Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll jump to your tune , but it 's unlikely that they 'll hang around to hear the final Act of the opera . |
| 2 | Since his primary physicians did n't know to what degree his pulmonary disease was indeed perhaps reversible , there was no reason not to comply with Ron ’ s wish . |
| 3 | Erm , I 'm , I do n't know to what degree the specific er cases for development workers erm , and indeed the extra funding for Thamesdown fit into our corporate responsibilities , because we have n't phrased them yet , and we have n't seen the report . |
| 4 | I think I ought to just come in there because , erm , I do n't know to what degree it 's appropriate to discuss erm , the er , some of the background details to the letting of contracts in public , but perhaps it 's alright . |
| 5 | We do not yet know to what extent chimps use their potential in the wild . |
| 6 | Often , the manufacturers do not even know to what extent their equipment will stand up to RFI . |
| 7 | I was n't so sure about that : did n't know to what extent she was responsible for his behaviour . |
| 8 | Nor do we know to what extent the ‘ Reformation ’ instituted by St Dunstan in the tenth century touched the county at all . |
| 9 | We knew he was sick but we did n't know to what extent and he did n't want any sympathy . |
| 10 | And I also wondered whether there is a case , I do n't know to what extent the County Council is listening themselves , that whether the case for also submitting our views to the County Council . |
| 11 | Because it would continue to share in the earth 's rotating motion , even after leaving the bow , it would fall to its origin even if the earth were moving . |
| 12 | Rosalba would force the sweetest smile she could , but feel its sickly insincerity work on her features like a tic , till her mother 's hand would fall to her side , and she 'd sigh , ‘ You used to tell me what was on your mind . ’ |
| 13 | His gaze flickered as the movement registered and , horrified at her own gesture of betrayal , Gina let her hand fall to her side . |
| 14 | Falconer would have had to be standing on the very rim to slip and fall to his death . |
| 15 | Straighten both legs and stretch right out of your hips ; straighten the spine and let your chin fall to your chest . |
| 16 | ONE CONSORTIUM , Five TV , hopes that the imagined problems will be so great as to discourage competition and that all potential investors ( who include The Daily Telegraph ) will accrete to its application and that the ITC will be left with a choice of one . |
| 17 | How do I appeal to their intellect ( language , facts and figures , concepts ) , and what emotions am I stimulating ? |
| 18 | Two children may each appeal to their father to intervene ... in some dispute between them . |
| 19 | That would appeal to her parsimony — where he is concerned . |
| 20 | She kept a commonplace book unknown to all but Dimity , who sometimes pointed out a passage in her reading which she felt might appeal to her friend . |
| 21 | ‘ He is eccentric , should that not appeal to your race ? |
| 22 | ( You might then appeal to your knowledge of what Hymes calls ‘ message-form ’ which informs you that street gang interactions on walls consists of taunts and counter-taunts . |
| 23 | ‘ That must appeal to your sense of intrigue . ’ |
| 24 | Tony Palmer 's The Children includes not only a wonderful performance by Kim Novak but a starring role for Ben Kingsley , and parts for Robert Stephens and Britt Ekland , and will doubtless appeal to our Festival audience . |
| 25 | This would appeal to his sense of order , even if he should lose out financially . |
| 26 | This will mate to your transfer box and if you use a Range Rover flywheel and 5 speed clutch , then the engine will be positioned in the normal Land Rover V8 position and a Land Rover V8 exhaust system will fit easily . |
| 27 | Then the rest of us , them as wants to , can screw to their heart 's content . |
| 28 | In fact it would be just one less thing to worry about if we could all er screw to our heart 's content . |
| 29 | She wanted only to be free of this , for the lake to clear , so she could retreat to her task . |
| 30 | But since the official essence of Unionism is the claim that Northern Ireland is as integral a part of Great Britain as Yorkshire or Middlesex , it is hard to see on what grounds of principle the Unionists could object to their fate being decided by a majority within Great Britain as a whole . |