Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] to [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The library , with its vague connection with academic work , can hold little attraction for a student struggling to adjust to university life ’ . |
| 2 | Once he 'd found out that I was applying to go to art school he opened up quite a bit and we began to talk . |
| 3 | The argument that W. , or any other 16- or 17-year-old , can by refusing to consent to treatment veto the treatment notwithstanding that the doctor has the consent of someone who has parental responsibilities , involves the proposition that section 8 has the further effect of depriving such a person of the power to consent . |
| 4 | And when are you going to get to Stone Haven ? |
| 5 | Despite the links with Mr Major , people are very uncertain of what 's going to happen to education funding in the future . |
| 6 | However this is beginning to apply to classroom video materials too as more and more people today have video machines at home . |
| 7 | We thus had what Sorge et al. termed a polarised and differentiated system ( 1983 , 162 ) with the shop-floor and direct production functions having to relate to management supervision , maintenance , preparatory and planning functions , and technical design and development , who each gave instructions and advice from their staff positions . |
| 8 | While acknowledging that Sun has a ‘ big PR problem , ’ it thinks the few cranky customers threatening to jump to Hewlett-Packard Co do n't represent a trend . |
| 9 | The ordeal , which lasted all of twenty minutes , was repeated twice a day ; a high price , thought Joshua , for having to listen to Bill Cash warn of the dangers of Europe . |
| 10 | At the time , she was intending to go to law school with a view to taking over her father 's law firm . |
| 11 | I will not yield to the temptation to reflect on the problems that face this university and the Centre for Continuing Education as part of it , but I think that it 's fair to say that in the future we will be hard put to maintain the volume and variety of the contribution we have been trying to make to adult education in the community . |
| 12 | It seemed that soon after dark a rough-looking man wearing ragged clothes had appeared at the manor house , demanding to speak to Meredith Putt . |
| 13 | They did n't expect it to last forever especially since he was planning to go to college back East . |