Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government remain committed to the Anglo-Irish Agreement unless and until agreement can be reached on new and more broadly satisfactory arrangements . |
| 2 | Would he not join me in urging Sinn Fein to reconsider their position on this and would he also agree with me and confirm to this house that this government will never do what Mr Adams requests and that is become a persuader of the people of Northern Ireland to join a united Ireland and will he , will he recognise from me that many on these benches remain committed to the union of Northern Ireland and Great Britain . |
| 3 | Does he not therefore find it extraordinary that the Labour and Liberal parties remain committed to the abolition of grant maintained schools and that in local government they are waging a relentless campaign against G M schools , as typified by the behaviour of Essex County Council . |
| 4 | The distinctive nature of the ends is reinforced by the fact that the occupants are often physically con fined to the particular area for the whole of the football match . |
| 5 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 6 | Right , if we do n't do it that way how will we pass that information , which a a as I understand it you want passed to the form tutor ? |
| 7 | None was so sweet ( without being cloying ) as that burst of theatrical sunshine at the Comedy Theatre in the West End during a fatal summer heatwave which put paid to the show 's box office takings as well as Warren 's plucky managerial debut . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's OUR H-Bomb ! ’ screamed the Daily Express headline after the British test at Christmas Island , which put paid to the still lively hope that the nuclear club would not extend beyond the two super-powers . |
| 9 | This division of loyalties put paid to the GLC . |
| 10 | Hitler 's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations . |
| 11 | He may be a bit ropey at times but he plays his best for us and do n't forget the goals he scored , including one which put paid to the scouse red shite in 1991 . |
| 12 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |
| 13 | SAVE objected to the scheme and cited examples where tithe barns , ‘ the cathedrals of farm architecture ’ , had been vested with the National Trust or other preservation trusts . |
| 14 | He left also a timeless description of Fowey , where ‘ … the little boats that lie tethered to the rings and stancheons of the old sea wall are gaily painted as those I clambered in and out of in my own childhood … and by the windows the great vessels glide , night and day , up to their moorings or forth to the open sea . ’ |
| 15 | As for guitars , The Stairs travel armed to the teeth with a motley collection of Gibson semi-acoustics . |
| 16 | I know of no world champion boxers who stand rooted to the spot . |
| 17 | The cluster I found particularly er important and so like yourself the Aldershot method and structured thought patterns er the cluster was important er because as you say when people have got nerves they need to get some basic guidelines for overcoming the problem er we all tend to put our hands in our pockets and stand rooted to the spot and all the rest of it but there are ways of overcoming it , it 's just a matter of practice erm the Aldershot method is er obviously a very effective method erm if you get into the habit of doing it in threes er erm you see every day you use the news at ten news at ten analogy obviously |
| 18 | They seem born to the hard sell ethos although new severe regulations against cold-calling and for " knowing the client " are forcing changes in their attitude . |
| 19 | Even so , City Hall 's finances look stretched to the limit . |
| 20 | Its undemanding vocabulary and flat rhythms seem suited to the very young , for whom it is unnecessarily long , yet a five year old , who would still delight in the pictures , would be disappointed by its lack of wit and thin story . |
| 21 | France agreed to pay more than half the cost of the programme provided that it was entrusted with its production and provided , also , that the rocket remain geared to the commercial needs of the 1980s and early 1990s . |
| 22 | You get one caution an and er I thought the limit was two you get t two cautions and you get took to the court . |
| 23 | And if if a certain family gets stuck in with another family and they 're both trouble causers and they both get moved to the same area it 's gon na cause trouble in that area so they ought to say , Right fifty there , fifty there , |
| 24 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 25 | Er we think it , er should be , you know drawn to the public 's attention , government 's attention that we can not tolerate within this county , this high level of unemployment that we 've got , and we 're gon na do our damndest as a County Council to do what we can I know there is in order to , to attack that particular problem . |
| 26 | ‘ And was it just coincidence that I get invited to the Flaxton dance , that I 'm seated next to him ? |
| 27 | But you know how it is , it 's family ties and kids growing up and then they grow up and have families of their own , then you get tied to the ch grandchildren or what have you . |
| 28 | The trouble with all these bust-ups is they get deflected to the players on the pitch in the end . |
| 29 | And when you are , you hide yourself in your office or get glued to the video . |
| 30 | You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine . |