Example sentences of "[verb] to [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Where the pupils referred to in the next section are concerned , their teachers seem to play a larger role in the arbitration of proper action . |
| 32 | They should make a bit more profit than they used to with the old , oversized pans they made from bigger oil cans . |
| 33 | you 're not too sure what he wants , he 's agreed to see you next week , he does n't know why he 's seeing you but you go back and you present , so try and overcome rejection but the thing was he wants to in the first place . |
| 34 | The arts world has almost grown accustomed to the hand-to-mouth condition in which it is kept , but what it has not become resigned to over the long period of Tory rule is the positive hostility to its aims and values . |
| 35 | Not the cover on him there might have been , the sort of er chance clear chance that was given say to in the local derby match the other Saturday , and really made it count . |
| 36 | Art you can dance to from the creative group called Halo |
| 37 | Whatever local radio you were listening to during the 3rd week of June , it is likely that you would have heard Delahunty 's editorial director , Paul Mace , on the hour , every hour , bringing you those live reports from the Pilkington Glass Ladies ' Championships at Eastbourne . |
| 38 | ‘ Who did Leila speak to at the New Roses party ? ’ |
| 39 | she does n't spell her name like that and I 'll speak to within the next couple of working days |
| 40 | What 's more , they 're probably incompatible with one another , so connecting them in series ( one after the other ) is going to allow the noise from the first to be amplified and added to by the second . |
| 41 | First , the external conditions were extremely unfavourable , given the record trade deficit generated by the ‘ Barber boom ’ and added to by the subsequent massive rise in oil prices . |
| 42 | The Northern Line was begun in 1890 but added to throughout the twentieth century until 1941 . |
| 43 | After damage in the Fourth Crusade it was further restored and added to in the fourteenth century ( 192 ) . |
| 44 | Their own wounded could be attended to at the nearby village of Eckford , and then disappear into these their own Border hills . |
| 45 | In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office . |
| 46 | They achieved a masterpiece in the Moorish style in the Plaza de Armas Station , Seville ( 1901 ) , an element of the Iberian past also alluded to in the Moorish elements on the grand Romantic façade of Lisbon 's Rossio Station . |
| 47 | The barely submerged class antagonism much alluded to in the local humour is both true and false . |
| 48 | This change of emphasis is reflected in the biographical sources and is undoubtedly largely responsible for the marked differences , alluded to in the previous chapter , between the biographies written by Taskopruzade and those by Ata'i . |
| 49 | The Bank has been written to on the 5th February 1993 seeking a meeting for this purpose . |
| 50 | Ramcom 's existing cards can already be read by radio thanks to a built-in transceiver , but the new In-Charge cards can also be written to in the same way . |
| 51 | And erm I ca I came to in the first place because it was the best teaching hospital in the Midlands at that time . |
| 52 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 53 | Huy found that , during much of what he had to listen to over the next few minutes , his only defence against the temptation to break the young man over his knee was to invoke the Horus within him . |
| 54 | There are two very different uses to which the concept of syndrome can be put , and it is important to appreciate the distinction between these uses which we will refer to as the theoretical and the clinical . |
| 55 | Nevertheless we were very glad to have someone to talk to in the long reaches of the night when we were struggling to keep our eyes open . |
| 56 | But how do you know who to talk to in the first place ? |
| 57 | What happened to with the all-night . |
| 58 | ‘ Among those I have talked to over the past years , ’ he said , ‘ I have found none who believed that Libya alone paid for , planned and carried out the crime — exactly none . ’ |
| 59 | They were the two he had talked to on the previous search , the ones who had been taking such pains with the dovecot . |
| 60 | You 're not being talked to by the mainstream now , but by us who you grew up with . |