Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] to [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A turning point in the history of the republic came in 1358 , when Ludovic of Hungary forced the Venetians to cede to him the whole of Dalmatia , except for Ragusa . |
| 2 | From the Reagan administration 's first decision to listen to what the Israelis were saying , the Iran-contra affair had found its firm foundation in political and diplomatic illusion . |
| 3 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 4 | Professor Donaldson was so irate at my letter in the Times , which he considered to reflect upon English architects in general , that he proposed moving the Institute to reverse the recommendation of their council to award to me the annual Royal Gold Medal of the Institute , and was only dissuaded from attempting to inflict that gratuitous dishonour upon me by strong remonstrances . |
| 5 | The interactivity lies in the computer 's capacity to respond to what the user does . |
| 6 | Boutros Ghali , last Monday , I took the opportunity to suggest to him the need for more action in Somalia . |
| 7 | As such , no one would deny the unfairness and the imbalance in the system , and the need to reintroduce to it the fundamental legal precept of justice . |
| 8 | So far as the present case is concerned , both the failure to serve Form N79 upon the respondent for 13 days and the failure to attach to it the schedule containing the facts found proved by the court are , in my judgment , fatal to the legality of this order , and the appeal should be allowed and the respondent discharged from custody . |
| 9 | Thus the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty is seen by Northern and Central Europeans as an earnest of the will and capacity of the West Europeans to extend to them the benefits of European Union . |
| 10 | No doubt the justice will in fairness give the defendant an opportunity to respond to what the constable is saying . |
| 11 | We have been all around Britain to put to them the intimate questions teachers and parents were too afraid to ask . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been alarmed at the easy way the Labour Party has in recent years allowed certain factions in society to dictate to them the philosophical approach they should be following . |
| 13 | You can not count the features of loveliness here , but I attach some pages from my notebook to discover to you the ingenious flora of this fair isle and their many productive and rich uses . |
| 14 | The intricate and ever-growing industrial co-operation of the civilised nations through trade does not permit any nation to keep to herself the gain of any market she may hold . |
| 15 | I had never been given the opportunity to explain to him the difficulties in making recommendations about the teaching of language . |
| 16 | I did n't did n't get the opportunity to explain to you the joke beside behind your writing do n't use contractions in written material . |