Example sentences of "[verb] to a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Anthea moved to a mirror and smoothed her closely permed black hair before stepping forward with a smile on her lips .
2 Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other .
3 The plane juddered to a halt and the under-carriage noisily collapsed .
4 Similarly , bankers become committed to a customer if they can not withdraw facilities without causing that customer financial distress .
5 What we can clearly recognise , however , is that it is a religion committed to a view that God is personal in a different manner from that in which individual human beings are personal .
6 From that moment on , we were committed to a process that required majority voting , to which we were subject .
7 What makes some people happy for example , is that they are committed to a cause or to a person ; their happiness derives from something other than the pursuit of happiness .
8 He was committed to an asylum where he died soon afterwards . ’
9 In the first place , by 1986 , teachers and other educational staff had seen the purchasing power of their salaries slip to a half or a third of their 1980 value .
10 Worse still , the new skiers — beginners — who should have been making up for those who stop because old age or the arrival of infants stops ski holidays — were simply not attracted to a sport when everyone was complaining about bad conditions .
11 There could be other metals in your system like bronze , lead and aluminium that wo n't be attracted to a magnet and they will have to be physically screened for .
12 There are a number of men only too anxious to buy themselves a knighthood who might be most attracted to a project that catches the public sympathy . ’
13 Young members can only be attracted to a team that realistically and consistently challenges for honours , not because the team is composed entirely of Yorkshiremen .
14 In our view such developments will only be attracted to an area if there is a clear prospect of of a site being made available as an exception to normal blank policies to meet those very specific requirements .
15 The concepts which it assumes as self-evident , until persistent failure to solve a problem calls attention to them , appear to an outsider as strange metaphorical structures to be examined and re-examined as he learns to find his way around the conceptual scheme .
16 He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down .
17 He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down .
18 Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours .
19 He seemed to come to a decision and stared hard at Jack Stone .
20 The British politician Geoffrey Howe said in an interview on television : ‘ We thought it was right to come to a decision when I next met them last night . ’
21 He argued that to implement a ‘ Non-Alignment Pact ’ in a civil war between an incumbent government supported by one Great Power and insurgents supported by another Great Power ‘ a coalition government must be formed comprising those elements of both Government and insurgent forces which are prepared to come to a compromise and work together in the context of non-alignment ’ .
22 As in so many debates on the nature and location of power in Britain it is not possible to come to a firm and lasting conclusion as to the nature of prime ministerial power relative to the position of the cabinet since Prime Ministers have always differed in their degree of command of the cabinet .
23 It 's very difficult to quantify those sorts of effects and er to members and the decision makers have to come to a judgement as best they can , given the information that 's before them .
24 The decline in house prices is likely to come to a halt as vendors become more reluctant to accept distress prices .
25 There has been some focusing on why people may not be able to come to a CAB and which groups may be affected .
26 We want our children to come to a love and respect of all God 's people .
27 It only needs one horse to come to a stud or livery yard premises incubating the disease to start a large outbreak .
28 A talk to probation officers will indirectly reach a section of the community — prisoners — who are not able to come to a bureau and may be seriously in need of a bureau 's services , as was seen in Chapter 3 .
29 And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you .
30 which we did , and I 'm pleased to say that they endorsed that that general position , in other words their not going to come to a conclusion whether or not they should take any part in the proceedings , whether they should intervene or seek to stop the project until much later in the day .
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