Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wessex and Yorkshire are thought possible targets for Compagnie Generale des Eaux and Southern could eventually fall prey to Saur , which owns most of the private water companies in its area . |
| 2 | On 7 September 1944 it was announced that Japan would grant independence to Java — perhaps along with Sumatra — after the war . |
| 3 | Although concentrating mainly on Britain , the study will also make reference to LFS data for France and Germany — countries where public policies promoting and facilitating early withdrawal are more developed . |
| 4 | America also lets exiles send money to Cuba in lots of $100 a household , delivered in Cuban pesos at the official exchange rate of two pesos to the dollar . |
| 5 | Since I said , why send money to Great Ormond Street when there was plenty of children 's things local ? |
| 6 | as she always does , since I said why send money to Great Ormond Street when there was plenty of children locally ? |
| 7 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 9 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 10 | For all people , that they may give glory to God for the gifts of speech , hearing and sight which make communication possible , and for the audiovisual media which nourish these gifts in new and marvellous ways . |
| 11 | They show that the field can be strong at the core surface during transition , that longitude-confined VGP paths are consistent with strongly non-dipolar fields , and , most important , that blocking at the Pacific rim ( as observed in the SV ) can give rise to VGP paths through either of the two longitudes favoured by the data . |
| 12 | Flirtation with multi-party politics would bring chaos to Vietnam , they say . |
| 13 | But the thing is that your er particular area you know , if you wanted to do one and not save it , you do n't have to save , you know , you know you can print it off and it 's done , but you can send mail to Tracey or headquarters C A , you would n't have to print it out once it 's what you want you just press a button and it goes . |
| 14 | The Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , said in Amman yesterday that the Taif deal would not bring peace to Lebanon and that , although he did not intend to block it , he would not accept it either . |
| 15 | PRESIDENT Elias Hrawi has threatened to resign if he fails to topple General Michel Aoun , whom he accused of blocking his way to unite and bring peace to Lebanon . |
| 16 | PRESIDENT Elias Hrawi has threatened to resign if he fails to topple General Michel Aoun , whom he accused of blocking his way to unite and bring peace to Lebanon . |
| 17 | IT seemed a sick joke by John Major to send Lord Owen to help bring peace to Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 19 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , education minister , said the change would bring credit to Queen Margaret 's graduates and to Scotland 's growing academic standing . |
| 20 | He is one of the most exciting one-day players in the world , with footwork which would do credit to Victor Sylvester . |
| 21 | This has since had a spin-off effect as the BBC will be filming the centre and will give credit to Rentokil Retail Cleaning at Bristol . |
| 22 | Any controversy over the new legal framework would give ammunition to Mr Meacher 's critics within the party . |
| 23 | Could none be found to come back and give praise to God except this foreigner ? |
| 24 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 25 | No road-building scheme can bring relief to London in the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | I meant to try again and better , either to get at him , or to find a messenger who would carry word to Harry inside Parfois . |
| 27 | All this may bring stability to Albania , but it will not necessarily encourage the ruling Democrats to become more democratic . |
| 28 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
| 29 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 30 | The Duke insisted that ‘ its fitt it be understood … for it might give umbrage to Achinbowie and Balfunning ’ , and he was very clear that the gentleman in question , the son of Glengyle , should not , under any circumstances , join Lord George 's ship . |