Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J happen somewhere , and the spaces must relate sensibly to convenient use . |
| 2 | There are always gon na be a a set of of people in any area who erm who will latch on to racist attitudes and racist acts if if someone comes in waving that as an you know , as an organized activity . |
| 3 | When Catherine died , she was all I had left , but you ca n't hang on to young people … they 're not an insurance against loneliness in old age . |
| 4 | The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions . |
| 5 | In addition to his military household , rewarded with " annual gifts " of clothes and equipment , Charles had to field armies for the sort of warfare that did not appeal much to Frankish nobles — namely , defensive or non-expansionist war ; and here the availability of cash stipends may have helped recruit professional warriors ( including Vikings ) . |
| 6 | However , the reformism of this period did not appeal only to manual workers , and among men of the 1945 cohort of voters middle class electors were in fact more likely to be Labour than working class electors were to be Conservative . |
| 7 | But the intention of practical English must be to ensure an understanding of what is read , not necessarily an appreciation of those aspects of it that would appeal especially to literary critics or literary historians . |
| 8 | Ideally , such an ulcer would arise in an idiosyncratic way after the induction of an ulcer diathesis , and would behave similarly to human chronic duodenal ulcer , sometimes proceeding to the typical complications of bleeding , perforation , and stenosis and responding to treatment in a way analogous to man . |
| 9 | Then gradually the person 's level of anxiety will fall back to normal levels from point B in Figure 4.8 . |
| 10 | These may relate generally to vocational skills to impart the idea that history and vocationalism are not antithetical . |
| 11 | Relevant previous circulars are cancelled , and local authorities were ‘ now asked to pick out for priority handling those applications which in their judgement will contribute most to national and local economic activity ’ . |
| 12 | Ideally it should be laid in a fine carpet and not in higgledy-piggledy lumps that bream can break down to easy mouthfuls . |
| 13 | they 'll sort of give in to other temptations . |
| 14 | However , a Kuwaiti official told reporters that the talks had collapsed " because Kuwait did not give in to Iraqi demands to write off debts and to relinquish some of its territory " . |
| 15 | To his great credit he comes up with no easy answers , but nor does he give in to glib despair . |
| 16 | No , she would enjoy this evening , she would let André entertain and amuse her , and she would not give in to useless introspection . |
| 17 | Records relate to coasting movements , which are difficult to evaluate and some of which may refer only to local movements , and both immigration and emigration in in spring and autumn . |
| 18 | It would then speak only to isolated minorities . |
| 19 | But strategy of this sort , while it is a useful analytic tool , does not contribute much to historical explanation . |
| 20 | Do you speak so to other men ? ’ |
| 21 | Everyone knows that not even two metronomes can stay in synchrony , and certainly all human tempos , even when they might appear close to absolute , continually vary . |
| 22 | About midnight we shall head off to Central Office . ’ |
| 23 | Again , even though things do appear differently to different people , this is due to differences in the people , not to there being no reality behind the appearances . |
| 24 | The research should contribute both to psychological knowledge , by identifying the structure and content of teenagers ' knowledge of road use and how this knowledge changes as a function of experience ; to the practical business of accident prevention , by identifying what kinds of interventions are most needed in pre-driving years and when these interventions are most likely to be effective . |
| 25 | During the workshop discussions , participants stressed the lack of communication between these countries and English-speaking Africa , and called on Africans of all backgrounds to ‘ contribute positively to current changes in Africa . ’ |
| 26 | We can begin to see how the system would regulate back to normal when parts are removed . |
| 27 | Your correspondent could refer back to Northern Echo archives and CSE , but meanwhile he should let the Sydney Harbour Bridge remain as part of the history of the now defunct Dorman Long group and of Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | A variety of factors — including preventive medicine , diet , exercise , sensible drinking and not smoking — can contribute substantially to improving health across the whole population . |
| 29 | Part of the difficulty is that the same environmental factors which predispose children to middle-ear infections may contribute independently to developmental delay . |
| 30 | They may be unable to assess or contribute adequately to national nursing education needs or desires . |