Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth . |
| 2 | Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) . |
| 3 | Almost as soon as he arrived at Highbury Chapman persuaded his chairman that the team needed Charlie Buchan , the long-shining star of Sunderland who , at thirty-four , was seen as the man to inspire and lend experience to the faltering Arsenal attack . |
| 4 | The alternative candidate for the honour of being the liberal theory of contracts insists that obligations should only arise in order to discourage and compensate harm to the interests of others . |
| 5 | We should not grant recognition to the Baltic states or any other So Soviet Republics unless they guarantee human rights ? |
| 6 | In turn Mazowiecki argued that the reforms should be continued at a cautious pace which would minimize damage to the social and economic fabric . |
| 7 | He did not seek re-election to the Parliament of 1685 and supported the Revolution of 1688 , subscribing money to the new regime . |
| 8 | He stated that he would not stand for re-election as majority whip in the Senate , nor would he seek re-election to the Senate when his current term expired in 1992 . |
| 9 | In such regions the temperatures could have been low enough to permit certain volatiles to condense yielding volatile-rich bodies which could survive passage to the Earth . |
| 10 | Not only did the occupiers introduce gin to the island , which remains one of the locals ' most popular drinks , but in 1813 cricket was recorded as having been first played in Menorca by the surgeon of HMS Scipo — a match which received the patronage of Admiral Lord St Vincent , the Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet . |
| 11 | In respect of the transfer of properties , the agreement may include reference to the applicable provisions from the National Conditions of Sale — a national standard form set of property sale terms . |
| 12 | So we 've we 've put in erm an amendment to that one to make it include reference to the M Sixty Two relief road . |
| 13 | This may be rather a purist definition , but it does direct attention to the role of key settlements within the wider settlement system . |
| 14 | Because this approach highlights the link between morbidity and mortality , it can direct attention to the improvement of the most crucial areas of the health services more than other approaches . |
| 15 | Anybody trying to bring about a major transformation in a science must direct attention to the facts as he sees them : to a herbalist in the tradition of Culpeper it was an important fact that a particular herb was collected under a waxing or a waning moon ; for one of Liebig 's pupils analysing it this was not a relevant fact at all . |
| 16 | Durham County Council says the two-stage scheme will provide a carriageway bypassing the village of Middleton St George and will include access to the airport via a new bridge over the Darlington/Saltburn railway line . |
| 17 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 18 | You do n't need access to the files . |
| 19 | Historians of science who want to understand the development of contemporary theories will need more than the printed journals , they will need access to the electronic resource . |
| 20 | Eating sensibly is vitally important for health , and good health will help you enjoy life to the full . |
| 21 | The congestion metering system will ultimately include information to the driver on the expected journey time and costs as he approaches the city . |
| 22 | Replace all metal drainpipes with plastic ones ( which are far too flimsy for anyone to scale ) , remove any trees near the house that would assist ascent to the first floor and absolutely never leave ladders outside the house , front or back , always lock them away . |
| 23 | But there is a nagging doubt that the British Library itself will fall prey to the semi-literate tendency — it is after all located in Bloomsbury itself . |
| 24 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 25 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 26 | Surely Cynthia did n't fall victim to the same fear ? |
| 27 | There is a particular risk that children could fall victim to the misplaced aggression of a guard dog . |
| 28 | So how can we ensure that we do n't fall victim to the cheque cheats ? |
| 29 | So far as the whole personality does not fall victim to the pressures either of the external environment or what one might call the internal environment of its own parts — in the form of various lusts and obsessions — it achieves its only conceivable goal , that of prosperous possession , in the fullest manner , of its own nature . |
| 30 | Without close supervision the suggested cuts , in particular , would fall victim to the machinations of interest groups and the pork barrel orientations of members of Congress . |