Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might jump to a conclusion from certain comments in that newspaper , and ignore others which point away from the plaintiff in question . |
| 2 | Walkers can at least jump to the side . |
| 3 | First , because identification with one 's community is morally worthwhile , and acceptance of the authority of the state an appropriate way ( though not the only way ) to express it , one may jump to the conclusion that one has an obligation to accept the authority of the state , or even that it has authority independently of such acceptance . |
| 4 | Parents may jump to the conclusion that the fact of being adopted is the root of the trouble when that has nothing to do with the case . |
| 5 | Were an heir under 18 years of age to accede , or the monarch to become mentally or physically incapacitated from acting , or were otherwise not available ‘ for some definite cause ’ , it would fall to a panel of high officers of state to declare a regency , in which event the person next in line would assume power until a further declaration signified the end of the regency . |
| 6 | It would rather mount a protest over student grants ( probably in the UK the most generous in the world per student ) than attempt to frame a Charter of the academic rights which should fall to every student . |
| 7 | The Commissioner referred to the letter to Age Concern England in 1988 , from Nicholas Scott ( now Minister for Social Security and Disabled People ) which stated , ‘ In the last analysis , where a person in a home can no longer meet his fees but still requires nursing home or residential home care it will fall to the NHS or local authority as appropriate to provide that care if it is not otherwise available to the person ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ It seems to me that when the goodies are being distributed and the cake is being sliced , only crumbs will fall to the shareholders . |
| 9 | Thus , although the British hoped that not all of Indo-China would fall to the communists , the scenario which haunted the government in London throughout the spring and summer of 1954 was of some reckless American action which might bring disaster throughout Eurasia . |
| 10 | Section three deals with the nineteen ninety three ninety four revenue budget , the main points for this year are that a similar saving on inflation in excess of two hundred thousand pounds can be put towards the extra items of expenditure listed in paragraph three point four , that will fall to the committee 's budget in nineteen ninety three ninety four , in addition the savings generated by the renegotiated electricity maintenance contracts contributes another eighty two thousand pounds , this leaves some two hundred and thirty thousand pounds of the extra commitments still to be financed . |
| 11 | Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint . |
| 12 | Behind the scenes Paula slipped out of one outfit , letting it fall to the floor , and reached for the next , hanging in the correct order on her clothes rail . |
| 13 | Then he unpinned the length of chiffon and let it fall to the floor . |
| 14 | Kolchinsky leaped from his chair and grabbed Philpott before he could fall to the floor . |
| 15 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 16 | He started to unstrap his belt and then let his trousers fall to the floor . |
| 17 | Although the first law of kung fu fighting states that you should , if possible , always keep two feet on the ground , circumstances arise in which a student may slip and fall to the floor , or fail to stop a strike and be knocked to the ground as a result . |
| 18 | She thought she would fall to the floor , or faint , standing there at the mercy of his ravishing mouth , and perhaps he sensed something of her helplessness , because he raised his head again almost immediately . |
| 19 | Ultimately it may well fall to the authorities of State B to enforce the judgment against Secundus and his assets . |
| 20 | Above all territory must be effectively occupied or it would fall to the partisans ; this kept French troops from the battlefield . |
| 21 | This brought acid secretion in the duodenal ulcer patients into the range of the H pylori positive healthy volunteers but it did not fall to the values of H pylori negative healthy volunteers . |
| 22 | The Careys glared at me , Scawsby sneered and enquired sarcastically after my health whilst Melford , whenever his gaze caught mine , let his hand fall to the dagger at his belt . |
| 23 | When the temperature gradient exceeds a critical value , convection currents start — the liquid all wants to rise to the top of the layer , but some must fall to the bottom . |
| 24 | Even though 30,000 lives had been lost and massive amounts of matériel consumed on both sides , Madrid did not fall to the Nationalists . |
| 25 | At times when a patient area changes its function or service changes are introduced , the responsibility for updating should fall to the nurse or staff involved in service planning . |
| 26 | The European Commission is determined that the Community 's electronics industry will not fall to the Japanese . |
| 27 | They support people active in the labour force , and provide services which would otherwise fall to the health and social services . |
| 28 | If the number 1 lefthand light is on for the 580 and the modular electronics and the number 1 righthand light on for earlier machines , then as we saw last month the first stitch of the pattern will fall to the right of the N1 cam , that is on needle number 14 to the left of centre . |
| 29 | This might fall to the college itself , to the local Chamber of Commerce or , more likely , to the Training and Enterprise Council ( TEC ) . |
| 30 | He feared the advantages which might fall to the USSR in the resultant confusion . |