Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramapithecus lasted for about 7 million years and may have then given rise to the first true hominid , Australopithecus , which has a similar dental structure . |
| 2 | The distinctive characteristic of these writers was their belief in progress : the belief , in particular , that the system of international relations that had given rise to the First World War was capable of being transformed into a fundamentally more peaceful and just world order ; that under the impact of the awakening of democracy , the growth of the ‘ international mind ’ , the development of the League of Nations , the good works of men of peace or the enlightenment spread by their own teachings , it was in fact being transformed ; and that their responsibility as students of international relations was to assist this march of progress to overcome the ignorance , the prejudices , the ill-will , and the sinister interests that stood in its way . |
| 3 | These measures , collectively known as the Tory Reaction , meant that by 1685 the opposition alliance which had given rise to the first Whig party had largely crumbled . |
| 4 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 5 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
| 6 | Some records were made by both the research team and by teachers of the methods used by pupils to obtain answers to the first two questions above . |
| 7 | Replace all metal drainpipes with plastic ones ( which are far too flimsy for anyone to scale ) , remove any trees near the house that would assist ascent to the first floor and absolutely never leave ladders outside the house , front or back , always lock them away . |
| 8 | Try to relate events to the Third World . |
| 9 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 10 | Casual vacancies in the membership of a board may be filled by the election of a duly qualified person at the first meeting of the appointing council after the vacancy occurred and the person elected holds office to the next election of the board . |
| 11 | I will spring a tear , come to attention and salute that old Scottish soldier who took an alien handed to feed his family and still bring honour to the 91st of Foot . |
| 12 | Answering this question involves reference to the second group of facts which were mentioned at the beginning of this discussion facts about the systematic differences in the life-experience of women and men . |
| 13 | He became increasingly concerned that the monarchical regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II , which committed Germany to the First World War , was over-dominated by military and bureaucratic interests at the expense of the national interest . |
| 14 | Although the Act gives no protection to a dealer , it will give protection to the first private purchaser providing he was bona fide , etc . |
| 15 | Soviet troops advanced into Korea to accept the surrender of Japanese forces ; Stalin kept his word and when American troops arrived on 8 September , they assumed responsibility to the 38th parallel . |
| 16 | These courses are examined at the end of the first year , and their successful completion allows entry to the second year ; the marks are not counted towards the final degree . |
| 17 | In industries of all types , ranging from textiles to automobiles and electronics , multinational corporations have transferred work to the Third World by setting up plants where cheap labour performed the most labour-intensive sub-processes in manufacturing . |
| 18 | While there is no convincing evidence that the TNCs can bring salvation to the Third World , in many poor countries the TNCs are seen as responsible for the only bright spots in the economy and society . |
| 19 | One of the features of , of the media which I think I mentioned earlier , certainly to one group if not the whole lot , is that people in the media cut things to the last moment , and the final second , it 's part of the adrenaline , we 've a chance to , make people move in . |
| 20 | We 'll send sweatshirts to the first five correct entries out of the hat on 30 July . |
| 21 | A fountain pen is a writing instrument , metonymically ‘ fountain ’ relative to its reservoir , non-dip implicitly in its connotation , constituting a magnetic focus of cascading libido to the last drop , paradigmatically self-dipping in a Reichian sense . |
| 22 | Because that 's the that 's the key once you 've got that er you look at some for example if , I say integrate X to the sixth . |
| 23 | The hope is that the machine will beat Europe to the next prize in elementary particle physics . |
| 24 | So , in an effort to bring the sport together under one roof , the Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre played host to the first All-England Championships . |
| 25 | This process will identify critical areas where lack of performance could prevent progression to the next stage . |
| 26 | As Joe walked away he felt that he had said goodbye to the last phase of his youth , and that his storm of weeping had swept him into manhood and away from all connection with the woman back in that room . |
| 27 | Lyall , who piloted Town to the Second Division Championship in only his second season , said : ‘ Ipswich came to me out of the blue and brought me back into management . |
| 28 | Ray Floyd , having dumped his ball in it to help Faldo to the second of his titles , would not deem it so . |
| 29 | It 's these lectures which finally unbalance Bob Roberts , which shifts from crisp satire to stodgy tract under the sheer density of Robbins ’ disgust with US politics , losing along the way the warped rock ‘ n ’ roll and documentary trappings which give bite to the first film intelligent enough to see assassination as a career move for the victim . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm selling subscriptions to the twentieth century . ’ |