Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the fact that constructions containing mutated oligonucleotides I or III failed to stimulate transcription to wild type values , argues in favour of a direct effect of the binding proteins on transcription , in a similar way as observed for the homologous constructions . |
| 2 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 3 | Substitutes have been developed in the past but failed to absorb water to the extent that ivory does . |
| 4 | Islamic independent candidates failed to secure election to the executive bureau . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom failed to secure re-election to the Commission for a further three-year term , for only the second time in the Commission 's history . |
| 6 | Under Phase 2 of the scheme , Nissan proposed to increase output to 100,000 cars a year by 1991 , with local content rising above 60 per cent during 1988 and subsequently rising to 80 per cent . |
| 7 | Rising labour costs , together with the depreciation of the won , helped to increase inflation to its highest level since 1981 , with consumer prices rising by some 10 per cent in 1990 , and wholesale prices by 7 per cent . |
| 8 | Alison Rose to write memorandum to all staff asking for suggestions for workshops . |
| 9 | Then he watched a video and tried to set fire to the house before going back to Bath . |
| 10 | They cut , and the actress scrambled up and examined her knees ; a woman from Wardrobe ran up and gave her a change of mack , and bent to apply panstick to her hands where they had been dirtied by the wrecker's-yard floor ; she checked her hose and brushed her hair and the actress shook her head slowly from side to side so that it fluffed . |
| 11 | I was numb , but it was a numbness that promised to give way to an agonizing pain quite soon . |
| 12 | Mr Ashdown promised to give priority to ending the recession , with more investment in schools , hospitals , housing and transport . |
| 13 | What he himself claimed was that he wished to enfranchise the Tibbu : he proposed to give land to Tibbu from the expropriated endowments of the Sanusi order . |
| 14 | Indeed , Marx saw his work very much in this light and at one time proposed to dedicate Capital to Darwin , who refused , horrified as he already was by the religious and political repercussions of what he had written . |
| 15 | The sun rose to give sparkle to a beautiful frosty morning as we puffed steadily into the country and soon we were rolling past the delightful wooded hills and lochs of the West Highlands . |
| 16 | English ports and the Bayonnais together provided ships in which Bordeaux 's wine was carried , and England 's reliance on Aquitaine for wine — for both liturgical and secular consumption — helped to give birth to an English mercantile marine . |
| 17 | The latter is a good example of his more extended type of cantata with fewer but longer sections than Rossi 's : The opening of the duet will also illustrate one of Carissimi 's most striking characteristics , his genuine sense of key : The slow , uncertain supersession of mode by key had not yet generally revealed the possibilities of tonality for variety and dynamic structure ; composers still treated a key very much as a mode , a tonal area within which they could move and from which they wandered uncertainly , and which helped to give unity to a composition . |
| 18 | The buying of a teapot was part of the Burton ritual that helped to give variety to the East Anglian 's stay in the Midlands . |
| 19 | Discover the wonderful Ionian Islands on one of our flotillas tailored to give confidence to the inexperienced and freedom to the expert . |
| 20 | Groups of illegally returned ‘ sent to the country ’ youth tried to draw attention to their plight with a series of sit-ins and demonstrations . |
| 21 | Comintern officials first tried to convert Sandino to Communism ( battling for influence with APRA ) and then , having failed , denounced him as a traitor . |
| 22 | Mr Collor promised to reduce inflation to just 3 per cent a month within a year by using shock tactics similar to those of President Menem of Argentina . |
| 23 | Classified as ‘ rebels ’ , those who would not recognise the new political order which the treaty represented suffered the confiscation of their property and were forced to move to the rival obedience where , over the coming years , some helped to foster opposition to English rule in northern France . |
| 24 | One accident the HSE highlights as a plain lack of common sense involved a child who was left in the cab of a tractor while the operator dismounted to add bedding to a pig pen . |
| 25 | Twice she tried to get water to Midnight . |
| 26 | Yes , said his critics , but it was a different story if anyone tried to get access to the information behind those methods . |
| 27 | He tried to export revolution to the rest of Latin America , while Leonid Brezhnev preferred to deal with established governments . |
| 28 | Later , her husband became impotent when he tried to make love to her — by the power of prayer , Margery insists , but the reader may have reservations . |
| 29 | Billy kissed me on the cheek an' I got all silly an' decided 'e was too forward , ’ she said , not divulging to Annie what happened later , when they were walking home and Billy tried to make love to her . |
| 30 | You see , Father , ’ Corbett continued , ‘ some time ago Monsieur de Craon tried to gain access to Godstowe and was refused , so he looked around for someone to keep him appraised of developments at the priory , particularly Lady Eleanor 's movements . |