Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facts appear solid , values fluid ; there are firm reasons for accepting , if only provisionally , scientific laws of nature , none for submitting to canons of taste or to the moral law . |
| 2 | Chamber president Norman Campbell acknowledged Darlington had a problem with glue sniffers but praised police for reacting to complaints from traders and members of the public . |
| 3 | Last year , Sony Corp bought a licence to Apple Computer Inc 's AppleTalk network so that Macs could be networked with its News Unix workstations , and it has now taken the logical next step and its computer subsidiary will market Macs for attaching to networks of Sony workstations in Japan , with much of the business to be directed at use within the Sony group companies . |
| 4 | However , it can be argued that neither strategy has succeeded in making a significant enough difference in Third World women 's access to information and skills relevant to them and useful for contributing to development in their communities . |
| 5 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 6 | This week , Scottish Secretary Ian Lang accused ‘ opt-out ’ parents for contributing to increases in ill- discipline and truancy . |
| 7 | AT present the family have no plans for returning to England in 1997 , but I think they could decide pretty quickly if they needed to . |
| 8 | What advice can you give to anybody thinking about applying to university in nineteen eighty-five ? |
| 9 | After journeying to Jerusalem in 1923 with funds provided by the Palestine Foundation Fund , he painted surprisingly naturalistic views of the city and countryside . |
| 10 | Charles raced to the Duke of Beaufort 's Hunt , close to Highgrove , just five hours after returning to Britain after his Korean and Hong Kong tour . |
| 11 | After returning to Britain in 1988 , Elizabeth got a job with the exclusive magazine London Portrait as an advertising and promotions manager . |
| 12 | His friendship with Byron fired his own literary ambitions and after returning to London in 1812 he published two volumes on his travels . |
| 13 | Just five months after returning to football after a lengthy ban for failing a drugs test , the temperamental star faces a showdown tomorrow with Sevilla officials . |
| 14 | True Brit Christie 's first action after storming to victory in just 9.96 seconds was to snatch a giant Union Jack flag from British fans and drape it around his shoulders for his rousing lap of honour . |
| 15 | After going to work in the Gulf states she was offered a job with the princesses . |
| 16 | PS I do n't think you should marry that young man in the back row of the chorus , it 's too soon after going to bed with your horse dressed up as a Praetorian Guard . |
| 17 | She was found slumped dead on the floor after going to bed with a sore throat , the inquest heard . |
| 18 | FOUR ex-servicemen have been booted out of a British Legion social club after going to war over what they believe are missing funds of up to £250,000 . |
| 19 | On Jan. 3 , 34 people sought asylum in the USA after flying to Miami in a Air Cubana helicopter usually used for flying tourists to Varadero . |
| 20 | After moving to Willesden in north-west London he became the scourge of local boxers and eventually became the first black man to hold a British title when , in 1907 , he beat Curly Watson in the fourth of a scheduled twenty rounds to take the welterweight championship at the ‘ Wonderland ’ venue in the East End of London . |
| 21 | Two years ago Mark Dumais ' band Crash split , after moving to London from New York because they liked groups like the Mary Chain . |
| 22 | But he dropped out of the limelight after moving to Watford from Nottingham Forest . |
| 23 | Mandale 's fourth counter was another recent addition , Scottish cross country international Don Bain , who joined the Teessiders after moving to Darlington from Falkirk last year . |
| 24 | Green seems to have felt himself an ‘ off-comer ’ all his life after moving to Ambleside from Manchester . |
| 25 | He continued to practise chemistry as a hobby in Enniskillen and after moving to Belfast in 1804 , and he prepared the recently discovered chlorine gas to help local farmers bleach their linen flax . |
| 26 | After losing to Norway in their opening qualifying game a month ago , the cream of England 's young talent is at rock bottom . |
| 27 | Holyfield announced his retirement from boxing after losing to Bowe by a unanimous points decision |
| 28 | FC Brugge have steadied themselves after losing to Marseille in their last European match and suffering a domestic backlash . |
| 29 | One Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Travelling Ticket Inspector put a passenger onto the London train at Aylesbury after travelling to Quainton in error . |
| 30 | Pemberton only 2 bookings away from suspension after coming to leeds with 8 points ( One of the bookings being against leeds at elland rd ) and picking up bookings in his first two games . |