Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [n mass] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , arguably , it is one of our strengths , a vital counterbalance to what Gilligan calls ‘ the blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth ’ . |
| 2 | They also argued that the normalization of such images by SM groups acclimatized people to brutality and made them less percipient about the advent of ‘ real fascism ’ . |
| 3 | Lang adds £28m to community care cash |
| 4 | VOLUNTEERS who use their own cars to ferry people to hospital from remote parts of the North-East could face a hefty tax bill in future . |
| 5 | City : National Savings attracts £7.5bn to post record year |
| 6 | They need cars to take folk to hospital or help wheel people out — it 's not just women 's work , you know , all that . ’ |
| 7 | and that he has ‘ nightmares of Red Guards beating people to death . |
| 8 | In what may be the first of several similar moves , Alpha Microsystems Inc has agreed to acquire the assets of the hardware maintenance division of MGI Group International , a Los Angeles-based Unix integrator with 294 local service contracts adding $1.2M to Alpha 's nationwide annual service revenues . |
| 9 | AS US WEST COMMITS $2,500m TO TIME WARNER VENTURE |
| 10 | THE Queen last night accepted an apology from the Sun , for publishing her Christmas message two days early , and an offer from the newspaper to pay £200,000 to charity . |
| 11 | ‘ In the light of the apology to the Queen in today 's issue of the Sun and the offer of the newspaper to pay £200,000 to charity , Her Majesty is content to regard the matter as settled since the making of the payment by the newspaper must be seen as recognising the basis of the claim , ’ the statement said . |
| 12 | I was totally unconvinced that he , any more than anyone else , has a solution to the amount of crime and the necessity to send people to prison . |
| 13 | At a birthday party yesterday — on Kensington Woof Gardens — he and a few brothers and sisters handed £200,000 to Guide Dogs for the Blind for a new training centre in Southampton . |
| 14 | Sequent 's consultancy services for users contributed $15.6m to turnover . |
| 15 | Cakes , Easter gifts and toys contributed £75 to club funds , while the Traidcraft stall was making money for communities in the Third World . |
| 16 | Scheer quickly decided to attempt escape from what was potentially a disastrous situation by executing the manoeuvre known as the a ‘ Gefechtskehrtwendung ’ , a ‘ battle turnabout ’ in which all his ships turned 180° to starboard , reversing his line . |
| 17 | ‘ Listen , my boy , I did n't bring you up by hand to annoy people to death ! |
| 18 | Stories abound of his having landed on a handkerchief in blizzards in order to take people to hospital or to bring in desperately needed supplies . |
| 19 | Other countries use bells to summon people to church but only the English go in for that cascading sound from a ring of six or more bells — ‘ change ringing ’ . |
| 20 | A number of phased retirement schemes have come on the market to enable people to stagger the purchase of their annuities under their pension arrangements . |