Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature . |
| 2 | Macintosh System 7 : You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to the church . |
| 3 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 4 | fully ordered preferences ( for any pair of possible outcomes , the agent prefers one to the other or ranks them equal ; and the sum of these pair-wise rankings is a consistent and complete ordering ) ; |
| 5 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 6 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 7 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 8 | An emerald green leather footstool stands demurely by the fire ; a fakir 's brass sideboard from northern India gleams dimly against a wall ; two porcelain skunks chase one another across the landing ; a unique collapsible divan-cum-four-seater sofa edged in cadmium velvet welcomes you to the front room ; a vast oil portrait of a nineteenth-century munitions tycoon , casts a genial glow over the hall . |
| 9 | On the other hand , a court of equity addresses itself to the amount of costs that the mortgagee should be allowed as a condition of redemption . |
| 10 | A manacle secures them to the Dubrovlag . |
| 11 | As the frost descends , and in its ‘ secret ministry ’ of transformation makes icicles along the dripping eaves , Coleridge 's meditative mind carries him to the scenes of his childhood , and imagines for Hartley a future , not in the ‘ great city ’ , but ‘ beneath the crags/Of ancient mountain , and beneath the clouds ’ . |
| 12 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 13 | My conception of sport elevates it to the realms of art , where the producer finds room to express himself and the consumer studies and appreciates ; both seek satisfaction . |
| 14 | In its extreme form , therefore , empiricism limits itself to the results of direct observation and virtually denies the value of theory since this is generalization removed from first-hand observation . |
| 15 | Regarding work with the children and the new families , my plea for a more sophisticated approach in assessing the needs of children and finding the appropriate routes to permanent placement for each child leads me to the conclusion that the nature of the social work service to each child and family must vary according to their needs and their wishes . |
| 16 | His new work attaches itself to the ready-made tradition , taking the theme of laziness into ‘ a la recherche du temps perdu ’ . |
| 17 | The final contents of the budget are only revealed to the Cabinet the day before the Chancellor presents it to the House of Commons , when it is too late for any major changes . |
| 18 | The Ego is our internal saboteur , our own worst enemy , which con fines us to the dark cellars of our mind . |
| 19 | Nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened or that the basic and important principle of the GP 's right to refer has been undermined . |
| 20 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 21 | Our next case introduces you to the complexities of multi-unit operation . |
| 22 | This point leads us to the concept of meaning . |
| 23 | STEP 8 CAPTION — Using the command Tools , Macros , Record takes you to the Record Macro dialog box . |
| 24 | My lead takes me to the Butcher Building . |
| 25 | Eusebius traces them to the time of the Emperor Trajan , A.D. 98–117 . |
| 26 | Such viewpoints I have since found elaborated in Brereton ( 1944 ) who records , almost as an educational ‘ law ’ , that : ‘ the standard of an examination adjusts itself to the standard of those taking it ’ ( p. 43 ) . |
| 27 | The application to the wider community brings us to the purpose of our gathering in this place dedicated to unity . |
| 28 | This declared ambition to reach a broad readership beyond the closed bastions of academia brings one to the first fissure in the book . |
| 29 | Centrally organised arrangements are sometimes not appropriate and that point brings me to the hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Stephen ) . |
| 30 | Mum takes me to the doctor , our village doctor , who weighs me and mumbles about taking dieting too far and makes me an appointment as an outpatient at the hospital . |