Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All are lowland species whose ancestors probably inhabited lowland forests and steppe ; curiously absent from the polar tundra are montane mammals of the subpolar fringe , for example Dall ( Figure 3.14 ) and snow sheep , marmots , pikas , and upland ( Siberian and red-backed ) voles , which might have been expected to take readily to life on the low tundra ( Chernov , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | For decades the revolutionaries had rejected outright capitalism , the bourgeoisie , and the Western path in general ; they had seen the creation of a propertyless proletariat as a disaster to be avoided at almost any cost and had sought to move directly to socialism based on the commune . |
| 3 | Just as the dead might be said to take readily to flight , so the living found their spirits lifted . |
| 4 | Dr. Lorrimer seemed to be the only member of Hoggatt 's who was known to go regularly to church . |
| 5 | Several NCp7 mutants were also found to bind effectively to DNA fragments representing HIV-1 proviral DNA . |
| 6 | NCp7 was found to bind tightly to DNA fragments , giving rise to high molecular weight NCp7:DNA complexes . |
| 7 | On another page we read of a homeless man being allowed to freeze nearly to death in the centre of our capital city , and having both legs amputated from frostbite . |
| 8 | Given a good breeze , the 3¾ square metres ( 40 sq ft ) of a standard Rokkaku can be allowed to hover close to ground effect where wind speed is lower . |
| 9 | I 've managed to stay straight to day . |