Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the meeting on the 5 November the BSI Standards Board agreed to recommend to the BSI Main Board , which met on the 28 November , that the new body be permanently established . |
| 2 | Their senior officer , Lieutenant-Commander Norman Teacher RN , was only thirty years old and one of COPPs ' greatest difficulties in the early days was persuading senior command staffs to listen to the young navigators . |
| 3 | Outside the breeding season they are infrequent inland , and the local breeding stock starts to return to the coast in late June . |
| 4 | The power lead from the transformer has to go to the keyboard first and a short lead from here connects to the PCB . |
| 5 | The President wants to travel to the Republic for a very special day . |
| 6 | At the moment , under English law , data is not property , and damage or theft has to relate to the medium on which it is stored . |
| 7 | It is a programme designed to add to the wealth and efficiency of the nation , to give a spur to industry and to open the way to markets . ’ |
| 8 | One of the most fascinating aspects of the Pathfinders was its attraction for characters , and the very nature of the Force seemed to beckon to the most unusual types . |
| 9 | A lawyer prepared to fight to the death |
| 10 | Ringing the woman 's number again , she found her in , and more than ready to offer her somewhat trenchant views on the House of Commons and the way that seminal institution seemed to cling to the outmoded notion that women were an inferior breed . |
| 11 | 4 Pulling his left fist back , the defender prepares to strike to the same target area with his right arm . |
| 12 | 4 The defender prepares to strike to the kidneys . |
| 13 | Your face will become pinker because of increased blood circulation — when masks dry , they ‘ pinch ’ the skin and blood tends to rush to the surface . |
| 14 | The brooch purports to belong to the Dark Ages , but uses a modern cadmium gold solder to hold together the components . |
| 15 | While the Sussex gentry who had gone to war for religion had to adjust to the need to maintain stability , many of the Puritan clergy could and would not . |
| 16 | A policeman ran past the poet trying to get to the crowd before it became an unruly mob . |
| 17 | Equally , programming of work may be more complicated , particularly where sub-contract labour fails to conform to the contract programme , or labour is withdrawn . |
| 18 | But at the same time the president refused to listen to the more ambitious suggestions emanating from London . |
| 19 | OUR quiz in the January Link seemed to appeal to the football fans amongst you . |
| 20 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 21 | NME ca n't claim to be the first off the blocks with coverage of this splenetic musical bastard — that honour has to go to the now sadly defunct Sounds . |
| 22 | The interest in question has to relate to the land or building covered by the application so that , for example , an application for a change of use for a third floor does not require notice to be served on anyone with an interest in any of the other floors . |
| 23 | ‘ The fool tried to get to the horse . |
| 24 | The reason I 'm I 'm bringing this up is that the gentleman in question wants to come to the parish council and put on a a short video of the electricity board 's er er activities in this area . |
| 25 | What happens here is that if a white lady wants to go to the toilet and she 's working on a line , she does n't ask anyone 's permission , she just gets up — out she goes , powders her nose , has a cigarette , whatever they do — then comes back . |
| 26 | Desperate scribes battled with bureaucracy to try to get to the athletes . |
| 27 | The victory ended a run of three successive defeats , and Shell showed himself to be a relatively undemonstrative head coach prepared to listen to the advice of his assistant coaches and players before calling the big plays . |
| 28 | It is unclear whether the Act applies to trespass to the person but apparently it does . |
| 29 | The Committee decided to write to the Union leaders in Washington and ask for help . |
| 30 | Q. Does the Committee have to agree to the work to be done , and its priority ? |