Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 2 | Essentially the court is concerned whether the decision-making body has addressed itself to all relevant factors . |
| 3 | We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision . |
| 4 | If you do something at speed , it 's really the accumulation of everything that 's gone before that has got you to that point . |
| 5 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |
| 6 | Share , the user group for IBM Corp mainframe users , reckons that no-one can afford to ignore the downsizing phenomenon any more , and wants to dedicate itself to such concepts as open systems and integration . |
| 7 | The press scoffed at his walks in the Kalahari Desert , at his fascination with lost and ancient tribes ; but experiences like that , plus a lifetime of travelling all over the world , seeing underdeveloped and overdeveloped countries and every kind of political regime , has brought him to this viewpoint . |
| 8 | The collapse of Marxism-Leninism has brought us to that ‘ absolute moment ’ which marks the end of humanity 's long journey through the night of political confusion and abortive social and economic experiment . |
| 9 | This , admittedly , is a hard saying , and may well stir a first inkling that there must be something fundamentally wrong with the approach which has brought us to this point . |
| 10 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 11 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 12 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 13 | She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day . |
| 14 | Few Wedding Present records have found their way to the United States and Hallin , obviously backed by RCA , wants to introduce them to this most lucrative market in the world . |
| 15 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 16 | Accordingly , the Commission intends to limit itself to those measures that seem necessary to achieve the social dimension of the internal market and to contribute to the social cohesion of the Community . |
| 17 | Patiently occupied with his household tasks and with his sketching of Willem , it amused him to notice that ‘ already he seems to oppose himself to all social institutions and conventions . ’ |
| 18 | It now remains to ask what to many is the most difficult question , whether , given that the services are available , albeit on a limited basis , they can properly be denied to certain patients.3 This raises not only the issue of fairness or justice , but also that of selective treatment and respect for life . |
| 19 | But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is . |
| 20 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 21 | Well I suppose it has in a sense , yes , it 's enabled us to both confront the fact that that I 'm not all knowing and that I 'm not all powerful , which I mean was because my children , as I say , are still quite young , which is something new for them , I suppose , as well as something new for me . |