Example sentences of "[vb base] to a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If parents do not care and praise and listen to a child 's reading , schoolteachers ca n't easily make them literate . |
| 2 | It is questionable , however , whether the provisions actually add to a victim 's opportunity for compensation and it has been argued that the procedure differs little from that required for any civil action except that the funds are preserved . |
| 3 | Even when we defer to a creature 's apparent preference ( for a particular type of food , let us say ) the decision will be dictated by our desire to keep it fit and healthy . |
| 4 | The first two lines of the first stanza are symbolic of the suns ability to give life as they refer to a man 's physical awakening , but here the tone changes . |
| 5 | In the latest edition of his Principles of Family Law , Professor Cretney repeats the argument that the use of the words ‘ male ’ and ‘ female ’ in section 11(c) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ( which repealed and reproduced the provisions of the Nullity Act 1971 ) , suggests that it ‘ may thus be possible to argue that the terms ‘ male ’ and ‘ ‘ female ’ refer to a person 's gender ( that is to say , the sex to which he psychically belongs ) ’ . |
| 6 | I dare say he 's bred you true to a Welshman 's bounden duty , and taught you the sacredness of a blood debt , but I think it was not he who sent you here alone on such an errand . |
| 7 | As with doctors , there are always nurses whose personal strengths are such that they can openly and lovingly respond to a patient 's pain , grief and distress without needing defences . |
| 8 | Go to a neighbour 's house and call the police . |
| 9 | I am thirteen years old and go to a girls ' school , predominantly working class , at the Elephant and Castle , London . |
| 10 | Did she take it with her when she went to the rubbish skip or dash to a stationer 's and buy it ? |
| 11 | The factors in any situation which contribute to a leader 's effectiveness are : |
| 12 | Whites have retreated to the comfortable suburbs , whence they contribute to a city 's costs but avoid paying its taxes or providing work for its underclass . |
| 13 | Good habits contribute to a horse 's physical and psychological well-being ; whereas bad habits frequently impair the horse 's health or behaviour in some way . |
| 14 | All these questions relate to a captain 's last Test as captain , not necessarily to the last Test in which he played . |
| 15 | The County Council has never at any time considered a paper or come to a conclusion erm on the preferred general location for the new settlement . |
| 16 | When you 've gathered information a , and and come to a conclusion erm interesting , we may have something for you there . |
| 17 | It is clearly not Amnesty 's view that damage to a woman 's marriage prospects is the sole or main reason for opposing rape . |