Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will make that feedback to Jenny so that she 's clear , I think that 's a good way to handle it . |
| 2 | Large sums of money were being spent on the expansion of arts degree courses whose students would make little contribution to Britain 's economic welfare . |
| 3 | He said the congress would prefer this idea to impeachment . |
| 4 | I would to our officers they should not grant another contract to Borough Council until they start to use the correct machines for doing the work and I hope that that message now has got across to the cou county surveyor and he really ought to be talking to Borough Council to find out what they 're doing about it . |
| 5 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 6 | We did make we did make this point to Keith actually very very clearly , |
| 7 | A young foal will sometimes make this face to people if it feels uncertain about them . |
| 8 | Adopters , however , do not make this transition to parenthood : they do not know when the child is expected , find it too distressing to attend standard parentcraft classes with pregnant women and may lack basic childcare knowledge . |
| 9 | She spent hours in the stockroom , trying everything on so that she could describe each dress to Louise . |
| 10 | You do need some space to work , though ; the AccuCard needs clearance of around two inches , which may take up the adjacent slot . |
| 11 | Such a report would also include some reference to priorities for the future including those for the staff training and recruitment necessary to realise the School Development Plan . |
| 12 | The paranoid ( and quite understandable ) reaction is to wonder how any pond fish can survive these threats to health . |
| 13 | 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law . |
| 14 | " And how can I explain such finery to Mother Benedicta ? " |
| 15 | But Leeds ' own tartan terror , Gordon Strachan , insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials . |
| 16 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 17 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 18 | We will ensure that access to literature , religion and the creative arts is limited to those few children who are capable of appreciating them , and whose parents can afford to pay the extra costs involved . |
| 19 | The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge . |
| 20 | It will normally make an identical claim against the other member with whom it dealt — ie , against the selling member if , as one might perhaps expect , the claim against LCH is made by a buying member — and it will refer that claim to arbitration . |
| 21 | That will give little cheer to Electroid who only today saw one of their customers , Aylesbury Automations , shed fourteen jobs … |
| 22 | We could give little presents to Jesus , like flowers or summat . |
| 23 | Ferdinando was still vowing to the Brownings , angry themselves , that he would not send another scudo to England and calling heaven to witness he had been cheated and betrayed , but she lay there impervious . |
| 24 | By the way I shall send another paper to Perris at the end of the week . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I wo n't repeat this conversation to Mandy , ’ Charity muttered . |
| 26 | The Court of Appeal expressed hope that judges might give some help to juries in future about the real value of money . |
| 27 | This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped . |
| 28 | Well well he said when he 's not there she comes home she cooks them an evening meal but she 's she she 's she 's got a p , he said she 's got ta give some time to Harriet , that 's not fair |
| 29 | First , there should be a sentencing council , which would bring some consistency to sentencing and prevent people from being sent to prison for unreasonable periods . |
| 30 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |