Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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1 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |
2 | Japan has taught much to the Western business world . |
3 | He calls Howard as soon as he arrives — but Howard has flown out to the Bahamas , for a conference with Bill Mishkin , who is stopping over on his way to Caracas . |
4 | President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution . |
5 | The School has responded positively to the technological demands of the new Standard Grade courses and has installed in the Department ten ‘ Applemac ’ computers adding to the not inconsiderable quantity of equipment already there . |
6 | The rum market in Venezuela is undergoing a difficult period of transition , but Pampero 's performance has responded well to the relaunch . |
7 | The Scottish economy has responded vigorously to the policies we have introduced to liberate enterprise , and many more people are now saving , investing and owning their homes . |
8 | Each step command is issued only when the motor has responded satisfactorily to the previous command and so there is no possibility of the motor losing synchronism . |
9 | I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry . |
10 | Once he has come reasonably to the conclusion that this will happen , the question whether his decision to issue the particular instructions that he gave was a reasonable one in the circumstances is subject to a further test of reasonableness . |
11 | The second psychoanalytic message that has come through to the public is its preoccupation with sex . |
12 | ‘ Two other factors will make us a better team this season — Keith Finlay has come back to the club from North Fermanagh and that has stiffened our batting while Tony Johnson from Barbados is a superb all rounder . ’ |
13 | Two points away from winning the league flag , Christmas has come early to the Perth fans ; ensconced in a new all-seater stadium , they are visiting an Ayr team under Ally McLeod 's managerial direction . |
14 | However , the club has come close to the brink , surviving winding up orders . |
15 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
16 | The gradual assimilation of minority nationalities , moreover , has operated less to the advantage of the Russian population as such than to the advantage of the larger nationalities in general , Russians included . |
17 | Harris Corp 's Fort Lauderdale , Florida-based Computer Systems Division has moved up to the second generation 88110 version of Motorola Inc 's RISC family with the Night Hawk 5000 series — which ca n't be called Night Hawk in the UK . |
18 | The Labour Party has moved on to the social democratic ground , it may even choose to call itself a social democratic party — in any case , it should complete the process with a constitution to suit . |
19 | There 's also Bob 's ‘ Songs Of Freedom ’ , a force worldwide , but out of fashion in Jamaica , a country that has moved on to the more bodily delights of raggamuffin . |
20 | Baton Rouge , Louisiana-based Fifth Generation Systems , a little spitfire in the MS-DOS world , has moved on to the Unix scene with its first Unix product , Fastback Plus Unix , a $345 backup and restore utility for Intel Corp 80386 and 80486 machines running UnixWare , Interactive , SCO Unix , System V.3/V.4 and Consensys V.4.2 . |
21 | And by now the Prime Minister has moved on to the next sterling crisis . |
22 | That section of the middle class which includes shopkeepers , foremen , and the small and self-employed businessmen — the petit bourgeois — has turned strongly to the party since she became leader . |
23 | The discussion above has related mainly to the services under the management of health authorities . |
24 | These schemes are notorious for corruption , but something has got through to the poor . |
25 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
26 | As the economic crisis has got worse , the attention the government has given to education has got less to the point where instead of opening schools they are closing some of them , because — so they say — they ca n't pay the teachers ' salaries . |
27 | has sold out to the money men . |
28 | ‘ FROM OUT of the blue , 21-year-old Elvis Presley has rocketed on to the popular music scene with all the scorching fury of a meteor , ’ reckon the NME on May 11 , 1956 . |
29 | And to say that they have ‘ been the eyes and ears of Delhi ’ is insulting to a community that has contributed enormously to the progress and fostering of secular values among Kashmiri people . |
30 | Recently television has contributed dramatically to the rejuvenation of particular sports , most notably darts and snooker . |