows were heavy with magic and heady with mystery . |
| 16 | This is steel sheet with a thin coating of tin fused to its surface , thereby combining the strength of steel and the corrosion resistance of tin . |
| 17 | We have shown that a functional antibody fragment can be displayed on the surface of a retroviral particle fused to its envelope protein , and that this confers novel binding specificity on the particle . |
| 18 | A V-shaped filament of platinum wire ( diameter 0.3 mm ) with a small globule of glass fused to its apex should be fitted to the filament holder . |
| 19 | ONE CONSORTIUM , Five TV , hopes that the imagined problems will be so great as to discourage competition and that all potential investors ( who include The Daily Telegraph ) will accrete to its application and that the ITC will be left with a choice of one . |
| 20 | All the same , constituency party membership rose that year to 265,763 , an increase of well over 10% on 1943.35 With the sudden break-out of the armies from the Normandy bridgehead , it looked as if what Churchill called the ‘ German war ’ was about to come to its conclusion ; and , as we have seen , in October 1944 , when the Commons once more renewed the electoral truce for a year , it was Churchill himself who said that this would be the signal for the dissolution of the coalition . |
| 21 | The era of sealing wax and string was beginning to come to its end , although the end was far off ; in the Cavendish Laboratory under Rutherford in the 1930s the story was that research workers asking for string were made to say how many inches of it they needed . |
| 22 | Ironically , the very forces which have created such a barren environment for wildlife may now be about to come to its rescue , as agricultural surpluses , the heavy cost of the CAP and the demands of world trade are forcing hard political decisions . |
| 23 | Child labour was stopped before your century drew to its end . |
| 24 | The most marked feature of Lewis 's own emotional and intellectual life as the autumn days grew shorter and the year 1929 drew to its close was the development of his friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien . |
| 25 | The Dark Ages are often considered a time of retrogression , but it was not until the period drew to its close that the cattle of Britain began to deteriorate quite seriously . |
| 26 | Hospice medication was always given in doses adequate to give relief of pain and other symptoms , even at the risk of shortening life , and this could improve , of only temporarily , the quality of life of the patient as it drew to its close . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , like lemmings who have smelt the sea , the noble lords streamed out of their chamber in a body to appear , as if summoned by telepathy , when Dungannon 's speech drew to its close . |
| 28 | And I was there again , briefly , as the war drew to its close . |
| 29 | When she explored the depths of the snipe pudding for a bird she fancied , Aunt Tossie 's pleasure rose to its height . |
| 30 | Now what 's happening to its speed ? |