Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This perspective is unduly restrictive of the role of law in its socially instrumental aspects and unduly kind to those who have power over the legislative and judicial functions of states in that to define law in terms of the pursuit of order seems unwarrantably to exclude the use of law to foment disorder when this seems desirable to the politically strong . |
| 2 | The basis for this offer is the fact known by the cops and the criminals that the judge in the case has a history of giving reduced sentences and often clemency to guilty criminals who truly show remorse ; the judge also believes that co-operation with the police is proof that a criminal regrets his behaviour . |
| 3 | Colleges without adequate halls of residence may offer a second-best alternative in which they lease property directly from landlords and then sublet to students . |
| 4 | I carry on with the horses , working the horses and then report to him by phone , go in the , in the office and re he 's there at the other end , knows what time I 'm gon na ring him up . |
| 5 | Palmerston , with the longest speech of the debate , started by saying that Members would not be committed by the present vote to any style , as nothing would be decided until next session , and attacked Manners for approving ‘ the erection of so frightful a building ’ , involving expenses and perhaps disappointment to the architect without consulting the House . |