Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain kinds of shares have features which make them economically similar to debt . |
| 2 | All these moves are aimed at beating the stress which can weaken new stock and make them more susceptible to the other little problems of a new tank . |
| 3 | The left-wing response is to press for more money to improve these services , make them more relevant to public needs ; the right-wing response is to privatize further — and if the latter is the response you favour , then you have a wonderful excuse for withholding taxes : ’ Why should I pay for services I do n't use ? ’ |
| 4 | ( 1985 : 687 ) suggest something quite similar to Jespersen — " the infinitive marker to may be viewed as related to the spatial preposition to through metaphorical connection " — and illustrate this by the series : How far this metaphorical connection extends is not specified , but it is significant that both Quirk et al. |
| 5 | ‘ They outnumber us about twelve to one . ’ |
| 6 | Ah well that would illuminate the er see if I put it fairly close to the actual corner at the front side , going down towards the garage . |
| 7 | Maybe I should even feel a little flattered that you consider me sufficiently important to be a threat to Rob 's engagement . ’ |
| 8 | But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice . |
| 9 | There are no elevating thoughts about money , all the emotions aroused by it are bad ; pride and miserliness and greed are quickly followed by fear of losing the money , and not far behind is likely to be the emotion of jealously because money is a relative thing and seldom does a rich man not find someone still richer to be jealous of . |
| 10 | Absorb the complement with agarose ( 30 ) , store it at 70 C and only thaw it immediately prior to use . |
| 11 | It often happens that young children find it enormously difficult to ‘ surrender power ’ . |
| 12 | In my experience , children find it extremely frustrating to be fired with enthusiasm for a topic but then to find that they simply do not have the skill to express themselves . |
| 13 | However , it 's still a vague definition and we often find it more useful to er tidy that definition up by introducing , conformance with requirements . |
| 14 | ‘ Some people find it very satisfying to be a key worker . |
| 15 | ‘ Personally , I find it very much to my taste . ’ |
| 16 | I find it very difficult to be of assistance , sergeant . |
| 17 | I find it very difficult to be er to learn Morris Dancing ! |
| 18 | erm debt was something debt is a major cause of homelessness and I think it will be increasingly so , especially as folk find it very hard to either pay their rents or mortgages . |
| 19 | And please , make him physically attractive to me . |
| 20 | They keep it as close to the book as they can . |
| 21 | One said : ‘ The people in that flat are really quiet , they keep themselves pretty much to themselves . |
| 22 | For I deem naught so precious to you , both for body and soul , as time , and methinks you value it too little . ’ |
| 23 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 24 | The studies of Thieblot and Haggard , and Grant and Wallace provide a useful checklist of those features of a ‘ strike setting ’ which make it particularly conducive to disorder . |
| 25 | Let me just run through a few features of American political life which make it rather different to er to our own er sceptred isle . |
| 26 | While this is unlikely to be a problem in the early stages , being on a prolonged low-calorie diet which does not provide an adequate intake of these and other nutrients might have an adverse effect upon the body 's metabolism , and make it increasingly difficult to either lose weight or to maintain your exercise level . |
| 27 | He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter . |
| 28 | Brennan argues that while non-traditional students will continue to fit into conventional higher education via Access Courses or other means , more should be done to change higher education to meet the needs of non-traditional students and make it more attractive to them . |
| 29 | We now have to alter the old consequences and make it quite clear to him that his bad behaviour will have results that are not only not rewarding , but also unpleasant enough to make him relinquish his tantrum . |
| 30 | Questions about specific pictures , which could , for example , be about specific saints , can be readily answered from the standard works which abound , provided such answers treat the works as history books , and make it quite clear to the children that the stories about a ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , which are to be found in those books , are not now really believed . |