Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They really are a very vibrant organization , and er , I think we really would wish them well , and , and very pleasing to see them adapting to the new circumstances . |
| 2 | Warranties ‘ are other obligations which , though they must be performed , are not so vital that a failure to perform them goes to the substance of the contract . ’ |
| 3 | THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county . |
| 4 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 5 | Frog eggs are about one to two millimetres in diameter and , like the chick , have enough yolk to enable them to grow to a stage when they can feed themselves . |
| 6 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 7 | There may be some delays , because we have to process them according to the normal procedures , but there will not be any undue delays . |
| 8 | I did n't know what was in it ; I just had the feeling that Sunil would n't thank me if the boys in blue turned it over in their usual zeal to find something to donate to the Oxfam shop . |
| 9 | This she had done , only to find herself talking to a horribly languid sort of character who obviously fancied himself rotten and who , she was prepared to swear , was wearing brown suede shoes and a shirt featuring tattersall checks , accompanied by a green knit tie . |
| 10 | He needs to know he belongs to the new family , that he is ‘ accepted in the beloved one ’ ( Eph. 1:6 ) . |
| 11 | She had expected him to know what to whisper to a woman in the heat of passion , not to be able to tell her stories about Alaric , the Goth chieftain who 'd conquered Rome in AD 410 . |
| 12 | Many of us would like to know what happens to the information that is collected during questioning when there is no subsequent conviction . |
| 13 | Last Saturday night Channel four show showed Sex , lies and videotape well , we got the lies and the video tape , I 'd like to know what happened to the sex . |
| 14 | All these , as well as many of their innocent relatives and acquaintances , were to find themselves condemned to the mercies of a capricious and often brutal exile administration which many were neither physically nor spiritually able to withstand . |
| 15 | At Stourbridge Town Hall in the West Midlands last night , where Botham began his tour , those who came instead of a night out at the pictures were somewhat surprised to find themselves treated to a night out at the pictures . |
| 16 | ‘ But who wishes to find themselves married to a boy ? |
| 17 | is totally different so I did the first lecture with what my idea of to find myself talking to a a contract housing guy whose biggest order was two thousand pounds |
| 18 | In fact , to study the sealpoint Siamese coat pattern is to observe what amounts to a temperature map of the animal 's body surface . |
| 19 | To visit them continue to the main road and immediately turn to your right through the gates . |
| 20 | 1.1 Modern judicial views on the ambit of the doctrine In Petrofina ( Great Britain ) Ltd v Martin [ 1966 ] Ch 146 two members of the Court of Appeal attempted to define what amounts to a restraint of trade . |
| 21 | When world oil prices plunged in the 1980s , their leaders did little to help them adjust to the inevitable decline in living standards . |
| 22 | Shipmasters long ago found that their societies are never likely to help them owing to the inevitable scattering of members and the indifference which distance begets . |
| 23 | FOUR North Wales schoolgirls are seeking sponsorship to help them get to the British ski championships . |
| 24 | Subsection ( 1 ) empowers the Bank by notice in writing served on an authorised institution to require them to provide to the Bank such information as the Bank may reasonably require for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 25 | It is now common practice to use a series of different strength weak links , and to select one suited to the strength and weight of the glider . |
| 26 | Unfortunately though , he became too domesticated and did n't have a fear of humans so he was put on a programme to help him adjust to the wild . |
| 27 | You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely . |
| 28 | Someone has to experience it to know to the full how you feel . |
| 29 | We know that our clock is normally adjusted by various external factors — and now we can use them to help us adjust to a change in life-style . |
| 30 | Seldom a telegram came and nobody liked to see one come to a house . |