Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] them to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly because these changes have been seen as shifts in design philosophy to be applied incrementally to new housing areas or to rehabilitated inner city districts , there has been no attempt to apply them to established residential areas . |
| 2 | On that one day he notched up five kills although Fighter Command downrated them to four ‘ probables ’ . |
| 3 | They carry on average only 2.5 grains each and , as the corollas fall in the morning , they ny back up to the canopy , where they effect pollination , any slight wind drifting them to other trees . |
| 4 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 5 | Great Britain , for their part , will be looking to recapture the many admirable qualities which brought them that improbable victory after Steve Hampson 's early dismissal reduced them to 12 men . |
| 6 | Yesterday her husband Alan Atkinson , 47 , called on Darlington Council to move them to another house . |
| 7 | Thereafter rain restricted them to one-day games and half of a four-day game , so they went into the first Test in Trinidad very under-prepared . |
| 8 | It was announced on Sept. 12 , 1989 , that the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC , had ended a long-running dispute when it agreed with various Indian groups that skeletal remains would be returned where evidence linked them to specific tribes . |
| 9 | At the front of the line a man in short hair and a blue suit directs them to different booths as they become available . |
| 10 | Fingerprints found in the car , say the prosecution , led to Bryant and Cunliffe being arrested in Derby , where officers found evidence linking them to both robberies . |
| 11 | The King appointed them to high offices of state , which the aristocracy and landed gentry considered to be their prerogative . |
| 12 | Even in this case , some work needs doing to the back of the bevel to bring them to optimum usefulness . |
| 13 | Will the Minister tell the House and the people of the Province what measure he intends to take to assist people over 45 whose age condemns them to humiliating interviews and , indeed , rejection ? |
| 14 | Echoes of the signal alert them to possible prey , at ranges up to 80–90 metres in shallow waters . |
| 15 | They also argued that their place in the world economy entitled them to special and separate treatment from the continental states . |
| 16 | As a result of Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 , if the Directors wish to allot the unissued shares for cash ( other than pursuant to an employee share scheme ) , they must in the first instance offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings . |
| 17 | After a successful infancy with the junior side Johnstone Burgh , McAvennie was spotted by manager Jim Clunie and signed to St Mirren , the perpetually enterprising Paisley side whose ability to discover great footballing talent is matched only by their pressure to sell them to bigger clubs . |
| 18 | There was no indication whether individuals within the subgroups had travelled to either their country of origin , if appropriate , or — if born in one geographical location — had travelled to other areas where the incidence of environmental toxoplasma exposed them to increased risk of this infection . |
| 19 | When an inquisitive fish or crab provokes them to such action , it finds itself struggling in a mesh of filaments while the sea cucumber slowly inches itself away on the tube feet that protrude from its underside . |
| 20 | I 'd like to know how the fox persuaded them to that . ’ |
| 21 | Thus ministers no longer feel that the doctrine exposes them to special risks in the House but , by confining all the advice of the departments to ministers , it does ensure that they are so much better informed and briefed than their critics . |
| 22 | You could make a fortune selling them to stressed businessmen . |
| 23 | Referring to recent studies indicating that some people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of sleep disruption , the authors of this report suggested that work should be done to identify those doctors who are most at risk , in order to assign them to other duties . |
| 24 | The discretion of directors is to be exercised in the choice of means to attain that end , and does not extend to a change in the end itself , to the reduction of profits , or to the nondistribution of profits among stockholders in order to devote them to other purposes ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ No sell-out ’ ENGLAND 'S historic buildings were not being ‘ sold out to tourists ’ under a new scheme to transfer them to local management , the chairman of English Heritage , Jocelyn Stevens , said yesterday . |
| 26 | When pupils do refer to dictionaries , take the opportunity to introduce them to various aspects of their use . |
| 27 | The TV producer led them to one of the last suites on the left and a young man in pullover and jeans swung round on his chair . |
| 28 | For example , Activity 47 ( p. 101 ) , " Working with Scalar Paradigms " , provides a place for considering the role of value-judgements and obliges the reader to relate them to specific textual features . |