Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] to [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to give or lend money to relatives obviously is related to one 's own economic resources in some way — although we are unlikely to find that people who have more straightforwardly give more . |
| 2 | Univel expects to see $20m to $30m out of this crowd in the first year . |
| 3 | And also the Railway used it and er it was used elsewhere , and it 's interesting this , I noticed that erm B R have recently erected er er this type of fencing er which is adds insult to injury possibly , on the at er . |
| 4 | MIRROR Group shares rose 1p to 64p yesterday on the back of rocketing sales . |
| 5 | What had attracted Alan to Carolyn initially , and reinforced his interest as he got to know her , was her painful honesty . |
| 6 | But generally , the deadline achieved its purpose and we were able to despatch certificates to students much more quickly than in the past . ’ |
| 7 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 8 | Koffigoh refused to submit to the demand that he leave the government headquarters where he had taken refuge , and on Nov. 28 asked President Mitterrand of France to despatch troops to Togo urgently . |
| 9 | He owes allegiance to Geoffrey now , but does as little to aid him and as little to harm Stephen as possible , protecting both his own and his brother 's interests there , while Robert does as much for him here . |
| 10 | Shares of Harrisons & Crosfield , the chemical , timber and plantation group , rose 2p to 158p yesterday . |
| 11 | Indeed , applying functionalism to bureaucracy quickly throws up most of the theoretical limitations of this approach ; in particular , the problem of limiting politics to seven functions , and its ethnocentric bias . |
| 12 | For by seeking to claim credit for the fact that Britain had not imposed a visa regime , Mr Wardle implicitly suggested that such measures obstruct refugees from gaining access to countries where they can seek asylum ( as indeed Amnesty believes they do ) . |
| 13 | The joint training programme has been extremely important , and nice to mention that we 've trained , on a joint basis , over three thousand people , in the er , use of the new arrangements development of the assessment er , procedures and continue to provide training to people where it 's , where it 's essential . |
| 14 | The sharp upturn indicates a great improvement in SCOTVEC 's ability to ‘ turn around ’ results ; it also indicates that more centres are returning results to SCOTVEC as early as possible . |
| 15 | SHARES in Amersham International , the healthcare and life science research products group , rose 27p to 435p yesterday after news that Hoffman-La Roche , the leading drugs company , would hold a 5 per cent stake in the group following the sale of a subsidiary . |
| 16 | SHARES in HSBC Holdings , parent of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , firmed 7p to 602p yesterday after it revealed profits had nearly doubled last year . |
| 17 | We 'll say he wants clothes to dress-up in . |
| 18 | The very essence of his buildings is expressed through intimately relating ornament to structure so , together , they create astonishing , tautly dynamic , glittering volumes and spaces for people . |
| 19 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 20 | I entertained Heather to lunch there as well . |
| 21 | Rugby defies slump to inch ahead at £57.6m |
| 22 | arabiensis in the Sudan , show resistance to malathion only in the adult stage and it seems evident that such resistance was not in fact selected by agricultural usage . |
| 23 | They are certainly comfortable and assured , but at the same time they have no real chance of converting others to their views , at least if conversion means more than expressing the hope that God will send faith to others too . |
| 24 | The agreement will usually contain provisions requiring the acquirer to notify any events which may give rise to claims as soon as possible and to allow the seller to investigate and perhaps handle any third party claim . |
| 25 | In other cases quite different processes can give rise to topography superficially resembling true karst , an example being the creation of ‘ underground drainage ’ through the formation of lava tunnels in volcanic terrains . |
| 26 | Each stage may give rise to motions not only of greater complexity but also involving smaller scales than the previous stages . |
| 27 | It is found that the former can give rise to convection even when the latter is sufficiently strong that the net effect of the two is a decrease ; i.e. lighter fluid overlies heavier . |
| 28 | ‘ Why send Dana to Paris now ? |
| 29 | There are two possibilities : either to exploit the existing key order — if that is possible — or to completely destroy that order , and to allocate keys to addresses as randomly as possible . |
| 30 | Take my advice , sir — put pen to paper instantly . ’ |