Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailer will use the telephone to place orders ; to get in touch with other branches or head office ; to contact the bank ; or to talk to a customer . |
| 2 | This in itself is highly significant , particularly since many New Testament scholars seem to believe that the early Christians had no sense of historical propriety and would be perfectly happy to dream up some saying and attribute it to Jesus , or to listen to a message from one of the Christian prophets in the congregation , and then put that into the mouth of the historical Jesus . |
| 3 | A self-help support group which meets once a month in the evenings ( usually the first Friday in the month ) to talk informally , or to listen to a speaker . |
| 4 | I 'd sooner come to Cheltenham than to go to a holiday abroad . |
| 5 | If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic . |
| 6 | Once again it is more important to explore the problem with students than to come to an answer . |
| 7 | Disknet gives the user no other choice than to stick to a routine of checking each incoming diskette for viruses . |
| 8 | Disknet gives the user no other choice than to stick to a routine of checking each incoming diskette for viruses . |
| 9 | I am less concerned to focus on the psychopathology of individuals than to point to a collective , cultural condition ‘ and the tendencies of people who make it up ’ ( May , 1969 ) . |
| 10 | Our pH 16 values are normally 5 to 9 ; I look upon anything above pH 11½ to be bad — that 's from my experience in the laboratory that to get to a pH of 11 is easily done but to get to a pH of 12 you need a dam sight more alkali . |
| 11 | They were brought up to respect us and to go to a policeman when they were in trouble . |
| 12 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 13 | What a relief it is to know the name of the instrumentalist or conductor concerned and to listen to a programme of records where music takes precedence over ‘ talk for talk 's sake ’ . |
| 14 | Dwarfs are a touchy , proud race and to suggest to a Dwarf King that he should beg for anything was almost as bad as suggesting he shave off his beard . |
| 15 | He was proud to serve with the magnificent troops of this Division — Rajputs , Baluchis , Punjabis and Gurkhas amongst others — and to belong to an army given new pride and confidence in itself by an inspiring leader . |
| 16 | Philip Roth is right , however , to point to the limitations of the book , and to point to a law of Levi 's work in general : the less imaginary it is , the more imaginative — the more literal the better . |
| 17 | Where this method is used care must be taken to avoid leakages and to keep to a minimum the concentration of residual ozone remaining at the end of the reaction , as it is quite toxic with a Threshold Limit Value of 0.1 ppm . |
| 18 | Similarly , and to refer to a figure mentioned earlier , Goffman 's " dramaturgical approach " is not a theory of social behaviour but a metaphor , a way of seeing , pointing up , features of the system of interpersonal communication in public places . |
| 19 | So it was a shock this morning , after miles of deserted sands , to come into a small crowded bay : to see buckets and spades and sandcastles , a parade of shops with fishing nets and beach balls and to return to a world of people . |
| 20 | I think university just trains you to think and to prove to an employer that you can apply yourself for three years ; perhaps because in the sciences you learn things that will be relevant in your career , but as a training for an individual I do n't think it is any more worthwhile . |
| 21 | Its objectives were to oversee a ceasefire and to bring to an end the civil war , thereby allowing for the formation of an interim government and the holding of free elections . |
| 22 | Our pH 16 values are normally 5 to 9 ; I look upon anything above pH 11½ to be bad — that 's from my experience in the laboratory that to get to a pH of 11 is easily done but to get to a pH of 12 you need a dam sight more alkali . |
| 23 | Remember , family planning is free under the National Health Service and you can choose whether to go to a family planning clinic or a GP . |
| 24 | Many large firms of solicitors now print their own explanatory leaflets dealing with the stages in conveyancing , and it is both useful and impressive to be able to hand over a printed leaflet or pamphlet at the time of the first meeting , so as to indicate to a client each of the detailed steps you will be taking on his or her behalf . |
| 25 | Often , it is true , the commissioners drew the new boundaries so as to come to a point in the village where the ancient homestead lay , so that the farmer need not be disturbed from his old home . |
| 26 | In Bateman [ 1925 ] All ER Rep 45 , Lord Hewart said that a person was guilty only if he demonstrated " such disregard for the life and safety of others as to amount to a crime against the State and conduct deserving of punishment " , a circular definition but one which gives a flavour of the topic . |
| 27 | It is clear that the obligation not to use or disclose information may cover secret processes of manufacture such as chemical formulae , or designs or special methods of construction , and other information which is of a sufficiently high degree of confidentiality as to amount to a business secret . |
| 28 | But clearly there is a point beyond which restrictions can not reasonably be imposed on the grounds of good neighbourliness without payment of compensation — and ‘ general considerations of regional or national policy require so great a restriction on the landowner 's use of his land as to amount to a taking away from him of a proprietary interest in the land ’ . |
| 29 | It would not entitle the buyer to reject all other instalments unless the seller 's breach was so serious as to amount to a repudiation of the contract ( see paragraph 11–08 below ) . |
| 30 | But between the practice of the two , the difference of degree is so great as to amount to a difference in kind . |