Example sentences of "[to-vb] to the [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes the form partly of encouraging them to relate to the personal and subjective while boys begin to grapple with the impersonal and objective . |
| 2 | On 19 December 1946 the leader of the indigenous forces in Vietnam , Ho Chi Minh , initiated the rising against French colonial occupation , which was eventually to lead to the bloodiest and politically most crucial local war this century . |
| 3 | A trim SAS dry baghouse filter permits cleaning of the exit gases to conform to the latest and most stringent pollution control legislation and EC environmental protection directives . |
| 4 | The aircraft was seen by several witnesses quite high but starting to circle to the left and commence a gentle descent . |
| 5 | On the same day , 7 May , in Rheims , in the course of surrendering all German forces in Europe , Gen Jodl had claimed that " no force on earth " could stop Gen Loehr 's forces in south-east Europe breaking through to surrender to the British and Americans . |
| 6 | The problem is that , quite understandably , we all tend to stick to the tried and true and therefore repeat over and over again the same skills . |
| 7 | It is always easier to stick to the tried and true than to risk doing something different . |
| 8 | for instance , seeing how firearms had decimated their neighbours , they might decide to bow to the inevitable and offer tribute before it was demanded with menaces . |
| 9 | If parents and nurses would only realise how much easier it is for the child to bend to the social and moral laws in later life , when trained from infancy , how much sorrow might be saved . |
| 10 | All these conservatives sit at their conference saying what they 're going to do to the unemployed and the fraud and what have you ! |
| 11 | The surface is not subdivided in any way : cyclists are expected to keep to the left and to have consideration for walkers . |
| 12 | a chance to contribute to the economic and social strength of the local area ; |
| 13 | The aims are to contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding of how the Scottish economy works , to make projections of Scottish economy statistics for up to five years ahead , and to analyse the effects of government policies . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Mummy , I promised to go to the common and play rounders with Ann and Ruth . ’ |
| 15 | According to him , it was possible to go to the fair and be back in Roscommon before dark . |
| 16 | Across America , as in New York , the Times will continue to appeal to the rich and influential . |
| 17 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 18 | Female crickets can be trained to walk along a ‘ Y-maze ’ ( Figure 8.2 ) , on which they have to turn to the left or right . |
| 19 | Moving swiftly on he coined the phrase ‘ objectware ’ to refer to the hundred or so third-party objects that can be bought off the shelf to run in the NeXT environment . |
| 20 | We can perhaps refer to the superior working-class culture and superior beer , but we are not allowed to refer to the economic or industrial successes . |
| 21 | There seems to be no obvious reason why such tasks should not also allow learners to refer to the systemic and schematic knowledge of their own language and culture . |
| 22 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 23 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 24 | But slowly her body began to respond to the powerful but gentle kisses , and she began to lose her apprehension . |
| 25 | Each has much to offer to the other and there is no question of one tradition being right and the other wrong . |
| 26 | In the absence of some specification which states how long a product should last under normal use without manifesting defects ( whether or not due to normal wear and tear ) , the parties have to resort to the express or implied warranties of merchantable quality , or the express or implied rights of rejection . |
| 27 | Under her bare toes the floor felt real and solid , and although she was lonely and sad she knew she was going to choose to return to the real and solid world . |
| 28 | It is convenient now to return to the time-like and space-like coordinates ψ and λ . |
| 29 | Under Mr Hunt 's current proposals we look set to return to the fifties and sixties . |
| 30 | If the Offline Operator does not want to enter information , or has finished entering information but does not want to action it , the TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move to the next or previous field requiring an entry . |