Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a technical point of view the superiority of nephrite over the stones plentifully available for everyday tools would hardly justify the increased cost of ensuring adequate supplies or the enormously greater cost of shaping it to the correct form . |
| 2 | Whether the reader disagrees with that message or not , Eliot can not be accused of suddenly presenting it or of bringing it to the fore simply because of his Christian faith . |
| 3 | For my part , I promise you I will continue at all times to have this possibility in mind , and to take every opportunity of bringing it to the minds of those who can best move in the matter . |
| 4 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 5 | Beware of over-committing yourself to the foot sweep . |
| 6 | This section discusses ELT video materials under these headings as a way of relating them to the roles we can give video in the classroom . |
| 7 | Despite the difficulties of relating it to the archaeology , Bede 's statement about the origins of the Germanic settlers in England is generally accepted . |
| 8 | Erm , we started off with was that , erm , we would just write down any word that came up to our head , in terms of relating it to the story i.e. we thought about memories , and memories Erm , this is gon na match up with your is n't it . |
| 9 | THE Uranus-Neptune contact is aimed at changing your personal horizons in the sense of opening you to the idea that life can be different — and so can you . |
| 10 | The trouble was this : although the native dispenser had applied Dr Dunstaple 's treatments on numerous occasions under his direction , he was overcome by stage-fright at the prospect of applying them to the Doctor Sahib himself . |
| 11 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 12 | Only through composition can pupils acquire effective mastery of the enlarged vocabulary with which they become acquainted through literature , but which remains inert in their minds without the exercise of applying it to the expression of their own thought . |
| 13 | ‘ So what I think we 've got to do , ’ says Howard , ‘ is to set up a society where everyone has enough sort of … contentment … to be sort of contented , but not so much that they ca n't see that all this sort of contentment is sort of blinding them to the possibility of becoming sort of more contented in a sort of kind of deeper sort of … ’ |
| 14 | Miss Polly took his words as a compliment and treated him to a coy smile of invitation , meant to suggest that he should sit beside her ; but Sean had already marked Herbert Fraser for that position of honour , stopping just short of pushing him to the ground . |
| 15 | There is great potential in the land around the port in Belfast and it is important that , when that land is sold , it is sold to a company capable of developing it to the best advantage of the people of Belfast and Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | The picture passed to her son , John Whitney Payson , who lent it to a university museum in Maine with the intention of bequeathing it to the university in return for eventual tax relief on his estate . |
| 17 | Yet the quicker they become local the greater the risk of degrading themselves to the styles and practices of their local rivals , losing the differences that account for their superiority . |
| 18 | Cutting the glass is simply a matter of scoring it to the required size with a glass cutter . |
| 19 | Anyone who had this kind of machine behind them must be important , so it had the effect of presenting him to the public as this bigger than life pop star which , if you look at his record sales at the time , he was n't , but he was becoming a media myth , some of this due to his own talent and some of it due to the MainMan hype machine . |
| 20 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 21 | Disguise is a matter of presenting oneself to the person deceived in an unexpected context . |
| 22 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 23 | ‘ It requires a continuous programme of selling themselves to the Catholic community . |
| 24 | Furthermore , even if a surplus of wool was produced , there was perhaps more hope of selling it to the developing cloth industry than of disposing of grain which was not required , as a demand for clothing can be more flexible than one for food when men have additional purchasing power ( 59 ; 62 ) . |
| 25 | De Maizière , who had also accused the CDU on Aug. 27 of enriching itself to the tune of DM26,000,000 at the expense of the east German party ( an allegation he later withdrew ) , on Sept. 11 accused Kohl and the CDU of deliberately discrediting him . |
| 26 | Erm he 'll erm if they accept it it 'll it 'll stand a chance of getting them to the main group . |
| 27 | ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 28 | Drug dealers elicited sympathy from secondary school pupils , who laughed at the suggestion of reporting them to the police . |
| 29 | ‘ And , believe me , I shall make a point of reporting it to the hotel manager without delay . ’ |
| 30 | She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house . |