Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 2 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 3 | 5 Only send photographs to publications you are reasonably sure will want to print them . |
| 4 | I would be interested to hear the thoughts of any other Sigma owners , top flight racers or those who are more concerned with club racing , so put pen to paper . |
| 5 | In terms of nursing homes , we do n't issue fire certificates anyway , we only issue certificates to offices , shops , building premises because they were under the Act , Hotels and Factories . |
| 6 | The insults or stresses which cause the imbalances and so give rise to disease can be of two types : |
| 7 | 3 Only give samples to journalists who will actually be able to use the material gained . |
| 8 | But in the lives of many people today love and marriage , though ideals , swiftly give way to conflict , strain , unhappiness and divorce . |
| 9 | Tabitha sat in the stern and watched the olive groves and sponge gardens on either bank swiftly give way to shipyards , silica refineries and air plants . |
| 10 | Thus , as in development , the interplay between organism and environment during evolution is not a one-way process , by which environments constantly set challenges to organisms which they either pass ( reproduce successfully ) or fail ( die out ) . |
| 11 | Anything goes , of course , so get pen to paper ( or better still , fingers to keyboard ) and write to : Practically Speaking , X or A ? |
| 12 | Anything goes , of course , so get pen to paper ( or better still , fingers to keyboard ) and write to : Practically Speaking , |
| 13 | Anything goes , of course , so get pen to paper ( or better still , fingers to keyboard ) and write to : Practically Speaking , |
| 14 | Detailing for de Cuellar the damage done to Iraq 's civilian population and culture by five days of Allied bombing , Aziz declared , ‘ You personally bear responsibility to history and mankind for the heinous crimes being committed against the noble people of Iraq who are fighting for their freedom . ’ |
| 15 | Both conferences will require breakfasts , lunches and dinners , weekends included , and your staff ( even the full-time ones ) only work Mondays to Fridays , so you will have to allow for overtime . |
| 16 | Once this happens , the medium is said to not only reduce ammonia/nitrite to nitrate , but go one step further and , by means of the anaerobic bugs , convert nitrate to harmless nitrogen gas . |
| 17 | The operations of insider traders effectively cause losses to market-makers with whom they deal . |
| 18 | The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches . |
| 19 | The rewards and their distribution become a part of the social order and thus give rise to stratification ( Davis and Moore . |
| 20 | Even when you 've got the hand of it there 's precious little skill involved — you just stand toe to toe and hit each other ! |
| 21 | It is at the handing over of the engagement dower that the mothers finally meet face to face — or burgah to burgah . |
| 22 | Some authorities already give condoms to GPs but the service is patchy . |
| 23 | In 1516 he was associated with Vertue in designing new works at Eton College , the west range and Lupton 's tower , but early in 1515 he had already become architect to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey [ q.v. ] |
| 24 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 25 | Staff normally work Monday to Friday only . |
| 26 | Schools already have access to Prestel and other hosts using the same equipment . |
| 27 | Yet another type of vocabulary can have difference in meaning for patient and nurse and thereby give rise to difficulties — words describing parts of the body , though having a particular anatomical reference , do not necessarily have that reference for lay people , even intelligent lay people . |
| 28 | The market makers who replaced the jobbers rarely meet face to face , so one rumour is as good as another . |
| 29 | ‘ A scientist can not be swayed by such fears and still remain time to science . ’ |
| 30 | Some traditionalists still send horses to Eire or mainland Europe for this barbarous treatment , but the Bristol research suggests that they 're wasting owners ' money . |