Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensation therefore was immense when he abandoned cricket , and a life of wealth and ease , to go as a missionary to China . |
| 2 | This puts industry off voluntary controls and it tends to wait for a law to be brought in . |
| 3 | Does the Minister agree with the view therefore , that nurses that nurses should be given the authority to admit patients to hospital provided there is a bed without having to wait for a decision to be to be made by a doctor ? |
| 4 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 5 | Speaking before the ASEAN standing committee in September 1984 , the Malaysian Foreign Minister declared that it would be a mistake to wait for a solution to the Kampuchean problem before making attempts to implement the idea of the zone of peace , freedom and neutrality . |
| 6 | I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders . |
| 7 | We considered various possibilities , but as neither of us could drive far and neither of us could face airport hassle , we decided to go for a week to Wales . |
| 8 | Most preferred to remain as a supplier to the trade , others advertising their ability to furnish funerals in addition to their daily trade . |
| 9 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 10 | Given the significance of patronage in securing a promotion , or in placing an officer in a situation where he might have an opportunity to distinguish himself , and thus strengthen his claims to advancement , there was a good incentive to arrange for a transfer to another ship where favour might be expected . |
| 11 | All I can suggest sir is the case is adjourned just have to arrange for a solicitor to be here . |
| 12 | That is to try for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict through a United Nations peace conference . |
| 13 | To help them do this the Allies had , among other measures , resurrected Poland to stand as a barrier to the reunification of the German eastern lands . |
| 14 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 15 | On the one hand for environmental reasons , for their environmental reasons I should say , and on the other hand so as not to come as a nuisance to residents of existing communities . |
| 16 | They are relevant to what the speaker wishes to provide as an answer to the question , given the particular hearer he has . |
| 17 | Soviet and US experts , whose presence was thought to give momentum to the talks , were on hand to offer " technical " advice on the practicalities of a ceasefire [ for March agreement by the protagonists ' principal backers to work for a settlement to the civil war see p. 37365 ] . |
| 18 | The NPT thus repeated a pledge first made by America , Russia and Britain to work towards an end to nuclear testing ‘ for all time ’ . |
| 19 | She needed it for the letter she was going to write in a minute to Nora . |
| 20 | rather than walk round with wads in your pocket every day , they liked to be able to work on a day to day pay system |
| 21 | The corruption of the security forces seems straight forward in the beginning , but as the plot unfolds , the facts of torture , a shoot-to-kill policy , and the silencing of information in Northern Ireland seems only to serve as a backdrop to the political intrigue . |
| 22 | The bodies of the executed men had been left in the main square for twenty-four hours to serve as a warning to the rest of the inhabitants . |
| 23 | In the USA a much later counterpart of the SCONUL Tape-Slide Group was the Co-operative Library Media Group , an informal organization of instruction librarians attempting ‘ to serve as a stimulant to the production of audio-visual materials we all could share in teaching library use ’ . |
| 24 | Write the number in pencil on the outside of the examination book so as to serve as a guide to you later . |
| 25 | The Glass City would include : ‘ The tallest stained glass window tower in the world to serve as a beacon to the whole of north Sunderland . ’ |
| 26 | But since it was established in 1775 to serve as a printer to Edinburgh 's legal , banking and ecclesiastical communities P&W has developed a strong position in financial printing , providing it with a coverage that goes much wider than ‘ Sketch and describe an electronic circuit . ’ |
| 27 | It is intended to serve as an introduction to the library rather than a detailed guide . |
| 28 | The new space will enable the three departments to exhibit on a three- to four-month rotating basis , showing up to seventy-five works per time . |
| 29 | An application must be made to the Area Director , and there is a right to appeal against a refusal to the area committee . |
| 30 | It is rather that the idea and ideal is always likely to function as a corrective to complacency rather than as a prop to It . |