Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a blank run of five games since has contributed to City 's disappointing fall to mid-table , out of the title race and unable to spend on team strengthening . |
| 2 | Work was highly differentiated according to sex . |
| 3 | Item 4 of the same Schedule specifies the ‘ place where the property is situated ’ for an appeal where there is a dispute over a valuation , but this statement is only intended to apply to property within the UK — the authorities can not be compelled to travel to Portugal to hear the appeal ! |
| 4 | The flashing tape is supplied in various widths , and only needs cutting to length with an old pair of scissors |
| 5 | The whole character of the game has been changed by a goal which er suddenly has brought to life in a way which we did n't see at all for the first half . |
| 6 | Work on voting behaviour in Great Britain in the 1980s illustrates this , with the class divide much distorted according to power in the market place , which in turn has become increasingly spatially variable : Johnston and Pattie , 1988 , 1990 . ) |
| 7 | This rationalist approach is overtly expressed in Fowler 's statement that ‘ The proper excellence of architecture is that which results from its suitableness to the occasion … and this principle rightly pursued leads to originality without the affection of novelty ; but … the present enlightened epoch in architecture is woefully distinguished as having no character of its own nor any pretensions beyond that of adopting the various styles that have prevailed in all ages and nations without regard to the difference of circumstances upon which they were founded ’ ; while the critic J. C. Loudon [ q.v. ] described him as ‘ one of the few modern architects who belong to the School of Reason and who design buildings on fundamental principles instead of antiquated rules and precedents ’ . |
| 8 | Alan had obviously expected to return to university alone , once the fuss was over . |
| 9 | As you know I should very much like to return to work in some secretarial capacity at Yorhaul Limited after my baby 's birth and naturally wish to claim maternity pay , so please take this letter as formal notice of these matters as required under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 10 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 11 | Furthermore , I am hypothesising that , on occasions , they collectively develop shared myths to account to themselves how they relate politically to each other in their different roles within the complex organization of a business enterprise and so give meaning to life at work . |
| 12 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
| 13 | Much prefers running to flying . |
| 14 | They only like to listen to rubbish . |
| 15 | Now ‘ Bordah ’ , though so pronounced refers to Border , one of South Africa 's smallest sports provinces , where I come from , on the south-eastern coast , covering the area of the Cape Province 's border with Natal . |
| 16 | The agent may be better off claiming times are bad when they are not , if wages are thereby greatly reduced compared to employment and output , so raising the firm 's net earnings and the agent 's earnings . |
| 17 | You need your owner 's support and wisdom so try to keep to heel and do as you 're told . |
| 18 | The possibilities for an active social life for those living alone will obviously vary according to age , health , personality and mobility . |
| 19 | Therefore , long-term measures to promote sales are not feasible , and the manufacturer would be better advised to look to product improvement as part of long-term strategy . |
| 20 | You only have to go to bed , when you go up there |
| 21 | I only wanted to go to sleep . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , they stressed that any sampling design should be rigorously stratified according to site conditions and the stage of regeneration of the forest , and that measurements of parameters such as stand height , basal area and tree density in the areas around plots should also be taken . |
| 23 | Anything they did not eat went to waste : nothing was recycled or left for the servants , though Nicolae 's beloved dogs got scraps , if they tired of their imported frozen meat . |
| 24 | I did not want to go to prison again . |
| 25 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 26 | Slim people generally eat according to appetite , in a fairly relaxed fashion not governed by rules or diet sheets . |
| 27 | They have an equal right not to dread going to bed alone , or waking up alone ; there need be no loneliness on quiet Sundays . |
| 28 | She needed continual reassurance , and although she had been told by God himself that all her sins were forgiven and that she would not need to go to purgatory , she confessed and had herself absolved four , five or six times a day . |
| 29 | Describes the clients in a pawnbroker 's shop in a squalid neighbourhood : a harridan , a drunken brute who abuses his pathetic wife , a genteel mother and daughter just becoming inured to poverty , a prostitute , and a drunken old woman ( ‘ Who shall say how soon these women may change places ? ’ ) . |
| 30 | Two months of treatment has failed to clear up the trouble , so Molby has had surgery and is not expected to return to action for another six weeks . |