Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To prove that the tab mark is still there place the cursor to the left of the first word of the paragraph and press the Backspace key — the paragraph will jump to its original position with the indent in the expected place . |
| 2 | This is despite the fact that according to the law report the police officers did not know to which specific pits the pickets were travelling and that some of the evidence of violence on which the police officers relied was that which they had gathered from press and television reports . |
| 3 | I do not know to which local authority the hon. Gentleman is referring , but may I try to explain the context of the debate to him , because it seems to be going straight over the heads of Conservative Members , as was evident in that intervention which I shall now try to answer . |
| 4 | It would fall to its previous level when he later made the transfer to his building society . |
| 5 | Well , that simply meant he 'd temporarily grown tired of easy conquests ; after all , women must fall to his golden charms like ripe apples from a tree . |
| 6 | If television companies have no legal obligation to acknowledge recorded music adequately , could one at least appeal to their collective conscience by mounting a modest campaign ? |
| 7 | On the other hand , you might appeal to their finer feelings , their sense of duty and responsibility . |
| 8 | Proposing and reasoning can appeal to our intellectual vanity . |
| 9 | and could report upon them in their own ethical statements , but they could not object to my ethical statements as I meant them , if I have the relevant feelings . |
| 10 | Why should Edward now object to his old friend and comrade-in-arms seizing the Scottish crown ? ’ |
| 11 | Wan na get out and chat to your old fellow Chelsea supporter ? |
| 12 | ‘ I must yield to your earnest persuasions , knowing the matter to be the will of the English people . |
| 13 | He trained the bees whose ocelli had been painted to a food dish , and then let them dance to their unpainted hive mates under an electric light bulb . |
| 14 | One family would gather on Sunday evening round the harmonium ; another would go to their grandfather 's village shop , boys and uncles each with a fiddle or cello , to sing or dance to their own tunes — ‘ we really enjoyed that ; ’ while a Yorkshire millowner 's family used to ask all their kin for weekly musical parties , taking turns to host these ‘ dreadful performances . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why did n't you speak to him this morning ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She would n't speak to me last time I was in your home , ’ she complained . |
| 17 | You did not speak to me next morning , nor for the whole of the next day . |
| 18 | Taking responsibility would mean you would say , ‘ I felt upset when you did n't speak to me this morning . ’ |
| 19 | I will speak to their chief steward before night . ’ |
| 20 | Geoffrey Chaucer could not hold a conversation with a modern Englishman , even though they are linked to each other by an unbroken chain of some twenty generations of Englishmen , each of whom could speak to his immediate neighbours in the chain as a son speaks to his father . |
| 21 | Would he speak to his sixth-form girls on the place of women in politics , or on any other subject he wished ? |
| 22 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 23 | Er you know living er so close to neighbours and people you know in so it tended to be , in other places where I 've lived , that you did n't see people people very often , at least you did n't speak to your close neighbours very often , and erm in the flats , you know I found that they were right in the midst of it . |
| 24 | ‘ It does n't matter to me one way or the other . |
| 25 | When they reached her floor eventually , she bade him a perfunctory farewell and stepped out of the lift with a feeling of release , hurrying towards her apartment , heart and hormones defeating any intention of greeting Luke 's arrival as coolly as if it did n't matter to her one way or the other . |
| 26 | None of the plants will grow to their normal size and will therefore never be able to function under water . |
| 27 | If the pond is overcrowded the fish will not grow to their maximum size , therefore it is advisable to follow the recommended stocking levels of 7.5cm ( 3″ ) of fish length for every 900cm ( square foot ) of water surface area . |
| 28 | I can readily confirm to my hon. Friend , to whose long-held interest in education I pay tribute , that we are committed to continuing to fund adult education of all kinds — vocational , leisure , basic education and English as a second language . |
| 29 | I can also confirm to my hon. Friend that we have made no plans for a super increase in VAT , as the Opposition have apparently considered . |
| 30 | I can certainly confirm to my hon. Friend that when I met President Landsbergis yesterday I was able to indicate that we would be returning the gold . |