Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I do rather object to the sort of chap who farts in public and then says ‘ Better out than in . ’ ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Hirst ( 1981:p. 55 ) reports that informants agreed that ‘ it ’ could only refer to the wine , and not to the table . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But erm they 've told them that they better keep to the peace agreement . |
| 17 | With such a man as their representative , Albanians can only look to the West for help before it is too late . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sir Austin Pearce , one of the NRM 's guardians , told us via muffled a Tannoy ( uncannily similar to a real station announcement ) that the NRM would not merely look to the past , but also to the present and the future of rail . |
| 26 | Ultimately , this state of affairs can only work to the advantage of our trainees , who will come out at the end of their programme with an eminently marketable collection of skills . |
| 27 | [ The first postulate of classical economics ] means that , with a given organisation , equipment and technique , real wages and the volume of output ( and hence employment ) are uniquely correlated , so that , in general , an increase in employment can only occur to the accompaniment of a decline in the rate of real wages . |
| 28 | Capacitor C1 will only fit to the board layout if it is the type specified in the parts list . |
| 29 | We must be tolerant of others who do not have our gifts or drive as each of us can only perform to the extent of our own personal capacity . |
| 30 | In common with most other animals , including ourselves , the eyes of most snakes can only respond to the radiation which we call light . |