Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Shortly afterwards he apparently became tutor to a son or sons of Sir Thomas Hoby [ q.v. ] , of Bisham Abbey , Berkshire , whose wife Elizabeth [ q.v. ] commended him to her brother-in-law William Cecil ( later Baron Burghley , q.v. ) , whom Hayes apparently served in unknown capacities for at least twenty years . |
| 32 | Such policies only make sense to the corporate investors and stem from the perceived need to avoid integrating the industry in any but the core capitalist countries . |
| 33 | No , that would be merely drawing attention to something that , after all , had nothing to do with him . |
| 34 | Therefore they must necessarily make reference to that history . |
| 35 | But even Christians of a more liberal variety must necessarily make reference to a past age . |
| 36 | But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion . |
| 37 | This is well-illustrated by the plentiful funerary monuments of hellenistic Boiotia , which retain features , such as the simple naming of the dead man without patronymic , which in other parts of the Greek world had long given way to more sophisticated formulae ; and Boiotia retained her local script till the age of Epaminondas in the fourth century . |
| 38 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 39 | Failing eyesight which left writer and poet Joan Rimmer blinded for three months , delayed publication of the long awaited sequel to My Formby , Formby Remembered . |
| 40 | With the cheque he received from the company , together with one from his workmates , Alec put these towards a long awaited trip to Australia . |
| 41 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 42 | The long awaited guide to the Ormes , by Steve Meyers , has appeared , but one marvels at the arrogance of a publisher who can not be bothered to credit in full the first ascent teams . |
| 43 | You have long considered music to be a therapeutic force in modern society . |
| 44 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 45 | In a message to the State Department on 25 May John J. Muccio rightly drew attention to the unwise nature of various statements relevant to Korea made in the previous five months : |
| 46 | He sat up , naked and at ease , handing the swiftly discarded T-shirt to her from the floor , watching while she scrambled self-consciously into her clothes with an expression that Robyn did n't dare to read . |
| 47 | Conversely , the major benefits of privatization are likely to stem not from literally returning ownership to the private sector , but rather from associated measures which make it clear to managers that they are expected to compete effectively and efficiently . |
| 48 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 49 | This not only adds power to the punch , but also gives the karateka a second strike in readiness , should it be needed . |
| 50 | You will tell me that the milkman has refused to continue deliveries , but this only adds weight to my earlier submission that the boat is not only unfit to live in but actually unsafe . " |
| 51 | Perhaps say quarter to nine ? |
| 52 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 does not apply to the 1984 Act as it only has application to common law duties and the statutory duty under the 1957 Act . |
| 53 | They will be on sale with many other tasty offerings in Bartholomew Square , when the Dieppe Street Market makes a much awaited return to the festival . |
| 54 | When the Report was sent to Mrs Thatcher 's office with summaries and references prepared by the civil servants at the DES , they naturally drew attention to our firm proposals for the teaching of spelling , punctuation , grammar and written and spoken Standard English . |
| 55 | And it needs not only to provide access to files or data , but actually to connect applications running anywhere on the network — and through the application , to connect the minds that are putting the applications to work . |
| 56 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 57 | In the first place , it was quite useless to preach ready made doctrine to them . |
| 58 | Since ‘ compliance ’ is an administrative definition and since production or treatment processes can constantly give rise to changes in water quality , field men must be ever-vigilant in the face of uncertainty . |
| 59 | The idea that Christianity can only do justice to its beliefs by means of apparent contradictions ( the notion of ‘ paradox ’ ) owes more to Pascal than to any other religious thinker . |
| 60 | I would be interested to hear the thoughts of any other Sigma owners , top flight racers or those who are more concerned with club racing , so put pen to paper . |