Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saddam Hussein had urged the Iraqi parliament " to adopt your just decision to lift the travel ban on all foreigners and to restore to all of them the freedom to travel , apologizing to those who may have been harmed , and seeking forgiveness from God " . |
| 2 | The exciting outfit were constantly recording John Peel sessions and playing to ecstatic audiences , which often included Gedge . |
| 3 | Serafin emerges from the minuscule domestic offices and crosses to one of the two windows . |
| 4 | His last thought before closing his eyes and succumbing to overwhelming tiredness was , ‘ I hope Elizabeth 's got that stewpot on . ’ |
| 5 | Auguste closed his eyes and counted to three . |
| 6 | If we do , we can banish one of the parties and return to one-party rule . |
| 7 | Nightlife is generally quiet in Scheffau , though as you 'd expect from such a friendly Tyrolean resort , fondues or barbecue parties and dancing to local music in the hotels and disco are all on offer . |
| 8 | Early in 1826 Hoyle wrote again to the Goldsmiths about the School , " setting forth the scantiness of its yearly funds and alluding to various repairs and expenses which have been occasionally borne at his charges , amounting to about £130 , and … the Wardens are satisfied that a very considerable increase has taken place in the Rents of the estates left for the Endowment of the School , affording means to the Company for extending the benefits of the institution " . |
| 9 | For most consensus theorists , the answer lies in a theory of social structure made famous by Durkheim in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and developed to such an extent by Talcott Parsons and his followers in the USA between the 1930s and 1950s that during these years it came to be seen as the sociological theory . |
| 10 | The JCC is a unique body designed ‘ to consider all matters of concern to Kent in relation to the Channel Tunnel project with a view to minimising adverse impacts and turning to best advantage its potential to make a positive contribution for the benefit of the county ’ . |
| 11 | It is equally undeniable that they derive great pleasure from physical confrontations with rival groups of supporters and go to great lengths to evade the authorities and make such confrontations possible . |
| 12 | The conclusions , headed " SUBJECT : Definition of Russian Nationals " , were summarised in the form of an order , signed by Brig Low with distribution to all units and copied to Eighth Army , and we shall refer to this as the " 21 May Definition Order " . |
| 13 | Next , I would like to thank John for his support and encouragement I 'd like to mention Carole who has always been there when I 've needed At this point who again has always been very supportive I also want to thank members of the regional both past and present , but particularly I 'd like to thank all the regional officers and staff for their assistance and particularly George , Hugh and the officer I would also like to thank regional political officer for the Midlands and East Coast we now hold all the major positions of the Labour Party with I would also like to thank the national food and leisure committee for their help and support and particularly to David , Nick and To conclude , President , I 'd like to express my sincere thanks and love to those important people around me , my family . |
| 14 | I WOULD like to convey my many thanks and praise to all the helpers , workers , nurses and priests , and to my Bishop , for the joy I received through their care and kindness at Lourdes . |
| 15 | In short , what the figures confirm is that the major achievement of building societies is to take funds from surplus units within the personal sector , to supplement these with lending from other sectors and to lend to personal sector units who wished to go into deficit to buy houses . |
| 16 | The phonetic orthography of both the Cyrillic alphabet of Serbia and the Latin alphabet of Croatia and Slovenia made for easier communication and understanding among the Yugoslav peoples and led to common political action . |
| 17 | He had started out in Cleveland , Ohio playing 3,000 people — he went back to Cleveland within two months and played to 20,000 people . |
| 18 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 19 | Export Today , the official journal of the Institute is published every two months and circulated to all members ; a recruitment consultancy is operated on behalf of members and employers ; an advisory and information service on export subjects is available together with the Institute 's Export Specialists Register , which lists experts who can be contacted for project work ; the views of professional exporters are represented , when necessary , at national and international level . |
| 20 | Buzz had read newspaper accounts of old people who had been forcibly removed from their homes and admitted to nursing homes ; such people had been robbed by the very guardians who were legally supposed to care for them . |
| 21 | The great German constitutionalist , Heinrich Triepel , writing in 1906 , looked back on nearly forty years of developments within the German Empire and explained how the early guarantees that the Empire would remain decentralised were soon swept away in the flood of new laws , most of them imposed by Prussian ministries and conforming to Prussian practices . |
| 22 | Walking backwards on their tails and soaring to astonishing heights to nod balls or jump over ropes are common features of public displays . |
| 23 | The tasks will require candidates to adopt office roles and write to identified addresses within a defined situation . |
| 24 | She would be prepared to go into schools and talk to young people about violence and the danger of carrying knives . |
| 25 | Athelstan , however , had to stand outside the protective ring of steel watching Cranston bow at the foot of the steps and fall to one knee . |
| 26 | The ratio of Ea to β-actin was determined for all transgenic mice and compared to that of BALB/c ( Figure 2B and 2C ; Table 1 ) . |
| 27 | PETER WOODIFIELD reports on the assault on the invisible barriers and speaks to one woman who has bypassed them |
| 28 | Initially the TDR was set at 8 per cent in the mid-1960s and raised to 10 per cent in 1969 The rate was reviewed in 1972 but not changed . |
| 29 | Augereau ( January–May 1810 ) , advised by sincere afrancesados , tried to clear out these time-servers and appeal to enlightened Catalan opinion in order to convince local patriots of the positive advantages of French rule and a modern system of government . |
| 30 | Victor Lewis , co-leader of the ensemble , is one of the finest current jazz drummers and came to international attention through his long association with Stan Gertz , whose preferred accompanist he always was . |