Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] them to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not actually that im they 're not important about bringing them to faith . |
| 2 | It also sort of encourages them to farm as much land as they can to presumably rent more out . |
| 3 | As control of pests and diseases consists basically of subjecting them to conditions or substances that are harmful to them , we have to recognize that , as they have all evolved defences of one kind or another — and very successfully too , which is why they are still on this Earth and contending with us for our roses — somewhere in their life cycles are periods and stages when they are more exposed and vulnerable . |
| 4 | A siren wailed and faded into the sounds of general traffic below prompting them to action . |
| 5 | The man who was the driving force behind bringing them to Britain for surgery was Sir Jimmy Savile . |
| 6 | What about giving them to charity ? |
| 7 | Even though most of these reforms benefited from widespread political and public support , de Gaulle had played a critical role in bringing them to fruition . |
| 8 | If they can prevent frustration with the crotchety old Ghost from driving them to violence , they could obtain some very useful information from him . |
| 9 | ‘ Natty suddenly called out , ‘ Look massa ’ ; in an instant the air before us seemed literally filled with a dense mass of these birds , which had suddenly rose from under the trees at his exclamation ; we had scarcely time to raise our guns before they were seventy or eighty yards off ; our united discharge , however , brought down eight additional specimens , all of which being merely winged and fluttering about , attracted the attention of our kangaroo dogs , and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be prevented from tearing them to pieces ; in the midst of the scramble , a kite , with the utmost audacity , came to the attack , and would doubtless , in spite of our presence , have carried off his share , had not the contents of my second barrel stopped his career . |
| 10 | Team member Pete Mounsey abseiled down to reach the men and attached them to ropes before hauling them to safety . |
| 11 | The ideology , social structure and living conditions of the Gulags are all explained thoroughly and Wu has no hesitation in comparing them to Hitler 's concentration camps . |
| 12 | If one supports the view that dogs need a degree of freedom of movement , the opportunity to meet other dogs and to engage in natural behaviour , then this means that responsible owners would be justified in taking them to places where they can be let off the lead and allowed to run loose . |
| 13 | Interestingly it seems very much the case that in socializing infants linguistically , in introducing them to words and utterances , we from the very beginning teach them to use talk in this self-dissociated , fanciful way . |
| 14 | The Video Recordings Act gives the BBFC statutory recognition as the body charged with licensing films for sale or rent on video cassettes — a development which may legally oblige distributors to censor cinema films before transferring them to cassettes for home viewing . |
| 15 | One important aspect of attributing differences to biology as opposed to attributing them to culture is that the second type of explanation leaves room for views to change , while the former appears to rule this out . |
| 16 | The doubt has been whether Cuba could sell its products in hard-currency markets without subjecting them to years of tests . |
| 17 | commitment to sending them to college , so we lose one day a week for a start . |
| 18 | He saw Rosie stretch up , catch the damp pants between her teeth and slowly draw them down to her grimy sacking , intent on ripping them to shreds . |
| 19 | He saw what appeared to be rich American clients and insisted on taking them to lunch first . |
| 20 | ‘ Now if anything be certain it is this , that where there are general words in a later Act capable of reasonable and sensible application without extending them to subjects specifically dealt with by earlier legislation , you are not to hold that earlier and special legislation indirectly repealed , altered , or derogated from merely by force of such general words , without any indication of a particular intention to do so . |
| 21 | Lawbreakers have placed themselves outside of society by committing their offences , but the penal process should ultimately aim at returning them to society as full members . |
| 22 | She had a unique gift for restoring them to health , and an intuition that led her to free each into the wild just when its confidence was regained , its body mended , and its animal fulfilment clearly dependent upon the wider world . |
| 23 | Attempts to make the arts accountable by submitting them to forms of assessment which properly belong elsewhere may actually make them appear wanting by looking for inappropriate forms of proof . |
| 24 | As Mr Torode points out , our liberal forefathers insisted on the importance of testing faiths by submitting them to discussion . |
| 25 | He had unfortunately proceeded to mar them by fastening them to strips of card with paper clips , which had rusted and left their foul trail on the bookmarks . |
| 26 | The government are actually indifferent as to whether you you borrow , and consume your capita er , your credit approvals , or whether you consume your credit approvals by applying them to capital receipts which will be used to buy further capital assets . |
| 27 | If the ascription of organizational goals to collectivities is rejected as metaphorical or metaphysical , then the language of goals can only be maintained by ascribing them to individuals or groups within the organization . |
| 28 | When Macbeth returns in a trance , still grasping the bloody daggers , Lady Macbeth illustrates her strength by returning them to Duncan 's chamber . |
| 29 | Turner surprised even himself by leading them to promotion in successive seasons . |
| 30 | The authorities categorically rejected a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International in May 1989 which accused them of torturing political prisoners by subjecting them to beatings or sexual abuse . |