Example sentences of "[vb base] to the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even people who have lived a normal and contented life are likely to see ghosts , sometimes called ‘ crisis ghosts ’ , which appear to the living to warn of some imminent danger . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 3 | Some of my friends have been frightened into no longer wanting to smoke , others have faced the facts but are reconciled to being fonder of smoking than they are afraid of cancer , but I myself yield to the temptation to smoke although convinced that I ought to abstain . |
| 4 | ‘ I will write a novel about the Empire [ Du Camp reports him saying ] and bring in the evening receptions at Compiègne , with all the ambassadors , marshals and senators rattling their decorations as they bend to the ground to kiss the hand of the Prince Imperial . |
| 5 | But much will hang also on the extent to which teachers succumb to the temptation to teach for the test , and thereby create a classroom atmosphere that focuses narrowly on learning the content and the skills that will be tested , and is therefore less lively , less varied , more repetitive and more anxiety-provoking for the pupils . |
| 6 | If you succumb to the temptation to tell contrived jokes , ration yourself to two per day . |
| 7 | If this is a universal understanding of the grief process , how does the church assist the bereaved in the first stage of their loss , bearing in mind that many people who make little or no claim to Christian faith still look to the church to provide a fitting funeral rite ? |
| 8 | Whether we have in mind the student learning that such and such is the case , or learning how to do such and such , we look to the student to rise above the learning . |
| 9 | Transfer to the drum to cover , and trim the edges . |
| 10 | '9 In some cases , schools are closed for two or three days a month while the teachers travel to the capital to collect their pay . |
| 11 | Premack 's tests ( Premack 1976 ) to establish that chimpanzees make rudimentary connections between ‘ states of affairs ’ ( in order not to beg the more refined question of objectuality within them ) which to us appear closely connected by virtue of a cause and an effect , or by virtue of an implicit goal or problem and a means or stratagem , seem to the layman to support attributions to chimps of protean correlates of human categories of thought . |
| 12 | One way open to the individual to beat these two traps is to make dishonest returns to the tax office , the benefit office , or both . |
| 13 | It is , of course , open to the occupier to regulate the right to possession of lost property by contract with the entrant ; it remains to be seen whether merely putting up notices at the entrance declaring that lost property is to vest in the occupier will be an effective manifestation of the intent to control required by Parker 's case . |
| 14 | 3 Five minutes before the end of cooking time , mix the cornflour with a little water to a smooth paste and add to the stew to thicken . |
| 15 | At Arne all six British reptiles , 22 species of dragonflies and a varied flora add to the birdlife to make a precious reserve in the face of continuing threats from housing schemes . |
| 16 | These wider changes add to the need to reassess the working relations of the central health care workers — doctors and nurses . |
| 17 | How does matter get to the centre to form whatever is there ? |
| 18 | When you get to the station to catch a train . |
| 19 | When you get to the station to catch the train ? |
| 20 | 16.17 At level 3 there are statements of attainment that refer to the ability to read silently with sustained concentration , and to listen attentively to stories read aloud . |
| 21 | I appeal to the Government to think again , this is going down the wrong road , we do not need these appointed , these appointees appointed by the Home Office and they know how it 's done , they know this new method , but there is the list of the greater the good , and if there 's of course there will be a bias one way or the other arising out of the very method by which it is done . |
| 22 | All the words were in place — ‘ I would not wish this on my worst enemy ’ ; ‘ Sam 's safety is my only concern ’ ; ‘ I appeal to the public to help in any way they can ’ ; ‘ I beg those who are holding her to let her go ’ — but the heart seemed strangely absent . |
| 23 | I appeal to the Minister to give at least some consideration to how far the environmental statement should come from a neutral source rather than from the promoters . |
| 24 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 25 | Speaking in Birmingham yesterday Ramblers ' chairman Dr Geoff Eastwood said : ‘ While millions of people flock to the countryside to enjoy its footpaths and open spaces , those who live in the cities and are without the means to travel to the countryside are losing out on a great potential leisure resource right on their doorsteps . ’ |
| 26 | The only problem will arise if somebody thinks you 've simply lost a will , which does occasionally happen , and then they turn to the copy to try and prove it . |
| 27 | However , under rule 7.3(10) the member may , once the notice is served , apply to the board to rescind it , and under rule 7.3(11) may appeal against the notice to the Appeal Tribunal . |
| 28 | Both point to the need to give students experiences which will give life to the theoretical elements which are also essential parts of their course . |
| 29 | Certainly such pressures and demands point to the need to make both prevention and treatment of chronic diseases a priority . |
| 30 | Once in a while she 'd get up from the chaos of ribbons and tissue , and go to the window to watch the cold . |