Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have more chance of improving that than knocking 10 years off Gregory or adding speed to Fox . |
| 2 | Resolution 45/63 expressed concern at Israel 's continuing nuclear build-up and urged all states " not to co-operate with or give assistance to Israel that could enhance its nuclear weapons capability " . |
| 3 | Greece appealed to its partners in the European Communities to reduce or stop aid to Bulgaria . |
| 4 | One man I met on holiday even suggested that sending aid to Africa was ‘ compounding the problem ’ because it allowed so many potential breeders to survive . |
| 5 | One man I met on holiday in Greece even suggested that sending aid to Africa was ‘ compounding the problem ’ because it allowed so many potential breeders to survive . |
| 6 | Mr for the defendant effectively accepts that , but says that having regard to Mr er undoubted success in regard to provision of one to one assistance in relation to other children , some of whom are less disabled than Paul , that I should try and look to local authority will provide thirty hours assistance or thereabouts after say eighteen months and that therefore in this regard the defendant should pay for only one and a half years of er enabler 's time . |
| 7 | What Sinead is trying to give us is Sinead-ism , yet another new belief disguising itself as Christian truth , ripping out the easy parts and leaving behind the parts that are harder to stomach , the parts that demand commitment to Christ . |
| 8 | Smithers was an English publisher who got his sexual kicks from deflowering virgins , an obsession that gave rise to Oscar Wilde 's celebrated remark that ‘ Smithers loves first editions ’ . |
| 9 | Mackenzie Walcott lamented ‘ it is almost inconceivable the waste that has mercilessly made havoc of the ancient Memorials that gave renown to Stamford ’ . |
| 10 | Black Agnes would leave along with her brother and sister , having no wish to co-operate in the treachery of her peculiar husband nor to act hostess to Edward Plantagenet . |
| 11 | A sweet , deep pain closed about his manhood , and it was then that desire rocketed out of control , and he felt himself become as hard and as high as the beech trees that stood sentinel to Tara 's western avenue … |
| 12 | In 1774 he emigrated to America where he edited an influential newspaper and became friend to Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson and George Washington . |
| 13 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 14 | Desiderius was well-educated in the law and became treasurer to Chlothar II ; he succeeded one brother , Syagrius , as governor of Marseilles , and subsequently he was elected bishop of Cahors in place of his other brother , Rusticus , who had been murdered . |
| 15 | His acrid and accusing farewell to London was Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ( 1920 ) . |
| 16 | He did and made love to Rebecca . |
| 17 | I am to be legitimated , and made heir to Duart . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I did a parachute jump , abseiled the White Cliffs of Dover and rode tandem to Paris . |
| 19 | The gardener 's idiom is distinctive , and adds vigour to Mary Leapor 's poetry . |
| 20 | But within six months John was spotted by a Luton talent scout while playing in a county schools match and moved south to Kenilworth Road . |
| 21 | Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities , and to encourage resistance to Milan . |
| 22 | They were all there on the last day , even down to the original.horse-drawn trams , rattling or gliding past in stately line-astern , a fleet from decades gone , past the Central Hotel and the ‘ Mal ’ , up Hope Street , and bidding farewell to Argyle Street under the gateway of the Hielan' Man 's Umbrella . |
| 23 | Designed jointly by SCOTVEC and the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum ( SCCC ) , clusters articulate with SEB provision , and provide progression to Highers . |
| 24 | A month later he discharged himself and trudged south to London . |
| 25 | It is Wimbledon men 's finals day , and the television shows McEnroe beating Connors ; the score is two sets to none and match point to McEnroe in the third . |
| 26 | PRESIDENT Elias Hrawi has threatened to resign if he fails to topple General Michel Aoun , whom he accused of blocking his way to unite and bring peace to Lebanon . |
| 27 | PRESIDENT Elias Hrawi has threatened to resign if he fails to topple General Michel Aoun , whom he accused of blocking his way to unite and bring peace to Lebanon . |
| 28 | Or would it better to speak with Carl and Sam first — let them explain and give comfort to Ma ? |
| 29 | Could none be found to come back and give praise to God except this foreigner ? |
| 30 | The first meeting of 1886 was specially convened to pay tribute to the work of the late Mr. Lister Ives , Under Master since Coombes had left in 1862 , and to express sympathy to Mrs. Ives and her daughter . |