Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , influential psychodynamic doctrine held that children can only relate to one set of parent figures and that psychological ties are more important than biological ones . |
| 2 | Nothing in the age of contentment has contributed so strongly to income inequality as the reduction of taxes on the rich ; nothing , as has been said , would so contribute to social tranquillity as some screams of anguish from the very affluent . |
| 3 | In S/Z Barthes is not suggesting that literary texts implicitly refer to some transcendent model : literary texts can only cross-refer to each other . |
| 4 | Her voice held the indignation that any Englishwoman would naturally bring to this subject . |
| 5 | Your decision here will obviously depend to some extent on whether you already have an aircraft radio and just how much you are prepared to spend on your first model . |
| 6 | You ca n't link a whole range to a whole range , you can only have to one cell . |
| 7 | Because , by obvious reasons that can only happen to one person . |
| 8 | And it 's more likely that the cloudier west coast will only struggle to ten celcius , that 's fifty farenheit . |
| 9 | Khin Nyunt , first secretary of the SLORC and head of the powerful Directorate of Defence Services Intelligence , stated that a swift transfer of power would only lead to weak government . |
| 10 | His hands tightened when she tried to step back , and Claudia , refusing a struggle that could only lead to one thing , stood very still . |
| 11 | Compassion could only lead to increased confusion , for it would be wasted on her . |
| 12 | Baker was told that human rights were an internal matter ; Yang Shangkun , warning that pressure on this issue would only lead to increased tension , suggested " seeking common ground while reserving differences " to improve relations . |
| 13 | Taking various client groups into the bureaucracy is in itself no real way forward because in that context it can only lead to professional defensiveness of the worst kind . |
| 14 | ‘ It was felt that the Government 's proposals could only lead to inadequate funding which would inevitably force many practitioners to leave duty solicitor schemes and indeed the criminal practice permanently . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was felt that the Government 's proposals could only lead to inadequate funding which would inevitably force many practitioners to leave duty solicitor schemes and indeed the criminal practice permanently . ’ |
| 16 | It is clear that if the theory advanced in these pages is correct then lessening of parental authority can only lead to increasing confrontation with the younger generation . |
| 17 | As we saw , Kant showed that the two worlds fell under different laws ; and to mingle them together can only lead to meaningless nonsense . |
| 18 | It will be difficult at first but going on would only lead to more sorrow . |
| 19 | ‘ Without the talks process , there is a vacuum in Northern Ireland politics that can only lead to more violence . ’ |
| 20 | Speaking after a visit to Orkney this week , Harry Garland , BASW Scottish convener , said it ‘ would only lead to further distress for all concerned , and is not likely to lead to any clarification of the issues ’ . |
| 21 | I always enjoyed talking with him both when he was serious and when he would suddenly switch to gentle ridicule with an infectious laugh . |
| 22 | We could go down and then , that way , and then we 'll all go to this way , and then join it up again . |
| 23 | While Helmholtz did not report solving problems in dreams , he did apparently rely to some extent on an autonomous process , so that once he had done the groundwork on a problem he sometimes achieved his insights apparently spontaneously , for instance when out walking . |
| 24 | my Lord that that 's with respect right , erm certainly what , what he says that does n't necessarily lead to that conclusion all it does is have void what maybe authority between |
| 25 | In opposition to this , Kay and Silberston ( 1984 ) argue that competition would not necessarily lead to equal efficiency , since publicly owned concerns have the deep purse of public funds on which to draw . |
| 26 | The trouble is , this does not necessarily lead to greater understanding of why something represents good practice . |
| 27 | Keeping staff to a minimum and paying them very little obviously reduces costs , but it does not necessarily lead to good quality care . |
| 28 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |
| 29 | With PC E-mail standards being proprietary , users could only connect to other LAN users . |
| 30 | He concludes : ‘ I am very sad that a friend can only write to another friend through a third country because of the border that separates us . ’ |