Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The information disclosed in published accounts may relate to a single company or to a group of companies under a holding company . |
| 2 | A landlord , who is not fully taxable , may grant to a fully-taxable tenant a tenant 's repairing lease with a clause giving the landlord the right to any indemnity from the tenant for necessary repairs . |
| 3 | It is not so , except perhaps in the most formal of speaking styles , where a sentence may fall to a low point in the voice and be followed by a substantial silence , and we know that it has come to an end . |
| 4 | They had , however , the ‘ duty of making such inquiry as the circumstances of the case ought to indicate to a sensible man is , without difficulty , presently practicable ’ . |
| 5 | Benson 's text is a welcome addition for those who treat female patients with various urogenital and anorectal complaints , and it should appeal to a broad range of readers , from medical students to subspecialist physicians . |
| 6 | Tight coupling relations may be used only in a module of type PACKAGE and must refer to a PREFERRED , LATEST or SELECTED version of the referenced module . |
| 7 | For this sentence to express something , ‘ John ’ must refer to a unique individual , but ‘ tall ’ must express a feature that is general , that is , that many different things might possess . |
| 8 | Laura believed everything in the home should contribute to a pervading sense of calm and peacefulness ; the same calm and peacefulness she had first discovered at her aunt and uncle 's home in suburban Wallington . |
| 9 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 10 | in P P G twelve about the guidance the structure plan should provide to a local planner , and put my cards on the table , wonder whether it would n't actually be more to say if York can only provide thirty three hectares , that should be the provision first in York ? |
| 11 | The gutter is supported at frequent intervals on brackets which can be raised or lowered to determine its ‘ fall ’ , and gutters must run to a good fall and should be cleaned at least annually to free them of leaves and mud ; they must not sag between brackets . |
| 12 | Employees must work to a reasonable standard , for the hours agreed . |
| 13 | Vulnerable elderly people becoming dependent and disabled in some way , who , with their families , seek assistance , must look to a wide spread of provision under the mixed economy of welfare . |
| 14 | These examples are tolerably plain , but it must depend to a large extent on the facts of each case whether the law will attribute to a person the immediate right to possess . |
| 15 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 16 | Day-to-day cooperation between police forces must move to a new level of efficiency to allow European citizens to move freely but to ensure that drugs and arms can not . |
| 17 | The College proposes that this should apply to a small group of patients who are repeatedly admitted to hospital under sections 3 or 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and who require long-term support and supervision in the community , but are known to have a history of failing to co-operate with treatment ’ |
| 18 | Each trial consisted of a visual warning ( two arrowheads indicated the subject should attend to a particular area of the screen ) , a series of digits ( varying in length from 1 to 6 digits ) presented at a rate of 1.2 seconds per digit , a gap of 2 seconds , and finally a probe digit . |
| 19 | Accepting that a group of countries should proceed to a political or monetary union would be to accept the creation of a Greater European Superstate on the continent of Europe over which the non participants would have minimal control and which would be dominated by Germany . |
| 20 | Lord Penrose said that the case should proceed to a full hearing of evidence on those points . |
| 21 | If we divide the domestic economy into two sectors , public and private , then the deficit must correspond to a financial deficit by one or both of these sectors . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman will know that the British coal industry must respond to a competitive environment . |
| 23 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 24 | Yesterday , Greater Glasgow Health Board announced that the Southern General and the other hospitals under its control must adhere to a new food and health policy . |
| 25 | All members must adhere to a national Code of Practice , and a common contact ; and in order to remain within the HAE , members must meet a number of specified Safety Actions . |
| 26 | To extend the use of numeric pagers , each number can indicate a pre-determined action , for example that the employee should go to a certain area or undertake a particular task . |
| 27 | ‘ You should go to a good stylist once in a while and have that mane tamed ! ’ |
| 28 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
| 29 | Himself the child of Jewish refugees , Cantor insisted that all proceeds from his tour should go to a special fund to support the re-emigration of young Jewish refugees to Palestine . |
| 30 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |