Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some have turned to religion , some to aesthetics . |
| 2 | It is impossible to think of Aragorn as irretrievably damned for his ignorance of Christianity ( though it is a view some have tried to foist on Beowulf ) . |
| 3 | We need only recognize that history is a method with no distinct object corresponding to it to reject the equivalence between the notion of history and the notion of humanity which some have tried to foist on us with the unavowed aim of making historicity the last refuge of a transcendental humanism : as if men could regain the illusion of liberty on the plane of the ‘ we ’ merely by giving up the ‘ I 's that are too obviously wanting in consistency . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Eventually , probably all will to go to chip level . |
| 6 | The more the hybridizing and crossing back and forth has concentrated on the spectacular , the further it has taken the plants from the vigour of their natural origins , and the less resistant many have become to pest and disease . |
| 7 | Such a firm will have little need to respond to consumer requirements , either in terms of the price of the product or its quality . |