Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distal humerus and proximal tibia and femur are preferentially preserved in the predator assemblages where the greatest breakage overall occurs , while the species that do little damage to the bone cluster near the origin . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , most of the early studies on owl digestion have been carried out on species that do little damage to the bones of their prey . |
| 3 | Also , his experience of the frequently inept English resistance doubtless caused him to guess that it would eventually weaken to the point where he would be accepted as king . |
| 4 | I do rather object to the sort of chap who farts in public and then says ‘ Better out than in . ’ ’ |
| 5 | Different thoughts , but one thought : Secord would suddenly explode to the interpreter , ‘ He 's still not talking about the god-damned hostage thing ! ’ ; or , in North 's exasperated words , ‘ if we 're really sincere about this whole friggin' thing … they ought to be exercising every possible amount of leverage they 've got to get those people out . ’ |
| 6 | Apart from quinine for malaria and arsenicals for syphilis and sleeping sickness , chemotherapy was unpromising , usually because the ‘ chemical ’ did as much damage to the patient as to the microbe . |
| 7 | I mean , to be quite honest about it , it 's a , it 's an unsatisfactory settlement , from whichever political party that you come from , and it 's about time , perhaps , the conservatives recognised that you ca n't support a national government policy that does as much damage to the people of LIncolnshire as this transport supplementary grant settlement has done . |
| 8 | A charter party did not necessarily attest to the ownership of the goods shipped because the charterer might not have been a shipper , but merely a lessor of space . |
| 9 | He waited in growing irritation while a woman minutely described her missing cat , and impressed on the desk-sergeant that it would only answer to the name Roger . |
| 10 | Er I hope that makes the matter clear , because when we come to make a decision on this group of amendments , er when I er seek the opinion of the er Committee on my Amendment five , I shall only be seeking agreement to Amendment five and its related amendments er eight and eleven and if the Noble Lord , Lord er if , if the House were er to disagree with my Amendment or if it were to be withdrawn and the Noble Lord , Lord amendment were , were put , I think he would agree that it would only tha that that a decision by the Committee would only relate to the amendments in his name because we have in fact four alternatives before us which we are debating together . |
| 11 | I do n't mind that television is trivial — one might as well mind that a banana is bent — nor do I much object to the BBC appointing a personnel director to implement witlessly trendy policies . |
| 12 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 13 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 14 | It is clear from their context and from the structure of criminal appeals that these judicial doubts as to the right of the appellant/respondent to raise non-certified questions before the House of Lords can only refer to the situation exemplified by Berry ( No. 2 ) — viz , where grounds of appeal have been argued before but not determined by the Court of Appeal . |
| 15 | Hirst ( 1981:p. 55 ) reports that informants agreed that ‘ it ’ could only refer to the wine , and not to the table . |
| 16 | However , it is notable that the individual practitioner has far more discretion in legal advice than legal aid , and need only refer to the Area Director where he or she requires an extension to the financial limit placed on the amount of advice which can be given . |
| 17 | One might remark that the working-class child considered it redundant to constantly refer to the presence of a picture since he knew that the researcher was present and could see it for himself . |
| 18 | However in apportioning the cost Lothian Regional Council 's share is based on our desire to only contribute to the operation of buses between the regional boundary and Penicuik . |
| 19 | Trade union education can only contribute to the regeneration of the movement ; first , if it is prepared to subject what now exists to sustained debate and analysis , and if its development is tied to a thorough and far-reaching commitment to more campaigning , participatory and decentralised forms of trade union organisation and action . |
| 20 | Nor does Herodotus necessarily refer to the Jews when he mentions Syrians and Phoenicians of Palestine , who acknowledge that they learnt circumcision from the Egyptians ( 2.104 ) . |
| 21 | But erm they 've told them that they better keep to the peace agreement . |
| 22 | With such a man as their representative , Albanians can only look to the West for help before it is too late . |
| 23 | We can only look to the practices within which we treat animals , be it as pets , racing animals , food , experimental subjects , or denizens of the wild , tempered by our natural disinclination to cause them needless suffering , or treat them with disrespect . |
| 24 | This workshop had only five participants , but this did not stop a lively exchange of views which did n't necessarily stick to the questions asked by the organisers of the conference . |
| 25 | We can not rightly attribute to the Spirit any teaching which does not shed light on Jesus , or any religious experience which is not congruous with the life of Jesus . |
| 26 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 27 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 28 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 29 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 30 | These names need not be complete module names and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid names which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |