Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little wonder that a meal of mainly refined foods , gulped down in seconds , tends to lead to second helpings to extend the time of eating , or another meal or snack shortly afterwards to ‘ bulk out ’ the eating pleasure of the day . |
| 2 | Biologists who vote Tory , Republican or , in the Soviet bloc , Communist , are more inclined to stick to 19th century shibboleths . |
| 3 | A 'sham " has been defined by Diplock LJ ( as he then was ) in Snook v London and West Riding Investments Ltd [ 1967 ] 2 QB 786 ( at p802 ) to include : [ A ] cts done or documents executed by the parties to the " sham " which are intended by them to give to third parties or to the court the appearance of creating between the parties legal rights and obligations different from the actual legal rights and obligations ( if any ) which the parties intend to create . |
| 4 | Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " . |
| 5 | It is the coarse fish close season and there are six weeks to go to 16th June . |
| 6 | We hope however to report to next year 's general assembly . |
| 7 | We ask the general assembly to remit to the assembly council to give attention to the placing of health and healing within the overall work of the church and to report to next year 's general assembly on where they think this remit should most effectively be discharged . |
| 8 | If the assembly council decides to report to next year 's general assembly that the Board of Social Responsibility is the best of all possible places for this work in training and advising ministers and others on health and healing , then we 'll happily accept that . |
| 9 | Too determined for her own good really , which was why he had had to agree to last night in the first place . |
| 10 | To proceed to next set , user must score at least 8 out of 10 . |
| 11 | Rumours abound of a further scandal in the financial sector to add to last year 's rich crop , which forced the resignation of the heads of Nomura , Japan 's biggest investment company , and Nikko , among many others . |
| 12 | Furthermore , Regan 's incompetent researchers ought not to get to first base , at least under present UK regulations , for they would have been required to state objectives , if only of an ‘ advancement of knowledge ’ , which the assessors would judge to be significant enough to outweigh any proposed harm ( under 5.4 ) to the animals at risk . |
| 13 | An internal memorandum by the chief economist of the World Bank , Lawrence Summers , which suggests encouraging polluting industries to relocate to third world countries , has been leaked to The Economist . |
| 14 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 15 | Birchwood 's Derrick Cooper picked up over £8,000 to move to 55th place in the Volvo Order of Merit when he shot 68–70–68–73 for a share of 15th place in the Dunhill Masters . |
| 16 | Edwards , a 26-year-old medical scientist , jumped 17.26 metres in the first round to move to third place on the world outdoor rankings for 1992 , behind Frank Rutherford of the Bahamas ( 17.41 metres ) and German Ralf Jaros ( 17.28 ) . |