Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want now to turn to some questions of form and genre , trying to identify a particular set of formal and institutional parameters for television , and returning at the end of the essay to questions of value . |
| 2 | Members tend not to listen to each other . |
| 3 | The 1949 Representation of the People Act effectively brought to final fruition the principle of " one person one vote . " |
| 4 | Hell , Doc , your packagin' gets better and better , but what you put inside stinks to high heaven , you know . |
| 5 | At McDonald 's we believe you deserve straight answers to any questions you might have concerning our food products . |
| 6 | Many microwaves heat unevenly leading to hot spots in the milk . |
| 7 | The 1954 Act now applies to any tenancy of licensed premises granted after 11 July 1989 . |
| 8 | We hope however to report to next year 's general assembly . |
| 9 | ADRUG widely fed to British pigs , and often found in pork in shops , faces a ban by American health authorities because it is suspected of causing cancer . |
| 10 | Broad generic categories , then , seem only to lead to narrower subgeneric subcategories , though that in itself may be a useful exercise in classification . |
| 11 | The results give further support to previous pilot studies with bismuth preparations . |
| 12 | Jaq often prayed to this bas-relief . |
| 13 | Here the Phantom scored top marks thanks to the Chandler pickups , which seem perfectly suited to this instrument . |
| 14 | The acoustics of the hall seem admirably suited to this music ; textures are warm , yet detail is clear , more so than in the Järvi Chandos series , and the sound overall is fuller and obviously more modern than that of the Kertész/Decca set , where the symphonies ( CD 430 046–2DC6 , 4/92 ) are not available separately . |
| 15 | You seem well suited to each other . ’ |
| 16 | SAVE then wrote to local newspapers all over the country appealing to amateur photographers to take photographs of endangered buildings . |
| 17 | Geophysical studies tend also to lead to regional syntheses over substantial areas , and their topicality is another facet of their total influence . |
| 18 | Our one day visit soon stretched to two , and when we left at the end of three superb days ' climbing there were still routes we wanted to do . |
| 19 | But I do n't know quite how the Welsh mentality works you know as regards you know loyalty to one 's nation or whatever , but er no , l looking from the outside you know , I I thought it was a bit strange that sort of next door neighbours could end up you know completely opposed to each other . |
| 20 | ‘ You are quite sure that Riddle never came to this house ? ’ |
| 21 | I mean now talking to some of the girls a lot of their parents are very strict on them . |
| 22 | Most parts of Australia are expected to become hotter and wetter in the next 40 years ; more open water lying on the surface is likely to increase the risk of insect-borne diseases such as Ross River fever , Dengue and Bluetongue now confined to Northern Australia spreading throughout the country . |
| 23 | From pool path is less clear but continue forward heading to lowest point of shoulder ahead , from where clear path leads to another lake . |
| 24 | Environmentalists remain strongly opposed to such projects which encourage developing countries to sell their natural resources in order to pay their foreign debt . |
| 25 | Although I remain strongly opposed to any closer political or economic union with Europe , will my right hon. Friend accept that the leadership that he has shown at the Maastricht conference and his toughness in the negotiations clearly display that he is the only party leader competent to govern this country during the next few years ? |
| 26 | Labour eventually agreed to Christian Democrat demands to end the linkage of state benefits to private-sector wages , in return for a reduction in the proposed cuts in state benefits , a commitment to increase social security payments by 3 per cent in 1992 , and provisions for the lowest income sector to receive tax concessions . |
| 27 | Then , since it is whether or not a cell actually responds that determines whether it undergoes the slow modification process , the slow process would make cortical neurons become permanently tuned to this uncorrelated set of features . |
| 28 | In August 1306 , at the pope 's request , Amanieu VII was granted the lordship of Meilhan in the Bazadais by Edward I. The grant was not to prejudice the existing rights of another lord , Auger de Mothe , to levy a lucrative toll or péage at Meilhan , but Albret willingly agreed to this because he and Auger had been ‘ companions and friends since their youth ’ ( a suis juventutibus fuerant socii et amici ) . |
| 29 | You either turn left to go to one side of Petswood or right to go to the other side of Petswood . |
| 30 | As such , the dialectic can easily become a teleological notion , covering any factors which turn out to contribute to some structural change in society . |