Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They watched the progress of Polaris closely , but made no bid for it because to have done so would have loaded the Naval votes with its costs at the expense of the rest of the Fleet . |
| 2 | However , children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism , since it may have little effect on them except to confirm their worst beliefs about themselves and reduce their efforts . |
| 3 | But he warned : ‘ There is no greater challenge in rugby for me than to play against England before my own people . ’ |
| 4 | Will teachers have sufficient respect for them as to make their judgements acceptable ? |
| 5 | So fine is the distinction that in truth the High Court has a choice before it whether to interfere with an inferior court on a point of law . |
| 6 | A sum like this , though , would eat such a hole in it as to jeopardize his ordinary work . |
| 7 | Remember that it is better to kill the reader with kindness by selecting information for him than to batter him to death in a flurry of factual blows ! |