Example sentences of "[vb base] to [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People 's propensity to misjudge the context of a reference is an indication of their willingness to assimilate the situations they encounter to paradigms of thought and action with which they are familiar , however misleading or falsifying this process of assimilation might be . |
| 2 | Seaweeds grow to depths of about 100 m ; below that level plants are rare , but the sea-bed is thinly carpeted with animals that live in or on the mud and feed on the rain of debris from above . |
| 3 | You put on a good front , and appear to others as an outgoing person . |
| 4 | Many flowers appear to bees to be ultraviolet-coloured even though to us they appear to be a quite different colour . |
| 5 | In greater or less degree according to their temperaments , their training , their intelligence , they are swayed by prejudice , rely on intuition instead of reasoning , leap to conclusions on inadequate evidence and fail to recognise the cogency of material which might cast doubt on the validity of the conclusions they reach . |
| 6 | We apologise to customers for the cancellation of breakfast owing to : repair work in the kitchen , staff shortages , a fatality in the cold room , the non-arrival of deliveries . |
| 7 | We apologise to readers for this error . |
| 8 | These privileges attach to reports of public statements and public documents . |
| 9 | Appropriate populations of lymphocytes make specialised proteins that attach to antigens on the infectious organism . |
| 10 | In effect , these become projected standards of care and treatments that attach to patients of a particular group . |
| 11 | As for the Blue Skies criteria , we may imagine that a better understanding of photosynthesis either may lead to , say , better synthetic devices ; or to new insights into control engineering , leading say to advances in the control of complex fermentation processes . |
| 12 | You object to animals in circuses , |
| 13 | The attitude of many who object to children in pubs is not dissimilar to those who objected to women in men-only bars and pubs in the early 1970s . |
| 14 | It certainly made me wonder about climbers who object to bolts on the basis that they 're an eyesore . |
| 15 | WALK TO SUMMITS OF CARNEDD LLEWELYN AND CARNEDD DAFYDD |
| 16 | Balconies cling to walls like frightened climbers . |
| 17 | Lebanese cling to remains of accord |
| 18 | He had little patience with learning lines , a habit which spread to members of his company . |
| 19 | CHESTER World Development Day takes place on Saturday , June 26 when people can take part in workshops based on Third World topics or listen to discussions on global issues by guest speakers , including Gyles Brandreth MP , in the Town Hall . |
| 20 | I recommend that all my students listen to records at least two or three hours a day . |
| 21 | and erm if you listen to things on the radio they they have at the end of a sentence or at the end of some sentence quite a pause for a second before they go on |
| 22 | Having said that , this aggressive , attacking style has been used on country records for 30-odd years — listen to sessions by Glen Campbell , James Burton , Chet , Fred Carter Jr. , Wayne Moss and the like , from back in the early '60s . |
| 23 | All the music we listen to falls into two general rhythmic categories . |
| 24 | Watch the win … enjoy it and listen to words of wisdom from Gloucester coach keith richardson |
| 25 | ‘ No , dear — it 's kind of you , but when you get to my age you like to sit quietly and think about the past — and I watch my telly and listen to carols on my old wireless and then the Home Help comes and puts me to bed . |
| 26 | These listen to appeals against official decisions by people who dispute the official interpretation of their rights . |
| 27 | Politicians listen to generals in Pakistan . |
| 28 | Cut to pieces with a whip , and almost decapitated . |
| 29 | These modifications pertain to improvements in the inspection and operation of locking and vent mechanisms . |
| 30 | Arctic ponds and lakes freeze to depths of 1–2.5 m from September onward , and accumulate a layer of compacted snow on top of the ice during winter . |