Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] to [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 2 | If left to itself the road would disappear in three months . |
| 3 | His eyes are pinpoints , surely the smallest in any Modigliani portrait , as if to reveal to us the man 's utter lack of vision . |
| 4 | Since 1945 the UN Charter has imposed on all states the obligation to avoid the use or threat of force ( Article 2 ) , while reserving to them the ‘ inherent right … to self-defence if an armed attack occurs ’ ( Article 51 ) . |
| 5 | BELVILLE : As human life is uncertain I have disposed my affairs so as to secure to you the power of living as a person ought who is my widow . |
| 6 | Certainly however ‘ an incremental menu of services ’ will be provided to principal members as committed to its the 1994 fiscal funding . |
| 7 | Certainly however ‘ an incremental menu of services ’ will be provided to principal members as committed to its the 1994 fiscal funding . |
| 8 | Of course , by ‘ nation ’ Rousseau meant no more than the people in a locality as opposed to what the word came to mean , the inhabitants of an established State . |
| 9 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |