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 .
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