Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Send it to Personal Story at the address given on page 3 . |
| 2 | Send it to Personal Story at the address on page 3 . |
| 3 | Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 . |
| 4 | Write your answers on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in — please include your boot size , the size of jacket , fleece or T-shirt you 'd like , and your size for waterproof pants — and send it to Outdoor Action Adidas Competition , . |
| 5 | Nor did Boswell the North Briton confine himself to political toadying to London , as he swung from compliments to conveyed slights : ‘ [ Mr Boyd ] entertained us with great civility . |
| 6 | Previously they used corn-cob husks and bits of walnut shell to remove the carbon dust and oil that build up in large motors and cause them to short circuit . |
| 7 | At first they were quite crude and it took little skill and expertise to forge the signature , and then fraudulently put them to financial advantage . |
| 8 | The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings . |
| 9 | I believed I put them to good use against Pakistan . |
| 10 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 11 | London local authorities had delayed hearing petitioners ' cases and put them to considerable inconvenience . |
| 12 | Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate . |
| 13 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 14 | On balance , the GDR , Hungary and Bulgaria have shown themselves able to absorb Western technology and put it to effective use ; but Romania and , more conspicuously , Poland , have combined high levels of dependency with ill-conceived investment decisions and the worst adaptation problems of the kind discussed in Chapter 2 . |
| 15 | Relay it to General Command . ’ |
| 16 | Apart from the formal accomplishments of law , accountancy and financial management , these skills restrict themselves to formalized consumer analysis , market survey technique , matrixes and learning curves . |
| 17 | In particular , it is necessary to go beyond the examples of close relationships to political parties to consider whether the positions some groups enjoy in relation to the political system owe nothing to particular party allegiances . |
| 18 | ‘ You recall me to common sense and my duties , McAllister . |
| 19 | Is he aware that the Institute of Housing has recently reported that it does not believe that competitive tendering in housing management is a sensible option , saying that it does ’ not easily lend itself to competitive tendering ’ ? |
| 20 | Trace the shape in figure 1 and transfer it to thin cardboard . |
| 21 | Will the Minister release MOD votes to allow local authorities , in collaboration with the MOD , to bring empty housing owned by the local authorities and the MOD up to acceptable standards and then transfer it to local authority control for the express purpose of providing homes to ex-service personnel ? |
| 22 | Eastern Stearman are able to completely rebuild a basic airframe , fit new wings , a re-lifed engine and finish it to individual specification and colour scheme . |
| 23 | The public roughly seems divided between people who deny the struggle any sexual significance at all , and those who , seeing the significance , attribute it to sexual morbidity and hysteria . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll nip in and try and get the number and give it to Brown Owl , ’ she decided . |
| 25 | Good eating habits , plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables , and , of course , a reasonable amount of sleep all lend themselves to good health , which in turn will be reflected in a clear skin and bright eyes which are attractive in themselves . |
| 26 | Even if he is working in a field with other workers the sense of isolation can remain , for the noise and the increased pace of work hardly lend themselves to easy conversation between workmates . |
| 27 | From the welter of information available , perhaps the most significant point to emerge from user studies is that few , if any , of their findings lend themselves to general applicability . |
| 28 | The same is true for published research papers in these sciences , and this is one of the reasons for the popularity of KWIC ( Key Word In Context ) indexes within chemistry and the earth sciences — the papers lend themselves to automated index production . |
| 29 | The simple answer is that not all materials lend themselves to scientific dating . |
| 30 | Pale soft blues lend themselves to large surface areas , while intense blues are better in restricted spaces |