Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [noun sg] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Even the Sioux Indians immortalised in Dances With Wolves are angry because it will divert money from their bingo halls which bring in revenue to poor reservations .
2 Sociologists of religion frequently appear inexcusably reductionist to those whom they study .
3 It can further be used to keep all members of the community informed , and to pass on information to other pressure groups and the general public .
4 Wimbledon followed suit a little later by opening up competition to professional tennis players .
5 Dr Hamish Inglis says : ‘ Once you have had a cold you build up immunity to that particular virus .
6 But Lord Zouch , President of the Council , who was no friend to the professional judges there , discounted the notion that they were taking bribes : ‘ I mean not money to any magistrate , ’ he remarked .
7 Wife Doña Ximena , said he , these damsels who have served you so well , I will give in marriage to these my vassals , and to every one of them two hundred marks of silver , that it may be known in Castille what they have got by their services .
8 In the meantime the Slovenian government had on July 17 cut off electricity to five military bases as a protest .
9 Longer-term economic reforms to boost foreign investment included the loosening of environmental and Aboriginal heritage controls in planning procedures for mining projects , the completion of deregulation of the aviation market , and further relaxation of rules to open up banking to foreign competition .
10 In August 1988 the CME and Reuters agreed to open up Globex to other exchanges , MATIF , etc .
11 The thrust of the Government initiatives in education is to open up access to all of those in employment , and preparing for employment , to gain qualifications .
12 We , we 'll almost certainly finish about quarter to four .
13 It also describes how access to transferred information may be restricted to conform to the standard LIFESPAN security rules .
14 Jim Catterson of the International Federation of Chemical , Energy and General Workers ' Unions ( ICEF ) in Brussels , noted how access to high-quality financial information available from more than 1,500 databases has helped affiliates ( including the GMB , the TGWU and MSF in the UK ) to obtain information on finances , ownership , mergers and acquisitions vital to negotiations .
15 Such accommodation is likely to be withdrawn as councils Increasingly sell off property to private developers .
16 His vision broke frontiers and opened up travel to ordinary people .
17 Somewhere about this time the squadron we had at Bourn was shifted up north to another Group .
18 But it is more likely that Treasury officials are just sounding out reaction to possible measures .
19 Many drivers were thinking twice about carrying out risky manoeuvres such as doing 90 miles an hour down the motorway even though such speeds benefited society in speeding up access to distant parts .
20 WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 .
21 The reform of the national insurance system advocated here will also lead to all workers building up entitlement to national insurance benefits .
22 The most common of these is the high incidence of arthritic and rheumatic problems ; other specific examples include blindness and neurological problems associated with long-term diabetes ; chronic pain resulting from building up immunity to certain drugs , such as morphine ( various groups ) ; chronic respiratory problems caused by spinal deformity ( scoliosis ) ; and a variety of physiological problems coming under the heading of ‘ post-polio syndrome ’ .
23 The most usual method of sending out information to more than a few broadcasting stations or publications is by post .
24 Set back carriage to 0 ; all other buttons and levers to neutral .
25 The potential of a cell ( or other ‘ system ’ ) to give out water to another cell or solution .
26 The link nurses meet regularly , take a special interest in , and strive to enhance , DN expertise in leg ulcer management by feeding back information to all DNs in their patches .
27 cos he goes about quarter to twelve
28 Because we are conditioned to thinking of retirement as a time for settling into a new home , many people up sticks without perhaps giving enough thought to such essentials as proximity to family and friends and whether a different area would provide the same scope for pursuing their interests .
29 Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages .
30 ‘ It caused some anxious moments as we worked out how to keep up supply to this project approximately 1,200 kilometres from our manufacturing centre in Rabaul , ’ said PNG general manager .
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