Example sentences of "and [verb] to [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | My senior staff have already addressed a meeting of Citizens Advice representatives in Edinburgh and explained to them the Council Tax legislation . |
2 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
3 | Please confirm your acceptance of this post by signing and returning to me the docketed copy of this letter . |
4 | Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter . |
5 | This will be achieved by including in the offer letter a clause similar to that set out below : Please confirm your acceptance of the above offer by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter within the next seven days . |
6 | I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment ; but they are far too discoloured with rage . |
7 | That God will give me a clear vision for the future and reveal to me the next step after DTS . |
8 | Unfortunately , in 7 BC this neat arrangement was interfered with in order to honour Augustus by renaming the month Sextilis after him ( he believed that it was his lucky month ) and assigning to it the same number of days as the preceding month that had been renamed after his murdered great-uncle by Mark Antony . |
9 | Before they left I could not forbear to draw Gillian closer and impart to her the glittering counsel that wearing 501s with trainers was frankly un désastre and that I was amazed she had walked the streets to my apartment in broad daylight and escaped pillory . |
10 | Federal Treasurer Paul Keating retained his post and added to it the title of Deputy Prime Minister , thereby increasing speculation that he would succeed Hawke as Prime Minister [ see above ] . |
11 | Put it together with the talk after the first battle , and add to it the understanding of the ark as the throne of God , as the visible guarantee of God 's presence with his people , the symbol of his covenant relationship with them , as their wedding ring , we might say , and you have then something to explain the consternation of Eli and the wife of Phinehas . |
12 | We believe that the right way to deal with that offence is to build on the offence under the Theft Act 1968 — the taking and driving away — and add to it the aggravated offence covered in clause 1 . |
13 | This fascinating display holds , and reveals to you the vital spirit which eventually triumphed in 1945 . |
14 | Noting that " Europe has entered a new , promising era " , the declaration stated that " as a consequence this Alliance must and will adapt " and must " reach out to the countries of the East which were our adversaries in the Cold War and extend to them the hand of friendship " . |
15 | It was to hound and hasten Leonard 's waking thoughts , eliminate any residual interest he may have possessed in mere intellectual commitment , and open to him the stark reality of life downtown . |
16 | Mr Beckenham looked down upon him from his superior height and handed to him the lady 's portmanteau . |
17 | I wonder if you would be good enough to sign and return to me the attached letters of intent , in your capacity of Assistant Managing Director of the Division ? |
18 | Satisfied that all is well , DOS will start the program called PRINT , and pass to it the rest of the command you typed ( which is the name of the file you want to print — PENGUIN.TXT ) . |
19 | And so I was extremely surprised when no more than weeks later Émile telephoned Jean-Claude and proposed to him the idea that he should take up an appointment as composer-in-residence at an American university . |
20 | I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity . |
21 | It means making the development of collaboration a priority , and giving to it the same careful thought and planning as is given to other areas of children 's development . |
22 | They described him as the " enemy of all chastity " and ascribed to him the intention of founding an abbey of prostitutes in which the offices of abbess , prioress and so on would be distributed according to the professional skill of the inmates . |
23 | The flute faltered , the flute player stepped aside and indicated to her the place between himself and the hollow-cheeked man with the guitar . |
24 | It was pleasant to stroll around on an evening such as this , thinking productively about the work which would make his name ( and his fortune ) and restore to him the sense of achievement he had so greatly enjoyed as an undergraduate journalist and Union wit . |
25 | The chef , Master Worker Chang , is a caricature of a Chinese chef , very large and fat , who is very solicitous for our welfare , and comes in and explains to us the dishes in a sort of Chinese version of Hyman Kaplan 's English . |
26 | Came the day when a robed elder Inquisitor activated a palm-tattoo that Jaq had never seen before , and spoke to him the words : |
27 | I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term |
28 | He used Stephenson 's double gauze safety lamp up until the 1940s , and quoted to me the number of permitted gauze apertures . |
29 | When our time there coincided , it avoided friction such as the weekend when Nigel returned and described to me the site where some new tunnelling had started . |
30 | It is the Spirit who inspires Peter to withstand the rulers of Israel ( 4:8ff ) and proclaim to them the Messiahship of Jesus . |