Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reasons for writing to the Lancet are frustration that we have been discredited , that our grants depend on this work and also that all the evidence is in writing . ’ |
| 2 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
| 3 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 4 | Vice Chair , I have given the Council , I believe , many good reasons for electing to the office of Lord Mayor for this year . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 6 | Taking things for granted or failing to seek new understanding indicates a lost opportunity for adding to the store of experience . |
| 7 | However , there is a serious difficulty about adding to the number of MPs linked to the government . |
| 8 | At the other end of the scale the ‘ When in Rome do as the Romans ’ is no excuse for dropping to the level of a curse between every other word that is met in some otherwise honest circles . |
| 9 | Hence , his excuse for coming to the cottage was also a fake . |
| 10 | I have no enthusiasm for returning to the sort of legislation that applied at that time . |
| 11 | And three words per second is the way that television presenters make er , their scripts for presenting to the public in a news bulletin . |
| 12 | Twite concluded that there is limited support for marking to the market having an effect on futures prices . |
| 13 | It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ . |
| 14 | Other Cabinet changes prompted by Keating 's resignation were : the appointment of Simon Crean in place of Kerin ; the appointment of Ross Free to replace Crean as junior Minister for Science and Technology ; and the addition of responsibility for Housing to the portfolio of Brian Howe . |
| 15 | The child needs to be motivated and so receiving rewards for going to the lavatory when reminded or for staying dry can be an incentive for the younger child . |
| 16 | It is also evident that , unlike Carter , Reagan had no inhibitions about tending to the needs of congressmen in return for their support . |
| 17 | The hope is that these peptides might compete with the virus proteins for binding to the receptor molecules . |
| 18 | She was unmarried and her urge and talent for giving to the world had something of gratitude at its root . |
| 19 | A similar effect of Oct-1 on the HPV 16 motif was also observed in HeLa cell transfections although to a lesser extent indicating that at higher levels Oct-1 can compete with the cervical protein for binding to the octamer motif ( Figure 6 ) . |
| 20 | In part this resulted from increased opportunities for exporting to the periphery . |
| 21 | Less than six on the Richter scale , he found out later , only a tremor , really , but it was enough to change Creed 's mind about returning to the office . |
| 22 | He also has an open mind about returning to the ring at some point to pursue an impressive career with manager Terry Lawless . |
| 23 | This section gives general guidance about applying to the University . |
| 24 | Although throughout the crisis Alexander III had expressed his contempt for any concessions to appease the government 's critics , for some two months after coming to the throne he hesitated to reverse official policy . |
| 25 | I 'm getting worn out doing this , it 's hurting my eyes after going to the pictures and then doing all these bingo cards for granddad |
| 26 | Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground . |
| 27 | And when a ratepayer challenged a local authority 's conduct of its policy to sell council houses and invoked his statutory right to complain to the District Auditor , he was debarred from at the same time pursuing the alternative remedy of applying to the courts for judicial review . |
| 28 | This is one respect in which active citizenship is important because involvement in the community by voluntary work and political activity serves to foster a sense in the participating citizen of belonging to the community and of national identity , while at the same time contributing to the common welfare . |
| 29 | They are now in their full fighting order of dress , giving a very detailed and practical demonstration of patrolling to the TA course . |
| 30 | It therefore places them in a paradoxical relationship and leaves the believer to live with the tension of relating to the world . |