Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 3 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 4 | It was pointed out that the modular nature of the new advanced provision lends itself to students choosing groups of units which , although having vocational relevance for the individual or a particular employer , do not satisfy the criteria for an existing HNC or HND . |
| 5 | But Mr. de Lacy submits that both it and the previous cases which it applied are clearly distinguishable from the instant case because they all rested upon the critical circumstances that the lender or creditor in each case left it to the principal debtor to obtain , in such a way as he thought fit , the execution of the document . |
| 6 | If you are really living in a mess , have a grand clear-out and put the whole place straight ; after that try to discipline yourself to dean and tidy on a regular basis to keep it under control . |
| 7 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 8 | This hesitation seems to be due to something about what knowledge is , and there is no obvious way to explain it if knowledge is as the tripartite conception claims it to be . |
| 9 | We snap a toothpick and make a half-hearted attempt to stick it to our chin . |
| 10 | Do you know it is possible because of the fear of people around you , the fear of your peers , the fear of what men may say , of what your family will think , of what your work mates might say about you , it is possible to allow that fear to send you to hell . |
| 11 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 12 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 13 | He found another porter to address himself to . |
| 14 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 15 | this opportunity to welcome you to Barley Hall again and er I hoped you all enjoyed Charles ' bit . |
| 16 | This case reduces them to a single principle , the ‘ neighbour principle ’ , which emerges as part of the ratio decidendi of the case . |
| 17 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 19 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 20 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 21 | But neither should we enable this sympathy to blind us to the greater truth that more persons suffer , many fatally , from corporate crime than ‘ conventional ’ crime . |
| 22 | A cowardly vacillation , this hesitation to commit themselves to being myth . |
| 23 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 24 | You should keep all your P11 forms and pay records for at least 3 years after the end of the tax year to which they relate , or longer if the Inland Revenue asks you to . |
| 25 | This key enables you to temporarily exit from a LIFESPAN option to access VMS . |
| 26 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 27 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 28 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 29 | I will deal with the principle , since the hon. Lady invites me to . |
| 30 | Whilst the 1985 Act obliges us to ‘ afford access to our lands for the purposes of knowledge and enjoyment ’ , it is perhaps true to say that most visitors , possibly as many as 95% , make use of the Gardens as an amenity , and that we may have failed to emphasise the ‘ knowledge ’ goal . |