Example sentences of "[vb base] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet ne'ertheless , My spritely brethren , I propend to you In resolution to keep Helen still ; For t is a cause that has no mean dependence Upon our joint and several dignities . |
| 2 | I suggest to them at the beginning of each session that they will learn about a different existence from any they may already have experienced . |
| 3 | Their excellent long-distance vision spots something suspicious and they fly to it at high speed . |
| 4 | They may be talking about membership of Ulster 's protestant secret societies , particularly the Orange order , the Royal Black Preceptory , and the Apprentice Boys ' Club ; or about religion — being saved , being a church member , or even a non-practising protestant ; or what appear to them to be key ethical issues such as drink , tobacco , and money ; or they may simply be describing in ordinary everyday language life in the family , on the farm , and in the village . |
| 5 | VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right … |
| 6 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 7 | ‘ High or low will seldom suit the taste of a painter who will always move over the surface of his near grounds till the component parts of his subject appear to him to be arranged in the best possible order . ’ |
| 8 | If the Secretary of State is satisfied … that any local education authority … have acted or are proposing to act unreasonably … he may … give such directions … as appear to him to be expedient . |
| 9 | In Albert v. Lavin the question posed for the House of Lords was ‘ whether a constable who reasonably believes that a breach of the peace is about to take place is entitled to detain any person without arrest to prevent that breach of the peace in circumstances which appear to him to be proper . ’ |
| 10 | ’ unless such allegations go to a matter in issue ( including the credibility of the witness ) which is material to his lay client 's case and which appear to him to be supported by reasonable grounds . ’ |
| 11 | The legislation requires the secretary of state to prepare a schedule of monuments which appear to him to be ‘ of national importance ’ . |
| 12 | You appear to me to be fussy and pedantic . |
| 13 | ‘ … there is not as yet any public hospital or infirmary … in or near the Town of Bedford or in the County of Bedford for the reception and relief of sick and lame Objects within the same Town and County such as those in Northampton and Leicester Counties and which appear to me to be very much wanted … and are usually created by public subscriptions … . ’ |
| 14 | Since then there have been fundamental changes , and few of his principles appear to me to be applicable to the modern Constitution . |
| 15 | Forcing values upon another without full discussion of what are to count as rights and duties appear to me to be anti-educational . |
| 16 | But there is , perhaps , one crucial objection to the constructivist 's claim that moving the focus away from mental representations and towards mental actions will make the mind-body problem appear to us as less of a problem . |
| 17 | The longer wavelengths reflected by , for example , the leaves of trees in autumn , appear to us as reds and oranges , while the shorter wavelengths which reach our eyes from the ocean we see as greens and blues . |
| 18 | They then appear to us as what a classical physicist would call waves , such as waves of light or gravitational waves . |
| 19 | Stars are so far away that they appear to us to be just pinpoints of light . |
| 20 | Er all I can say chairman is that the County Council is is working within the approved structure plan strategy which is based on restraint , based primarily on housing restraint but I think that 's what the County Council has done in its er employment land proposals is to set certain parameters which appear to us to really reasonably meet requirements of this authority 's resident population . |
| 21 | These may in turn be sub-divided ; goods possessed may comprise either the results of private purchase or goods allocated by the state , while goods not possessed tend to fall into two categories : first , those we encounter as material forms , in particular the built environment , the goods of our acquaintances or those in the high street shop , and secondly , goods we do not experience directly , but which appear to us through the media — for example in television , magazines and advertising . |
| 22 | Sometimes we appear to ourselves to be making sense , sometimes we seem to be obviously deranged , and sometimes our thoughts are driven by the vivid imagery of dreams . |
| 23 | How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ? |
| 24 | Send to me in any event . |
| 25 | you want to what with the washing machine ? |
| 26 | About quangos whatsoever , I want to something about the boundaries of the European parliament . |
| 27 | So I have people who report to me like Kevin my despatch manager . |
| 28 | Lord Jesus Christ , you have promised perfect liberty to those who trust you ; we cry to you for those who are at this moment enslaved by their need to take drugs . |
| 29 | Lord , you are the source of peace ; we cry to You for peace in our world ; daily we see and hear of strife within nations , of tensions between states , of violence being done by men against men ; we are sad Lord , and know that You are sad too . |
| 30 | We know that you are sad to see so many disputes between different parts of your family and we cry to you for unity and harmony between brothers and sisters . |