Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb base] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | " Will you stop interrupting and pay heed to me ? |
2 | In a new departure , EPLF gunboats attacked and set fire to a Polish freighter off the Eritrean Red Sea coast on Jan. 3 ; they seized the 30-strong crew and fired rockets to drive off a second Polish freighter which attempted to come to their aid . |
3 | The Karen National Union on Jan. 8 and 14 reportedly attacked and set fire to three oil tanker trucks belonging to a Thai logging company working in Karen State , killing one of the drivers . |
4 | ‘ It reinforces and give practice to what has been going on during the day , ’ he says . |
5 | Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges . |
6 | Charles Dollar has pointed out that archivists and librarians both preserve and provide access to information ( 1992 ) . |
7 | Now , one of them will rotate to the right , one will rotate to the left what you need to be able to do is to identify the condition that will give that give rise to optical isomers , in other words , to be able to say yes , that molecule will have optical isomers . |
8 | In such circumstances what could Wilson do but offer help to the 5,000 or more German seamen taken ashore from British , German and other vessels on the outbreak of war who were unemployed , destitute and ultimately destined for internment camps ? |
9 | ‘ What we Willis Brothers try to do , ’ Milton said , ‘ is take the magic out of shaping and apply number to art . |
10 | They may become very anxious about the risk to which the old person is exposed and urge admission to residential care . |
11 | A parent may , for example , give or withhold consent to the adoption or marriage of a child in care although in the case of marriage , the local authority 's consent is also required . |
12 | The central aim of the Laboratory will be to identify , describe and provide access to data and information related to the Midlands . |
13 | In July 1595 , when a Spanish force landed and set fire to Mousehole , Paul , Newlyn , and Penzance , Godolphin ‘ engaged himself very worthily ’ , and rallied men for the defence of Penzance and Marazion . |
14 | Sickness and exhaustion often disappear and give way to a sense of emotional wellbeing . |
15 | So again , we find that Chewong reaction to perceived violence — which is how I would describe the abuse of the jealous woman — is to retreat from it . |
16 | Both backward linkages , when a TNC buys local materials and goods and adds value to them , and forward linkages , when domestic companies buy intermediate goods that the TNCs produce and add value to them , can have substantial financial , employment and technical effects . |
17 | In early April two young farm labourers , Valdecir Ferreira and Altair Gomes , narrowly escaped death when a mob 1,500-strong stormed and set fire to the prison where they were being held for the gory knife murder of a taxi-driver , in the state of Parana . |
18 | People argue and give evidence to the Committee , for perhaps 10 or 12 weeks or longer . |
19 | Words can not express the sadness of seeing a teenager who looks barely older than a young child suffering from severe malnutrition , but there are the wonderful moments such as a child who suffered tremendous burns after a candle fell and set fire to her night-dress ; after months of careful dressing and cleaning her wounds have virtually healed — without the clinic the little girl would almost certainly have died . |
20 | The measurement unit used in this study was similar to a flowchart showing the procedures undertaken to store , retrieve and deliver information to users , which enabled the analysts to consider the possible effects of the proposed solutions on each phase . |
21 | Others ( e.g. Hatcher and Shall ice , 1983 ) have drawn upon Phizacklea and Miles 's North London research which , although in the final analysis conceives of racism as a form of false consciousness , nevertheless gives a more active , reasoning or reflexive role to the working class racist subject . |
22 | Countries which forbid or restrict access to contraception : CHAD , EQUATORIAL GUINEA , GABON , GREECE , IRELAND , MALAWI , MALTA , LIBYA , KAMPUCHEA , SAUDI ARABIA |
23 | One of Margaret Donaldson 's outstanding qualities is that she is highly adept at encouraging people not only to think and give rein to the excitement of ideas , but also to think critically , and , above all , to think for themselves . |
24 | Assume that 20 per cent of the records are equally frequently accessed and give rise to 80 per cent of the total transactions . |
25 | And if you ever have word for me that may bear fruit , come and ask entry to me wherever I am . |
26 | ‘ Come , come and sit dose to me and keep an old man warm . ’ |
27 | His sheets were scorched after the white plastic monitor box melted and set fire to the carpet . |
28 | Claims with an anticipated value of between £1500 and £3000 may still be handled by branch staff , either by telephone or visit , if they have or have access to the appropriate expertise . |
29 | This directory must exist and the user must have at least read and write access to it . |
30 | If specified , the directory must exist and the user must have at least read and write access to it . |