Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guilty man was to be drawn on an ox hide to the gallows , where he was hanged . |
| 2 | A preoccupation common to all the papers in the book springs directly from the difficulties involved in reassessing how the ‘ facts ’ of one 's experience correspond to the descriptions of them offered by others . |
| 3 | We are therefore of the opinion that the faster two components seen in the SDS-sequestration technique correspond to a weaker subset of GC sites and possibly other non-GC sites as well . |
| 4 | Whereas Serena is concerned to domesticate her problems , Stella consciously strives to exaggerate her own eccentricity , yet her resilience and the regularity of her yo-yo-like existence testify to an underlying solidity . |
| 5 | She had a particularly fine line in funeral cards , ’ he overheard the tall fat soutane say to the small fat soutane as he wandered by . |
| 6 | All too often research and staff turnover testify to a failure to use the talents of people already employed in the enterprise . |
| 7 | The steadings had been built three sides of a square , with the fourth side open to the road . |
| 8 | If an important site is threatened the only real recourse open to the Council is to step in and purchase the land , as in the widely publicized case of the Ribble Estuary Marshes where drainage plans had been proposed . |
| 9 | Now what are you 're going now what are you 're going to do On your er way home er you can pop to the college give to the er caretaker give to this to tonight . |
| 10 | It might be argued that in such situations it is the only course of action open to a man and that he would be at fault if he acted differently . |
| 11 | The distinction we make between past , present , and future refer to the transitional nature of time . |
| 12 | The rig is about ten feet long and is attached by a blood know to the main reel line . |
| 13 | Of course , i er sometimes people phone up the Fire Brigade and the Fire Brigade get to the fire |
| 14 | It sometimes happens that the wrong is so closely connected with a contract that the enforcement of liability for the wrong would in effect amount to an enforcement of the contract . |
| 15 | The yen 's dramatic surge after the 1985 Plaza Accord , in which leading nations agreed to weaken the dollar , sparked an overseas spending boom that saw offshore Japanese investment soar to a peak of $67.54 billion in the business year ended 31 March , 1990 . |
| 16 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has also made it clear that conduct ‘ which a literal interpretation of the written words of the contract might appear to justify ’ may in practice amount to a destruction of the relationship of trust and confidence . |
| 17 | And it legitimately widens the scope of who can count as an academic peer : no longer can peer review amount to a cosy chat among academics sharing but not exposing taken-for-granted assumptions . |
| 18 | The signals from the switch go to an inverting DC coupled operational amplifier with lowpass filter characteristics through the addition of a capacitor in parallel with the feedback resistor . |
| 19 | Although para 8(a) of FRS1 refers to ss 248 and 249 CA 1985 , it does not go far enough to state properly whether the exemption does in effect apply to a small group . |
| 20 | Most of the provisions of the new directives may in future apply to the previously excluded sectors of energy , transport and water distribution . |
| 21 | Turnouts of over 50% in individual wards were almost commonplace , and in only one ward throughout the metropolitan areas ( Elswick , Newcastle upon Tyne ) did fewer than one in three of the electorate go to the polls . |
| 22 | In the remaining seats , the candidates who got more than an eighth of the total vote go to a second ballot . |
| 23 | HOW does a globular protein adapt to a mutation that forces a surplus residue into a helix ? |
| 24 | The track is the property of the C.A.D.M.R.S. , but the locos and rolling stock belong to the individual members . |
| 25 | I saw him doing a side shuffle to the main entrance as we all trooped along here . |
| 26 | The judge directed that the applicant submit to a full medical examination by the consultant forensic psychiatrist instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and make himself available for examination by a second medical practitioner . |
| 27 | Hence , one obvious question is how does this pattern of wealth-holding relate to the overall level of investment and the rate of economic growth ? |
| 28 | Unless you or your club subscribe to the amount required , it probably will not be raised , the defence for the Act will not be mounted and many miles of river will be lost . |
| 29 | I 'll get it Hello Hello It 's Joanna Hi , Eleanor , yeah , I 'm okay she 's saying mummy come to the phone Hold on one minute and I 'll get her for you . |
| 30 | Other parts of the talk relate to the management of the conversation itself . |