Example sentences of "[vb base] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | VINCE KRAWCZYK , coach to Scottish women 's champions , Glasgow Powerhouse , has conceded the league title to rivals Team Components Bureau . |
| 32 | Its prime aim was to consolidate its own power , but it also hoped to centralise and unify the nation and attain to Western standards required for a revision of the unequal treaties . |
| 33 | People often object to practising behaviours that they do not usually use on the grounds that it is n't natural . |
| 34 | I object to these things actually on principal . |
| 35 | Lest anyone object to non-British sources , I should add that Dame Mary , in her foreword to the Interim Licensing Authority 's Fourth Report ( 1989 ) , wrote of ‘ known obstetric and paediatric hazards ’ of multiple birth , saying ‘ we are very worried over the 1987 figures ’ associated with IVF and GIFT . |
| 36 | It was not necessary , however , to travel to one of these fashionable watering places to partake of the health-giving beverage , and ‘ taking the waters ’ at a local spring or spa ( spaw to many Northeners ) became very popular during the last century . |
| 37 | Brecon Beacons Walk to seven waterfalls in the Vale of Neath |
| 38 | Whilst the situation has improved greatly in the UK , in large measure due to the efforts of the British Library , Aslib , and the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries ( SCONUL ) , there are , regrettably , still some British universities which cling to restrictive practices with regard to the consultation and loan of theses . |
| 39 | Not all sections of the Shetland population cling to traditional measures of social ranking with equal tenacity . |
| 40 | Basically , most dioxins are by-products of burning — both natural and man-made — which cling to other materials given off during combustion . |
| 41 | Small businesses and lock-up garages cling to these spaces like limpets in a cave . |
| 42 | The family and others also cling to these times of false hope . |
| 43 | If she has older brothers and sisters , then the idea of sharing will be less of a shock for her , although even in these cases children cling to those things they think of as theirs . |
| 44 | For that reason , conservatives who reject the idea of change , who cling to past ideas and ideologies , while we may not agree with them , are entitled to be understood and their reluctance to face the pain of change respected . |
| 45 | Crusader castles cling to jagged crests or rise up from barren plains . |
| 46 | Unlike some politicians who cling to mythical notions of a past golden age , no sociologist actually believes that society is , or could be , really like this . |
| 47 | In the first major labour conflict of Menem 's administration , bus drivers began a strike in Buenos Aires on Nov. 7 which spread to other cities on Nov. 8 . |
| 48 | Emma Cons was a pioneer and primary manager of the scheme , which spread to fifty locations around London offering hot refreshments , recreation rooms , and sometimes even beds for the deprived of various neighbourhoods . |
| 49 | You can overtake if it 's safe to do so and you can regain your nearside without danger or or inconvenience to other vehicles coming the other way . |
| 50 | In some cities there was an additional pilgrim station where special pilgrim trains could be brought directly to the pilgrimage area without having to cause alarm or inconvenience to European residents . |
| 51 | Such time was expensive — ‘ not just in costs to the parties themselves ’ but in the provision of a court and the expense and inconvenience to 12 jurors . |
| 52 | Listen to II Chronicles 20 : 13–17 |
| 53 | who listen to sad lies |
| 54 | Children who are able to understand explanations and who enjoy a relationship of trust and affection with their parents usually listen to firm demands and prohibitions from them — especially if they know why they are necessary . |
| 55 | However , considerable experience and expertise is available from specialist lift companies who are able to carry out traffic studies and listen to detailed requirements so that they can propose a range of solutions . |
| 56 | We listen to soft scrapings |
| 57 | When people listen to these thoughts and avoid or escape , this serves to reduce anxiety . |
| 58 | As we listen to these phrases that rolled so easily off the tongue , and which have also rolled on down through history to our own time , we must make a special effort to remember very carefully just who the men were who engineered the Garotter 's Act — what kind of men they were ; what kind of times they lived in ; and what forces helped to shape their upright moral certitude . |
| 59 | I got this great group , super song , just listen to these lyrics . |
| 60 | Mr Lamont and Mr Major listen to these arguments ; Mrs Thatcher would not touch them . |