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 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We snap a toothpick and make a half-hearted attempt to stick it to our chin . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 9 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I will deal with the principle , since the hon. Lady invites me to . |
| 12 | And in gratitude , ‘ the old lady gave it to my father . ’ |
| 13 | Similarly , where rules are incorporated by reference to some other document , there should be adequate reference to draw them to members ' attention . |
| 14 | A permanent consultation mechanism was established and the public sector committed itself to the privatization of state enterprises except for certain strategic concerns , and to the substantial reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy , of expenditure and of the public deficit . |
| 15 | On this occasion , he grew bored with the idea of Algeria , and to the consternation of parliament commandeered a French warship to take him to Tunisia . |
| 16 | ‘ The British Intelligence followed me to Spain , ’ he went on . |
| 17 | Somehow , the spell of the calm evening drew her to her feet . |
| 18 | That being said , if you are in the market for a pure object-oriented programming environment then Object Cobol is not going to be your first choice anyway and nor does Micro Focus expect it to be . |
| 19 | His staunch Calvinism allied him to George Whitefield [ q.v. ] , whose pulpits in London and the west country he sometimes filled , and made him ‘ violent against John Wesley ’ [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 21 | As the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) and his Front-Bench team are so singularly ill-informed , why does not my right hon. Friend invite them to the Department for a teach-in , when they could be given the true facts and figures ? |
| 22 | I had the opportunity to study the document because my hon. Friend drew it to my attention as we came into the Chamber . |
| 23 | What matters is not whether the human psyche is in itself constructed in grammatical terms ( as Noam Chomsky has suggested ) , but that social behaviour lends itself to analysis in broadly linguistic terms . |
| 24 | Their joints were swollen with rheumatism , their eyes were dimmed with years , to a man they were short of breath and their hands trembled ; one old gentleman believed himself to be again taking part in the French wars , another that he was encamped before Sebastopol . |
| 25 | An English friend sent it to me . |
| 26 | So old Mokosh changed herself to a moorhen and ran through the meadows to the town , and Neva followed her . |
| 27 | When Ariel gently lifted the old woman to move her to her own quarters up the path in the forest , Sycorax gave a huge cry , the folding of her body in Ariel 's arms shot fiery rivers of pain through her that for a while swallowed up all the others she suffered from her burns . |
| 28 | A 90 minute flight brings you to the southern capital and the Garden of Oman . |
| 29 | Old age becomes something to be dreaded and endured rather than enjoyed by the individual . |
| 30 | Rheumatoid arthritis diverted her to film , and she gained distinction in both the Certificate and Diploma in Film Studies ( London Extramural ) and taught in the film unit of the Slade School of Fine Art . |