Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] [noun pl] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That is carried to such an extreme that we will recognise dictatorships and ignore the coups which bring some despots to power .
2 We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis .
3 ‘ Ever send any letters to members of the hunting fraternity ? ’
4 Please ask class members and send any names to Margaret Rowland .
5 These clinics provide several benefits to clients who can leave the house .
6 It is not clear which of the pair put these points to Attlee .
7 Children walk many miles to school .
8 Builders ' merchants then sell these fittings to builders alongside other merchandise that builders require .
9 They then sell these leaseholds to chaps like me .
10 Make these queries to Dr. Dillenius .
11 But if I give some names to Mr next week I think yes well I 've got them at the music later today so I can ask them then .
12 Mr Albion Small , former manager of the Eldon Gardens complex in Newcastle , has been appointed manager of the Cornmill and said on Wednesday he was confident the centre would weather the current recession and attract more shoppers to Darlington , bringing more business to other shops and offices in the town centre .
13 Give those shares to charity
14 The individual will work less and give more hours to leisure , but this is not what he or she originally wished to do , and his or her satisfaction or welfare is thus reduced .
15 How could gas companies give any guarantees to gas suppliers , especially on gas volume , if their customers could by-pass them at any time ?
16 For the robot to understand an English command , it must compute the semantics of the input text , i.e. determine the senses of the expression and refer these senses to objects in the environment , before the intended action can be taken .
17 ‘ The tendency in modern arable farming to knock out field boundaries and devote fewer fields to grass seems to be largely responsible for the decline in hares , ’ Tapper says .
18 Assessment time has doubled , said one Lincolnshire social worker who predicted the authority 's petrol budget would rise dramatically as staff make more visits to clients .
19 The threat to public library services in recent years from declining budgets in the broad area of public services has spurred them to increase their clientele , and convert more non-users to users .
20 INTRODUCE ANY NON-CHRISTIANS TO JESUS .
21 If you make any alterations to Windows , like changing the wallpaper , these new settings are stored in one of the INI files .
22 The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds .
23 Leave such comparisons to others , he wrote .
24 This approach has been highly successful with the thalassaemias , a group of disorders which bear many similarities to sickle cell disease .
25 ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) .
26 If we relate these figures to others , for example the recent finding that young children spend 25 hours per week watching television ( 1300 hours per 365 days ) we realise that , while schooling may provide a significant element in a child 's formative years , it is by no means the only or most pervasive one — nor is it , for many children , necessarily the most important .
27 The second data set contains information on all calls on sampled addresses on three national surveys , coded by the time and day of call and the outcome , in order to examine calling patterns and relate these patterns to productivity .
28 Mm I prefer these things to biscuits .
29 These accounts contain many references to plants , and probably the earliest records of the species named .
30 Monitor lizards defy most barriers to animal distribution , largely because they are excellent swimmers .
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