Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] to [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 2 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 3 | And the society investigates them , and if they are deserving , either refers them to some appropriate charity or grants them relief or refers them back to us with a note of recommendation . ’ |
| 4 | Could you direct me to that old ship — what 's it called ? — they dragged it up out of the — ’ |
| 5 | More professionally , you can lighten them to that bleached-bone look by staining them with a white stain , thinned down with fifty percent white spirit . |
| 6 | This project aims to map the movements of individuals between employment , unemployment and economic inactivity over the decade 1979-1989 , to identify significant trends , and to relate them to wider economic factors and policy developments . |
| 7 | To understand them properly , however , we need to relate them to wider social structures , and we shall consider this aspect of sociolinguistics in chapter 7 . |
| 8 | For example , Activity 47 ( p. 101 ) , " Working with Scalar Paradigms " , provides a place for considering the role of value-judgements and obliges the reader to relate them to specific textual features . |
| 9 | It was not easy to relate them to any obvious scheme . |
| 10 | These three contrasting ways of approaching the same data can be conveniently illustrated by applying them to that contemporary social phenomenon : student unrest . |
| 11 | Although Norman horsemen used stirrups , a major invention and development in terms of medieval warfare , it is not certain if the warriors of Charlemagne used them to any great extent . |
| 12 | A key concept in understanding such major shifts , and relating them to wider economic change , is uneven development . |
| 13 | We shall examine these in turn , relating them to specific national situations . |
| 14 | The purpose of education , and of RE in particular , is to help these aspects to grow , relating them to basic religious concepts and basic skills for discernment . |
| 15 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 16 | But I am certain she will help you , and may well introduce you to other young people ; you do not see enough of them . ’ |
| 17 | But if you do n't mind this cinema verité approach to pornography and you get turned on by freaky-looking people , then the amateur video could introduce you to some interesting new bedtime pals . |
| 18 | You can remove poor Flora from that sink of a school and send her to some nice nuns . ’ |
| 19 | Dr Neil tried to calm himself by a grave examination of the doll , as though it were one of his patients , holding the tiny wrist to take the pulse , only to see the laughter on her face , and for that to provoke him to further inward excesses . |
| 20 | Newton spent more time and energy on alchemical speculations than on the scientific discoveries which galvanised the Western world : Storr reconstructs the neurotic drive which impelled him to heroic intellectual feats . |
| 21 | Basic salary is based on the expatriate 's home salary with a number of allowances added to adjust it to local living conditions . |
| 22 | And it depends on what they want if they want it to three decimal places with this |
| 23 | Equally , the consequences of applying it to any old scrap of paper which any party cared to describe as an ‘ Act of Parliament ’ solely for purpose of denying jurisdiction would be absurd . |
| 24 | A re-evaluation of our current and potential interests in the area would help re-balance our contributions in geographical terms , and it just might introduce us to some useful new artistic interests and commercial concerns . |
| 25 | He can introduce us to some American girls and boys who spoke up about what they noticed and liked . |
| 26 | Mr. Watkinson referred us to three other decided cases in support of the contrary view , but to my mind they do not assist him . |
| 27 | And the person who was going to lead them to this golden opportunity was the new driving force who had come to the fore and already earned himself the nickname of ‘ the Eddie Shah of News on Sunday ’ — Chris Walsh . |
| 28 | An anonymous notice has also been placed beneath the original at the beginning of the right of way urging people to oppose any plans to re-classify the track , and alerting them to possible future proposals . |
| 29 | And , if so , what had pushed them to such ruthless lengths ? |
| 30 | Keep it up and I 'll consider promoting you to Lance-corporal unpaid . ’ |