Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 2 | The new legislation included : ( i ) a law on private enterprise , which allowed individuals to start companies without restrictions on the numbers of employees ; ( ii ) a law on state enterprises , which allowed state-owned companies to offer shares to their workforces ; ( iii ) a law on shareholding , which allowed foreign individuals or companies to own up to 100 per cent of Czechoslovak-based companies ; ( iv ) a law on industrial relations , enshrining employee and trade-union rights ; and ( v ) provisions for the creation of industrial courts to settle commercial disputes . |
| 3 | Once in a while she allowed Gaston or Marius to drive over to Reine and take her back to one or other of their houses for Sunday lunch . |
| 4 | Frankly , I do n't think he has the moral power or courage to stand up to Dublin and take Dublin on . |
| 5 | Here we have a co-production of mini-series ambitions , but without the necessary budget or pomposity to puff out to epic proportions . |
| 6 | It is not always in the interest of farmers or agents to go directly to companies with an interest in selling equipment or attempt to design a system themselves . |
| 7 | Does he agree with me that proposals to pay more to those taking part in the programme will mean inevitably that fewer places will be available ? |
| 8 | Let us clarify matters by using the term notion to refer to what Wilkins calls semantico-grammatical categories , and function to refer uniquely to what Wilkins calls categories of communicative function . |
| 9 | The book becomes gripping once allows his own interests and opinions to come closer to the surface . |
| 10 | Erm , if you feel that you are in any way upset by the distribution of schemes in this booklet as it stands , your chance is between now and March to get back to the officers and say , but what about mine . |
| 11 | He had a second reason for doing this , which was that he hoped thereby to put pressure on France and Germany to hand over to Spain part of French Morocco . |
| 12 | My own experience , backed up by that of field workers I have talked with and beginning to be supported by some research evidence suggests that other factors such as personal maturity and the will and opportunity to keep up to date are even more important . |
| 13 | Are we never going to use our various collective skills , institutions and organizations , as well as our particular imaginations , insights and inventiveness to face up to this false prospectus , false prospectus we are trying to live by ? |
| 14 | Acknowledging their weaknesses and limitations to live up to the Christian ideals they realised the strength they would obtain from mutual help and formed themselves into Teams . |
| 15 | I also realise the importance of having some sort of discipline and routine to hold on to . |
| 16 | Gesturing with their blasters , the androids encouraged the Doctor , Bernice , Francis and Elaine to step on to the platform beside the TARDIS . |
| 17 | The delegation subsequently expressed its dissatisfaction with the inability of State ministers and officials to respond fully to various queries raised by its members . |
| 18 | The problem here is not just possessiveness and failure to live up to the high ethical ideals proclaimed by a religion . |
| 19 | I realised then how our own personal embarrassment and refusal to face up to our own mortality prevents us from behaving to others in a natural and human way . |
| 20 | I had left my mother and father and husband to go alone to a place which was completely unknown to me in order to live with people who were equally unknown . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I want you and Fred to go around to his house right now and bring back whatever he 's got over there . |
| 22 | There were many meetings and much paperwork to ensure the availability of petrol , oil , tools and crew to take over to Newfoundland for the attempt . |
| 23 | Exclusively available from L'Oréal salons , we 've 1000 sets of shampoo and conditioner to give away to the first 1000 names drawn from the postbag on October 31 ( 100 for subscribers only ) . |
| 24 | Bluster about morning hate and advice to go back to Adolph got a maddeningly cool reply . |
| 25 | Why do n't you ask Brenda and Belinda to come along to Friday meetings ? |
| 26 | The fisher girls were paid pennies for packing the barrels but this was still enough , if they were lucky in health and spirit , to buy bonnets and lace to take back to Lewis at the end of the season for dreamy bottom drawers . |
| 27 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 28 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 29 | Bigger groups are likely to find economic recovery patchy and it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors ; while the more volatile smaller businesses , having been hit harder on the way down could spring back faster , Hardman says . |
| 30 | I believe it is my obligation and duty to contribute fully to the work of justice . ’ |