Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is one subject of philosophical curiosity to be found in Edinburgh , which no other city has to shew ; a college of the deaf and dumb , who are taught to speak , to read , to write and to practice arithmetick by a gentleman , whose name is Braidwood . |
| 2 | Otherwise you may find yourself later , as you sweep along on the actual business of writing , gradually drifting into producing quite another sort of book than the one you set out to write and in consequence disappointing readers ' expectations which at the beginning you had gone to trouble to arouse . |
| 3 | His light-hearted and amusing banter hid a serious and thoughtful approach to work and to life in general , and one became aware that it was a privilege to know and work with him , both at Woolley Hall and in the early days of Bretton where he came one day each week to teach painting . |
| 4 | All the hobbitic jokes are doing , then , is to reflect and by intention deflect the modern inhibition over high styles which we and they share ; if we were not embarrassed by the hobbits , in other words , we would be by the heroes . |
| 5 | EM information patterns received from the environment act on DNA molecules in living cells , which in a way produce sensitive antennae to receive and in turn relay the information throughout our biophysical system . |
| 6 | Individual landowners are , however , under no pressure to sell and in fact may wish to retain land in its present use and , where a key site is concerned , may delay or prevent development of adjoining land . |
| 7 | After contact with intraluminal antigens , the lymphocytes travel to mesenterial lymph nodes to mature and by way of peripheral blood back to the gut mucosa to secrete antibodies against the priming antigen . |
| 8 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 9 | The disposal can present a problem for a large works , and space has to be allocated for allowing the wet sludge to drain and for storage before the solid call be carted away . |
| 10 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 11 | The playgroup is a non-profit making organisation , and we rely heavily on the fees paid for children to attend and on fundraising . |
| 12 | There was a special dispensation given to her to attend and in fact there were photographs at the time with the Queen with her . |
| 13 | We decided not to wait and to content ourselves instead with the street exhibition that day . |
| 14 | Sutton 's writings are difficult to identify and to date , and some have in the past been confused with writings of Thomas Aquinas . |
| 15 | One response to this affront is to erect an alternative system of belief ; to fabricate another , esoteric world of ideas that seems to challenge and in turn to trivialise the ideas that are proving so bothersome . |
| 16 | Well every , you know erm I can remember the time er when I first went and they used to have silver er plated of course , silver plated water jugs on the counter and silver plated sugar bowls with tongs and loaf sugar for people to use and of course well and when you see the war came along , you see , they were all taken away because , you see , we had troop trains we were up day and night so the troops with tea . |
| 17 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 18 | Because each side is personally unfamiliar with the other there is a tendency for stereotypes to emerge and for behaviour to take place on the basis of these stereotypes , making relationships even more difficult . |
| 19 | There are numerous offices to let and for sale already within Darlington do we really need another one ? |
| 20 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |
| 21 | There is no time to experiment and in turbulence it is essential to know them . |
| 22 | In respect of non-contractual referrals by GPs , this point is recognised since ‘ … an open-ended commitment on the part of DHAs to meet all non-contractual referrals would be incompatible with both the disciplines which the new system is intended to inject and with control of budgets ’ ( DoH , 1989c , para.3.3 ) . |
| 23 | Low cost housing has become less and less available , as councils have been refused the resources to build and of course this savage and unwarranted cuts in the social services . |
| 24 | … to some people , especially those vulnerable to fear and to pain , there sometimes seems no refuge , no support . |
| 25 | to sing and from time to time all from |
| 26 | It was yet another layer in what was to become the bountiful and complex nature of Burton 's attitude to sex , to authority , to love and to loyalty . |
| 27 | I was 19 years old when I made To Have and To Hold , but Humphrey Bogart was never my idol . |
| 28 | Moggach 's last three books have been the social dramas Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( adapted from her own television scripts ) , and the thriller The Stand-In . |
| 29 | By contrast , when she wrote the novel versions of Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( ‘ ghastly title — it was a television title ’ ) , her characters had already been embodied , by other people . |
| 30 | Most high quality kitchen equipment is manufactured in stainless steel for its strength , resistance to damage and for hygiene considerations . |