Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I erm am obviously feeling guilty cos I 'm not feeling guilty but it makes me cough a bit to go to the post office every week and get vastly more disabl disability er invalidity benefit than he gets , vastly more . |
| 2 | It indicated a willingness to descend to the political arena in circumstances other than those of national crisis . |
| 3 | Women writers are less likely to identify with the existential plight of the lone male , but even so , a willingness to conform to the narrative conventions of realism is evident in the fiction of a number of writers who are now viewed as innovative . |
| 4 | Such judgements were based upon a willingness to comply to the full with the turning of sports into a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 5 | As a course to steer to the DF station . |
| 6 | Universities are now governed on the principle that it is right and natural for the management of a university to respond to the opinion of the students — a thing which is manifestly absurd . |
| 7 | 5.6 makes it obligatory ( with certain exceptions ) for a person conducting building operations or changing the use of a building to apply to the buildings authority for a warrant authorising the proposed works . |
| 8 | David , aged nine , empties our bin in the yard to pick out the salvageable items before he crams the rest into a sack to take to the dump . |
| 9 | The alarm that such a prospect generated in England was real and intense : in March 1336 Philip VI ordered the French fleet which had been assembling in the Mediterranean for a crusade to transfer to the mouth of the Seine , and Edward felt convinced that Philip was planning a large-scale invasion of England . |
| 10 | There is a powerful case for Labour to put down amendments condemning the Tory opt-out of the Social Charter and forcing a division to demonstrate to the rest of Europe how John Major 's ‘ classless ’ government is grotesquely out of line with Christian , let alone Social , Democratic politics on the Continent . |
| 11 | ‘ In the meantime everyone in the party has a responsibility to stick to the rules agreed by the party conference . ’ |
| 12 | It was once a privilege to belong to the Broederbond ; now there is a scurry to get out , led by Andreas van Wyk , who was supposed to become the group 's next chairman . |
| 13 | If we teach a horse to move to the right away from the pressure of a rider 's leg on their left side ; they do not seem to be able to reason that pressure on the right side is intended to make them move to the left . |
| 14 | It is always a pleasure to reply to the beguiling and dulcet tones of the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) . |
| 15 | The fire was discovered at 3 a.m. by a master working late , and together with two boys — one of whom climbed a waterspout to get to the juniors ' bedroom via the roof and the other operated a hand-pump in dense smoke — managed to raise the alarm . |
| 16 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 17 | In Western Australia it is an offence to cultivate blackberries in your garden , and it is also your duty as a citizen to report to the authorities any sightings of sparrows or starlings . |
| 18 | The Buid rejection of isug does not imply a readiness to submit to the will of others . |
| 19 | Rule 2 permits a litigant to apply to the court in an action against a firm for an order that full disclosure be made as to the identity and residence of its partners at the relevant time . |
| 20 | ‘ And any dog worth his salt would bite open a handbag to get to the chocolate ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I need a car to get to the town station . ’ |
| 22 | With the aid of their literary friends , the painters drew up a pamphlet to distribute to the general assembly , protesting against the chaotic hanging in previous exhibitions , and urging that the hanging committee proposed by the committee of the Salon be overthrown . |
| 23 | The court has to decide what standard of care it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to the child . |
| 24 | In this way each partner can build up a capacity to contribute to the workings of an interlinked system . |
| 25 | Local authorities are expected to take account of the child 's views when offering such provision and , where possible , to arrange for a child to go to the club or scheme of his choice ( Guidance , vol 2 , para 3.11 ) . |
| 26 | After twenty minutes the groups would be asked to formulate a question to put to the panel . |
| 27 | As we noted , anaphora concerns the use of ( usually ) a pronoun to refer to the same referent as some prior term , as in : ( 90 ) Harry 's a sweetheart ; he 's so considerate where Harry and he can be said to be co-referential , i.e. pick out the same referent . |
| 28 | Strong tactics are a must to get to the completion of the game but simple rules mean you can be playing moments after installation . |
| 29 | ASK/Ingres and Sybase Corp have reportedly undergone management shake-outs and implemented restructuring initiatives in a move to respond to the changing nature of the software industry . |
| 30 | The moneys were paid over by the plaintiffs to avoid the apprehended consequence of a refusal to submit to the authority . |