Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In particular , they vary in the extent of their involvement with the very frail and housebound , some preferring to concentrate on provision for younger elderly people .
2 ‘ What 's all this got to do with cancer ? ! ’
3 Maybe it 's not easy to see what all this has to do with cancer , but you must bear with me if I tell you that it has .
4 ‘ I think all of this has to do with reputation , and because he is Vinnie Jones .
5 Of these a few came to see in friendship the whole meaning of life : Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and E.M .
6 The two issues are frequently discussed together , but this tends to lead to confusion .
7 ‘ But is n't this going to lead to violence , and , and … ’
8 What about this mum 's army of teachers is this going to come to fruition as some point or not ?
9 What has this got to do with comedy ?
10 Only when the cells leave the zone do some begin to differentiate into cartilage ; and , as just stated , the cartilage elements are laid down in a proximo-distal sequence — first humerus , then radius and ulna , and only then wrist , and finally hand .
11 Some prefer to meditate through movement , such as dance or T'ai Chi .
12 Some had to learn by trial and error .
13 Each pledged to desist from slander , vilification and acts of sabotage .
14 What 's that got to do with sex ?
15 " What 's that got to do with Fiver ? " asked Hazel sharply .
16 As to the discounts , these appear to range in generosity from 5 per cent to over 60 per cent .
17 These continued to grow in number and scale despite the intense 11-hour diplomacy which followed Saddam 's conditional offer on Feb. 15 to withdraw from Kuwait [ see above ] .
18 T G I 's has now been persuaded but companies like these trying to deal with workplace stress are very much the exception .
19 postman Pat 's lifelike van , and Jess the Cat , all combine to bring to life on stage the world of Greendale which children know so well from their television screens .
20 Each day held a different challenge or , as one long-standing employee put it : ‘ We all lived to go to work . ’
21 Yet , having done this , it should pay particular attention to the emotions rather than to the ‘ facts ’ , or the rationalizations and justifications we all tend to use in order to shroud our feelings , especially in times of stress .
22 Few things are consistent in the social services : each service tends to be financed differently ; the statutory basis , the context of the central/local government relationship and distribution of control , and the underlying social principles all tend to vary from service to service .
23 In the early Middle Ages , Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio were all designed to lead to Contemplation , but Contemplatio was not regarded as an esoteric discipline , an advanced state of prayer or the cultivation of an alternative mode of consciousness .
24 Great Britain had recently signed a commercial treaty with the Soviet Union , in which the latter promised to abstain from propaganda that would incite the peoples of Asia to act contrary to British interests , and for security reasons an aid pact was signed with Kemal Ataturk , in spite of his massacres of Turkish Communists .
25 All appear to consist of prefix + stem .
26 It 's all got to go to solicitor .
27 The memory loss we all begin to experience with age may result from a similar impairment of the cholinergic system , which may also be altered in Alzheimer 's disease .
28 Hanging back as he strode off to get it , she protested worriedly , ‘ I really think it might be best not to — and I do n't know quite how it is , but although you all seem to move without speed , not to hurry , I feel as though I 'm being rushed along without time to draw breath ! ’
29 Eventually , probably all will to go to chip level .
30 At present , many continue to live at home , attending adult training centres , or employed in manual work .
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