Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature . |
| 2 | ‘ At the end of the day , a system is only as good as the user wants it to be , ’ says Peterborough Software 's David Laking . |
| 3 | Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down . |
| 4 | But even people who are concerned about me say things which seem to be complimentary ; a teacher remarks that I have become ‘ a sylph ’ lately , Mum defends me to my grandma as ‘ naturally slender ’ , and Dad makes jokes about my skinny legs — reassuring jokes , the sort he used to make when I was little , before I became ‘ a young woman ’ and embarrassing to him . |
| 5 | The concretion of the Christian religion drives them to its edge ; indeed makes them wonder whether there is a place for them within it . |
| 6 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 7 | Macintosh System 7 : You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to the church . |
| 8 | In the 1629 session he told the Commons that ‘ religion offers itself to your first consideration at this time ’ , and reproached the Speaker for undue readiness to obey the king 's orders . |
| 9 | Radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite , and can move readily through porous rock and soil and can seep into buildings causing dangerous concentrations to accumulate ( inhaling radon causes it to be deposited in the lungs so increasing the risks of lung cancer ) . |
| 10 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 11 | Some scientific ‘ wets ’ will not want to soil their hands with ‘ blood money ’ ; but in these days of financial stringency , every professor owes it to his department to get in there and pitch for Pentagon pennies . |
| 12 | ‘ I was thinking that an obviously romantic setting has something to be said for it . |
| 13 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 14 | The new rule allows them to either reduce it or to make no charge . |
| 15 | Concentration allows you to " switch off " your hearing so that , although the noise gives signals to the brain , it is not recognised as relevant to the purpose in hand , and does not register in the consciousness . |
| 16 | While that child is away , the organizer chooses someone to be the murderer . |
| 17 | Brah 's review of the debate about the inclusiveness and limitations of the category ‘ black ’ and of the often fractious engagement between feminism and antiracism shows her to be not unsympathetic to this post-structuralist perspective . |
| 18 | fully ordered preferences ( for any pair of possible outcomes , the agent prefers one to the other or ranks them equal ; and the sum of these pair-wise rankings is a consistent and complete ordering ) ; |
| 19 | While the Australian and Pakistan examples quoted above serve to illustrate the variety of provisions and problems which may emerge under the rubric of ‘ rural education ‘ , Sher 's thinking leads us to an awareness of the uniqueness of the situation in a country school whatever its location . |
| 20 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 21 | A runaway horse takes her to her ancestral home , and her past unfolds . |
| 22 | Mountain lifts : The Valluga Peak cable car takes you to 9,220 ft and a magnificent view . |
| 23 | Every sales consultant has covered the basics ; they have been given the tools for success ; the Super Sales Grit ingredient takes you to where no sales-person has previously thought to go . |
| 24 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 25 | On the spiritual plane , the Beggar advises him to be reconciled to God 's will and his own lot in life . |
| 26 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 27 | You should keep all your P11 forms and pay records for at least 3 years after the end of the tax year to which they relate , or longer if the Inland Revenue asks you to . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but the term means nothing to me . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the term means something to all of us . |
| 30 | An emerald green leather footstool stands demurely by the fire ; a fakir 's brass sideboard from northern India gleams dimly against a wall ; two porcelain skunks chase one another across the landing ; a unique collapsible divan-cum-four-seater sofa edged in cadmium velvet welcomes you to the front room ; a vast oil portrait of a nineteenth-century munitions tycoon , casts a genial glow over the hall . |