Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and they revolt against it and you 've just got ta keep your fingers crossed that nothing happens to them in that period . |
| 2 | I have used therefore the word ‘ Nature ’ in the sense of the German ‘ Bedeutung ’ , as signifying that essential character of a part which belongs to it in its relation to a predetermined pattern , answering to the ‘ idea ’ of the Archetypical World in the Platonic cosmogony , which archetypical or primal pattern is the basis supporting all the modifications of such part for specific powers and actions in all animals possessing it … |
| 3 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 4 | This seemed like a Falangist revival , for it was the first session that had been held since 1945 and Franco asserted that it was " necessary that the National Council should recover the role which corresponds to it in the political tasks , because it is hierarchically the highest body in the Movement , whose duty it is to ensure the purity of the organization and the continuity of the doctrine " .18 But many of those present , including the Vice-Secretary of FET , Diego Salas Pombo , detected behind the smokescreen of verbiage a lack of genuine commitment to Arrese 's plan for a Falange-dominated future . |
| 5 | What he does have , though , is a fearsome grip on the band which looks to me like a dictatorship and which he maintains is just the way things have worked out . |
| 6 | It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary . |
| 7 | I want to begin with a question which Neale does not explicitly address , but which seems to me to be a particular blind-spot which has determined the shape of television critical theory : the question of value . |
| 8 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 9 | Here I want to draw attention to an article by Beverle Houston , ‘ Viewing television : the metapsychology of endless consumption ’ , which seems to me to be one of the few serious attempts to theorize television subjectivity , and one which deserves more attention . |
| 10 | Here , I want to identify one feature of that relationship which seems to me to be crucial in understanding generic transformation in television , and the specific and different forms it takes in the US and the UK : the organization of the schedule . |
| 11 | Finally , after going full circle , AIB finished up in 1983 in the Department of Transport which seems to me to be where it should have remained all the time . |
| 12 | One aspect of the TDC policy which seems to me to be both enlightened and enduring is the trouble which is taken to identify markets for work projects , particularly from the public sector , which again may sound surprising in capitalist Texas . |
| 13 | Which seems to me to impact on the same thing . |
| 14 | Any judge would be most reluctant to punish the doctor for such a contempt , which seems to me to be a very strong indication that such an order should not be made . |
| 15 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 16 | firstly , the interpretation of normalisation which seems to us to be in line with the sense of direction of the self-advocacy movement recognising that people with learning difficulties need to be seen as autonomous individuals with their own rights of self-determination ; |
| 17 | We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures . |
| 18 | This attitude was kept alive by the strong sense of the permanence of human arrangements in the matter of property , which seems to us of all things the least permanent : gifts to the Church were made to last till the Day of Judgement , and many of the documents in the Canterbury archives invoked God and all his saints on the Day of Judgement to destroy those who violated their provisions . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud . … |
| 20 | There are exceptional circumstances , such as my total castration or my taking vows as a monk , where my only residual fitness is that which accrues to me through my assistances to relatives . |
| 21 | Most editors have become disillusioned with material which comes to them from PR sources . |
| 22 | Not exactly impressing with all the chances which comes to you in the english league ’ frank says . |
| 23 | And she goes to me like a silver plate and they just turn it into gold as soon as they walk in there . |
| 24 | Or else she turns to him in the middle of dinner and asks : ‘ What 's happening about the Matterhorn , Howard ? |
| 25 | For a good overview of both positions , see Fries ( 1983 ) , who refers to them as the ‘ separating ’ approach and the ‘ combining ’ approach . |
| 26 | A vigorous critique of utilitarianism has been offered by Bernard Williams who refers to it as ‘ distinctive way of looking at human action and morality . ’ |
| 27 | That crust of yellow butter so important to the true English potted meats and pastes as opposed to the Franglais and the factory-produced versions , does perhaps need a little more explanation than the late Major Connolly , who refers to it throughout his little work as " melted butter " , thought necessary to clarify . |
| 28 | As we all know from the Squidgy tape , when she is displeased with her she refers to her as ‘ the red head ’ . |
| 29 | She refers to them as the ‘ Children Of The Crown ’ . |
| 30 | Now that he 's gone she refers to him as her dear Tom . |