Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then transports them to earthly space for human use . |
| 2 | They have to compete for telescope time , to make sure that no one beats them to crucial measurements . |
| 3 | Thus ministers no longer feel that the doctrine exposes them to special risks in the House but , by confining all the advice of the departments to ministers , it does ensure that they are so much better informed and briefed than their critics . |
| 4 | He has a weasel face and subjects me to piercing scrutiny . |
| 5 | The first person in each team places it on their nose and then passes it to other members of the team without using their hands . |
| 6 | Will the Minister tell the House and the people of the Province what measure he intends to take to assist people over 45 whose age condemns them to humiliating interviews and , indeed , rejection ? |
| 7 | The weekly UK journal " Marketing " noted that " computer power … takes larger , geographically organised databases , of which published Census statistics are the most important , and links them to other sets of marketing information , intelligence and research data . |
| 8 | All that leads me to British Rail Bills , and the fact that only now are we talking about ditching the procedures of 150 years ago . |
| 9 | Another care assistant takes them round the Home , introduces them to other staff and residents and helps them settle in . |
| 10 | His deputy or the senior care assistant takes them round the home , introduces them to other staff and residents and helps them settle in . |
| 11 | The horror of bachelorhood which condemns you to arid thought for ever , and the horror of marriage , which condemns you to lies and hypocrisy for ever . |
| 12 | Some nurses are very enthusiastic about the bank as a route of re-entry , as it enables you to sample different wards and departments and introduces you to new people . |
| 13 | Leave Quebec and continue to Montreal where a brief city tour introduces you to Old Montreal and the French Quarter . |
| 14 | A particular , and in representational terms crucial , development of this new activism ( and one which links it to other movements based on class , gender , colour , and so on ) is the de-biologising nature of the disability . |
| 15 | This is not magic , for it introduces us to new relationships of intimacy and friendship , rather than of impersonal power and fantasy . |
| 16 | The twists and turns of Goldwyn 's life can become tedious , since he was so often fighting the same battles ; and the extent of his involvement in the industry means that Berg continually digresses to enlarge on some aspect of movie history , or introduces us to other personalities as they appear . |
| 17 | Welsh folklore has a richness all of its own and exploring some of the areas with strange tales takes you to unbeatable walking country amid fantastic scenery . |
| 18 | That takes us to Joint Planning and the part of the voluntary organisations play or should play in the process . |
| 19 | The left-angled Swastika symbolizes the centripetal force related to the pull of gravity — the force which ties us to mental stagnation — decay and dissolution . |
| 20 | At the front of the line a man in short hair and a blue suit directs them to different booths as they become available . |
| 21 | Monde de L'Art welcomes four artists from Senegal : Amadou cloaks the everyday in the light of legend , applying considerable sophistication to the use of voids and subtle colouring ; Souleymane Keita paints abstract scenes influenced by local mythology and European stylistic developments ; the sculptor Ousmane Sow looks to Rodin , Bourdelle and Giacometti but employs local colours and rhythms ; Serigne Mbaye Camara carves geometric forms and applies them to two-colour backgrounds . |
| 22 | ‘ If one excludes bacon/ham and offal and confines it to red meat plus poultry , then the figures rise to 35pc , still some way short of the 44pc mentioned . ’ |
| 23 | This immediately commends it to traditional publishers who have been in the business of selling paper-based ROMs since Gutenberg first invented printing . |
| 24 | A feature of the grammar translation method ; learning by deduction the student starts with a general truth and applies it to particular cases . |
| 25 | He is not a neutral observer who first learns to define Truth and then applies it to different aspects of life . |
| 26 | Although a breach of contract claim is based upon common law rights , remember that the Consolidation Act entitles you to minimum pay during your statutory notice period . |
| 27 | Any or all of these factors may encourage you to seek to negotiate a settlement which entitles you to speedy payment of a lump sum and perhaps other benefits , even if the value of the total package is less than the amount that you might theoretically win if you sued and all went well . |
| 28 | More often , an executive 's contract entitles him to private use of his car . |
| 29 | The Inland Revenue 's Tax Bulletin is helpful in that it gives the Revenue 's view on how it interprets the law and relates it to practical points . |
| 30 | It beckons us , as old Hamlet did , ‘ with courteous action ’ , and tempts us to detailed study . |