Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facts appear solid , values fluid ; there are firm reasons for accepting , if only provisionally , scientific laws of nature , none for submitting to canons of taste or to the moral law . |
| 2 | Chamber president Norman Campbell acknowledged Darlington had a problem with glue sniffers but praised police for reacting to complaints from traders and members of the public . |
| 3 | Last year , Sony Corp bought a licence to Apple Computer Inc 's AppleTalk network so that Macs could be networked with its News Unix workstations , and it has now taken the logical next step and its computer subsidiary will market Macs for attaching to networks of Sony workstations in Japan , with much of the business to be directed at use within the Sony group companies . |
| 4 | The latter specialise in business computers , word processors and ‘ peripheral ’ equipment for attaching to computers . |
| 5 | In these circumstances there was much to be said for sticking to forms that were known and accepted ; and in spite of the great list of possible wordings in PS , the Digest does not give the impression that the more obscure terms were much used . |
| 6 | The very nature of public relations means consultants possess a talent for relating to others and , in general , being warm and sociable . |
| 7 | It is therefore worth returning to basics . |
| 8 | This week , Scottish Secretary Ian Lang accused ‘ opt-out ’ parents for contributing to increases in ill- discipline and truancy . |
| 9 | That 's the question being raised by Health and Fitness magazine after speaking to dermatologists who , while admitting they may do less harm than actual sunlight , stress they can cause a lot of harm . |
| 10 | Pemberton only 2 bookings away from suspension after coming to leeds with 8 points ( One of the bookings being against leeds at elland rd ) and picking up bookings in his first two games . |
| 11 | Bakili Muluzi , chairman of the United Democratic Front , was detained on Monday after surrendering to police in Blantyre , party officials said yesterday . |
| 12 | ‘ After talking to officers from other authorities that appears to be quite a significant number of dogs , ’ said Mr Westland . |
| 13 | Mrs Gillis-Tweed , who chairs the local neighbourhood watch committee , was with relatives last night after talking to police for several hours . |
| 14 | After referring to textbooks on the subject and to cases referring to clerical errors in other contexts , Mr Evans-Lombe said that the term ‘ clerical error ’ in s 20(1) ( a ) meant an error made in the process of recording the testator 's intended words in the drafting or transcription of the will . |
| 15 | A sound-proofed booth similar to the kind found in a language laboratory , for self-instruction ; usually has electric power sockets , a fairly large work surface for listening to cassettes , watching a TV monitor , looking at slides , etc . |
| 16 | For example , pupils with reading problems ( including dyslexic pupils ) should not be deprived of literature , but should have the opportunity of experiencing it through listening to others reading aloud , whether live or recorded , and through seeing plays and films , as well as through reading suitably simplified versions . |
| 17 | Earlier in this paper , in the discussion of the difficulty presented by quoted speech in stories , we saw how young children could become familiar with this narrative feature through listening to stories being read aloud . |
| 18 | Your syllabus may include slots for the development of certain skills such as listening to lectures or writing reports . |
| 19 | And in the US and other countries with stringent rules governing air pollution , car firms would run short of catalytic converters for fitting to exhausts . |
| 20 | There are different designs of flange for fitting to cylinders , depending on where the flange is to be fitted . |
| 21 | I 've got ta be real careful about listening to tapes before I go out there , so I do n't put on something too far out . ’ |
| 22 | When Boniface was consecrated bishop by Pope Gregory II in 722 , it was not to a particular see , but to a very wide commission of preaching to heathens , such as , for instance , the Aquitanian St Amand had had in northern Gaul during the previous century . |
| 23 | Bet if I took his jacket off and put it in that washer it 'd of fallen to bits cos it was that mucky . |
| 24 | It could also have the effect of suggesting to girls that activities society regards as ‘ male ’ are pleasurable and rewarding , and therefore encourage them to stay with the male-dominated subjects — science , technology and mathematics throughout secondary schooling . |
| 25 | When a report on its activities last appeared in ACCOUNTANCY as long ago as December 1983 , the committee formed part of the Institute 's Professional Conduct Department , providing it with a means of reacting to complaints of a technical nature without invoking the full panoply of investigatory and disciplinary procedures . |
| 26 | Border has a history of reacting to situations before considering all the consequences . |
| 27 | I remember the grey excitement of walking to rehearsals through the blacked-out streets , of playing ‘ Mars the Bringer of War ’ by candlelight , in overcoats and scarves . |
| 28 | On the whole , however , professionals find ways of relating to bureaucrats ; indeed , they have certain things in common , such as a belief in structure and continuity . |
| 29 | Teachers with interests in , and commitments to , humanities , English and creative and expressive arts felt ill-at-ease with teaching science and mathematics , not just because of their lack of confidence with the subject ( though this was important ) , but also because of their discomfort with the very different pedagogies , very different ways of relating to children they felt were associated with those other subjects . |
| 30 | Two years of applying to courts for arrears of maintenance have come to nothing . |