Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Government also took the precaution of sending a special , private ‘ whip ’ or request to attend to all the 111 Labour ministers in both Houses . |
| 2 | They came to an agreement , and the man designated retained his authority by a leadership which did not offend his fellow lineage members : support could fall away , men could choose another elder to act for them , or fail to contribute to common funds when required . |
| 3 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 4 | For the five-part piece that follows , for which the livret suggests that both strings and winds played , the score does not reveal whether the oboe band would have played as a four-part ensemble or have expanded to five parts in order to double all the strings . |
| 5 | In a moment are seen the paradisiac regions , as if the curtains of the moments have parted to show the gardens of reality that remain hidden to everyday sight . |
| 6 | set up a subsidy programme for farmers that want to convert to organic methods |
| 7 | Surprising data from the machines can still clash with big egos that want to trust to old-fashioned hunches . |
| 8 | Mutations that appear to predispose to myocardial infarction ( in the angiotensin converting enzyme ( ACE ) gene ) and hypertension ( in the angiotensinogen gene ) have been identified recently . |
| 9 | They reckoned then that anything in the river would have been sent half way across to Norway so that put paid to that search . |
| 10 | Basically , the system comprises twin-tube dampers that operate according to three different settings — comfort , medium and sport , which is manually selectable by the driver . |
| 11 | And , of course , cruise missiles deployed in Britain will be here under exactly the same arrangements that have applied to American forces already based in the UK . |
| 12 | The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh , though saddened , understand and sympathise with the difficulties that have led to this decision . |
| 13 | The large bulk of the data that have led to this conclusion originates from areas south of the polar circle . |
| 14 | In-depth interviews will be conducted with British and continental businessmen and women in order to uncover differences in value orientations and business conventions that have led to cultural misunderstandings in the past . |
| 15 | We also assessed the level of cadherin expression on cultured LC ( that may represent the in vitro equivalent of LC that have migrated to regional lymph nodes in vivo ) and measured the ability of cultured LC to bind to KC , L cells and LEC cells . |
| 16 | I wonder if these people that have to listen to these tapes can understand doggy language as well ? |
| 17 | These people that have to listen to these tapes you know , they must get terribly bored must n't they ? |
| 18 | Certainly those responsible for some of the decisions that have lead to outright closures could learn a lot by looking at these institutions which date back to the nineteenth century and earlier and will no doubt continue to survive . |
| 19 | My stint in the TA was as a conscript , and those of us who did our national service in the TA made many friendships that have lasted to this day . |
| 20 | Second , once divested of their zonae , embryos of all stages are very sticky and tend to adhere to one another as well as to most culture dishes . |
| 21 | They believe he 's carried out several sex attacks in one town , and want to talk to other victims who may have been too scared to come forward . |
| 22 | They will lease the first team pitch and clubhouse back from the buyers next season and expect to move to new premises in 1993 . |
| 23 | The lift that lemon grass , ginger , turmeric , coriander , chilli , star anise , cloves and cardamom give to Indian and Chinese food is out of all proportion to the quantities in which they are used . |
| 24 | The deal increased Kwik-Fit 's asset base and cut gearing to 20 per cent . |
| 25 | impersonal nature : employees work full time within the impersonal rules and regulations and act according to formal , impersonal procedures ; |
| 26 | The effects of the uncertainty principle will then become very important and seem to point to some remarkable results . |
| 27 | This week they will be advertising for one or two extra staff and anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the summer , if business continues to boom at the same rate , possibly in the Manningtree area . |
| 28 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB is in talks with Hewlett-Packard Co on the formation of a joint venture in the area of telecommunications network management and control according to Swedish sources whose information has not been denied by the protagonists . |
| 29 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 30 | Invasive cells spread into the tissues surrounding the primary tumour ; penetrate into blood vessels , lymphatics , or body cavities ; and become dispersed to distant areas . |