Example sentences of "[pers pn] to [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’
2 For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority .
3 Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world .
4 Works gently but quickly — without harsh abrasive action — to unblock clogged pores , draw out excess oils and help you to a clearer complexion .
5 but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's
6 ‘ And that brings me to a further reason for my summoning you here today .
7 This last brings me to a further point .
8 Come with me to a warmer place , and listen to my story .
9 Silverfish are an awesome experience , and purely on that basis EMF should be applauded for introducing them to a wider audience .
10 Except in the case of the Yakuts and the Turks and Mongols of the southern steppes , their economy was largely based upon the use of reindeer — in the first place by hunting wild herds during their seasonal migrations , and later by domesticating them to a greater or lesser extent .
11 The conclusion was that it would be better to destroy the larger animals humanely than to attempt to move them to a safer place .
12 and change them to a bigger size
13 Similarly , all the forms of human culture — art , law , religion and so on-are objectifications of the human spirit by which it projects itself externally in order then to move on through them to a higher self-realisation .
14 to show his students the ways by which great art creates its effects , leading them to a finer appreciation and fuller response , and to help them appreciate more fully the authors ' insights , so often deeper than our own [ sic ] , contribute towards our understanding of ourselves , our community , and life itself .
15 When the carrier acknowledges that he holds for and on behalf of the buyer , e.g. by accepting and acting upon the buyer 's instructions not to convey the goods as far as their original destination or to convey them to a further destination , or
16 At the first sign of new leaves , give them more water and move them to a warmer place ( about 10–16°C , 50–60°F ) .
17 Officials , especially , fear that candour unscreened by confidentiality will open them to the later ridicule of diarists .
18 Cumberland , an eye-witness recorded , ‘ jumped around the room with joy ’ on learning he could resume his pursuit of the rebels , ‘ and declared that he would follow them to the further part of Scotland . ’
19 Following his split with the SWP James and his small band of adherents joined with another small group , the Workers ' Party , and with the aid his close collaborators , Grace Lee and Raya Dunayevskaya , he set about the task of examining the Hegelian dialectic and Marxist doctrine , which he believed would lead him to a fuller understanding of the Soviet Union , and in particular , Stalinism .
20 Some criticised his method of combating Bodyline by stepping away to cut the ball to the off , but Bradman claimed that this exposed him to a greater risk of injury than the orthodox type of batting .
21 An exception is made in this instance because the policeman 's task in maintaining law and order exposes him to a greater risk of attack than other members of the public .
22 We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life .
23 So we are trying to introduce him to the larger world .
24 I mean even when I was small you would n't use thee and thou to an older person .
25 JEWKES : O , you are very good , sir , very forgiving indeed , but come , I hope you will be so good as to take her to your bosom and that my tomorrow morning you 'll bring her to a better sense of her duty .
26 She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market .
27 Phena thinks recent developments entitle her to a newer , bigger house , which she expects me to pay for , with pleasure , despite the fact that the wedding is already running into a fortune .
28 The BeSHT did more ; he promoted it to a higher level of importance ; he confirmed and extended the principle of enjoyment , bringing it much more centrally in to the people 's worship as a sense of divine gladness .
29 Now , in his wonderful aria of lamentation , he brought the whole performance to life and raised it to a higher plane of artistry .
30 The visionary places in the ordinary the elements of the eternal and raises it to a higher plane of reality .
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