Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to cancel your debt to me . |
| 2 | In order to standardise children 's learning , teachers tend to standardise their approach to teaching . |
| 3 | Active during the day as well as at night , they appear to adjust their pace to the human by-products on which they depend , such as scraps from butchers shops and other handouts . |
| 4 | It was claimed that there were about 350 members in Sheffield , ‘ 50 wear uniform ’ , and in Harrogate the fascists ‘ appear to confine their attention to younger members of the Tory Party , particularly those interested in sports , rugby and golf players ( the boisterous kind of young bloods ) . ’ |
| 5 | Here I propose to confine my discussion to the contemporary debate surrounding the electoral system as an electoral system . |
| 6 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 7 | I want to draw your attention to all those people working behind the scenes within BNFL to make sure that this study is carried forward . |
| 8 | I want to convert my loft to a shower room . |
| 9 | Er , he may be concerned but my Lord erm , there has been reference to the er the professional negligence and and my Lord there is a bit I have in court , I 'm afraid the second edition because the third edition which is the latest , was not available to me this morning , but there 's a paragraph in it and I want to refer your Lordship to it , I wonder if I might read it and er hand it up to your Lordship . |
| 10 | Castle Drachenfels is designed to present a challenge to characters of all levels of experience , but inexperienced adventurers will have to be very careful indeed if they want to survive their visit to the Castle ! |
| 11 | But an increasing number of would-be immigrants from Eastern Europe and other parts of the world seek to abuse our openness to genuine refugees . |
| 12 | the habits and practice of the French courts are different from our own , and … when the cross-examination of [ the ] witness is most material , and will alone enable me to judge of the effect of his examination-in-chief , I decline to delegate my discretion to any other tribunal . |
| 13 | Yes and all the men give give their wife to David . |
| 14 | It 's likely that your awareness of the challenge you face increases your sensitivity to the pain , feeding into a vicious circle . |
| 15 | Whether the parents in the sample saw themselves as consumers or not they used their right to choose ; 31 per cent sent their children to schools other than the nearest and 58 per cent would , if they were not happy , consider moving their child to another school . |
| 16 | Labour MPs , activists and union bosses would do well to remember that as they consider electing her deputy to a man who 's already had one heart attack . ’ |
| 17 | As it settles down and the chances of ever attaining the radical goals become ever more remote , members begin to shift their attention to the routine satisfactions of just ‘ being a member ’ . |
| 18 | George Bush 's infamous toast to Marcos ( 'We love your adherence to democratic principles ' ) said it all . |
| 19 | Furthermore , even if scribes and illuminators were secular , many books seem to owe their iconography to religious advisers . |
| 20 | When people begin to owe their significance to objects , or objects themselves begin to upstage people , not only the house , but the world of which it forms a part , has altered . |
| 21 | We also intend to publish our response to the Government 's proposed UK National Sustainability Report to the United Nations . |
| 22 | Now , however , celebrities tend to give their time to causes rather than direct events — though the occasional deserving disasters , such as last year 's Jamaican hurricane , squeeze through . |
| 23 | I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time . |
| 24 | I suggest that we delay announcing our existence to the press until we have a name and clearly stated function . |
| 25 | We have many people who like to keep their business to themselves . |
| 26 | Ex-miners will be your guides and their explanations and anecdotes will bering your trip to life . |
| 27 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 28 | ‘ I intend to keep your nose to the grindstone , Rob . |
| 29 | But not before he taught me ‘ the way ’ and even gave me — probably when short of a birthday present , his ‘ mantra ’ — his personal word by which to meditate ( sssh , do n't tell the guru , he 'd turn in his cave — you 're not suppose to reveal your mantra to anyone . |
| 30 | ‘ I intend taking my case to an industrial tribunal . ’ |