Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in his theoretical essays he gives some interesting indications of the ways in which they may contribute to a poem 's effect . |
| 2 | One may be a reaction to the other , or they may amount to a tacit agreement on both sides that sexual attraction has become a thing of the past . |
| 3 | Consider the sentences in ( 10 ) with their sequences of verbs followed by adverbs or adverb phrases : ( 10 ) Farjeon clumsily undressed the refugees gazed hungrily into the window the ship was drifting almost imperceptibly to leeward In the last of these three cases nobody would understand the ship itself to be " almost imperceptible " ; in the second sentence , on the other hand , it is the refugees who are hungry ; gazes , whatever they may imply to a sensitive observer , do not experience hunger . |
| 4 | They may belong to a minor αβ T-cell pathway in which DN DP transition occurs independently of TCR -β rearrangement or expression . |
| 5 | ‘ Borrowers can pay more when rates move up , but they must come to a branch to make a specific request to do so . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , if the social sciences are really to explain the social world , would it not be wiser to retreat from the demand that they must conform to a single standard of explanation , and allow instead that they may encompass a variety of projects ? |
| 7 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |
| 8 | The American armed services were considering how they might react to an appeal for assistance from an anti-communist government in Tehran , or how they should respond to a coup by elements which had the backing of Moscow . |
| 9 | Furthermore , external auditors are left with a very difficult decision as to whether they should report to a third party if they suspect the directors of a company are involved in fraud or other illegal activities . |
| 10 | The panel would have responsibility for counselling the external assessors on whether they should report to a third party when they suspect that the directors of a company are involved in fraud or other illegal activities . |
| 11 | If convincing contrary evidence is presented within that period , they should come to a settlement with the buyer . |
| 12 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , give me a few minutes , ’ Mark said , ‘ and I 'll ring the Prime Minister 's office in Istanbul , to see if they 'll agree to a short postponement . ’ |
| 14 | They might jump to a conclusion from certain comments in that newspaper , and ignore others which point away from the plaintiff in question . |
| 15 | At one point , in December 1925 , with a liberal Governor-General in Vietnam , the Vietnamese were told that they could aspire to a fuller and higher life to become one day a nation ; but a few months later it was predicted that , while an independent Vietnam ( in the indeterminate future ) was a possibility , the bonds between it and France would become sufficiently strong so that nothing would ever break them . |
| 16 | Previously , ASEAN states had viewed with suspicion any effort to include environmental concerns in GATT on the grounds that they could be used as an excuse for a protectionist attitude by wealthy northern countries , and that , specifically , they could lead to a ban on the import of timber from south-east Asia . |
| 17 | It did however reflect a sense of Britain 's central role in a world-wide economy and permitted individuals to believe they could contribute to a good cause without relying upon government or becoming enmeshed in politics . |
| 18 | Some will be more businesslike , some will be better equipped , some will be growing , others in decline — all these factors directly affect both the contribution which they could make to a partnership and the objective which they would expect to gain from it . |
| 19 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 20 | It was , therefore , proposed in 1953 to introduce a form of ‘ boost ’ training for trained crews on reserve status whereby they could return to a squadron to undertake two weeks of intensive refresher flying . |
| 21 | Their desperate attempts to cut expenditure in any way they could led to a sharp decline in print quality . |
| 22 | The support workers were encouraged to be fairly flexible with the hours worked , so that they could respond to a crisis with their client , or to any temporary increased need for their services . |
| 23 | The Rex/Olympia doubling soon finished but before they could relax to a comparatively simple regime of five shows a day , they were told to double at the Paramount . |
| 24 | One quarter — 25% — said they 'd listen to a Radio News Network . |
| 25 | One quarter — 25% — said they 'd listen to a Radio News Network . |
| 26 | Although , if it was a French war , might it also be assumed that the Vietnamese , whose tendency to sit on the fence was the subject of American as well as French complaint , would want to join in with the same enthusiasm that they would give to a national cause ? |
| 27 | When they were about 2 weeks old and measured about ⅓″ ( total length ) I decided to conduct an experiment to see how they would react to a shell ; I had an empty Apple Snail shell scrounged from my long-suffering dealer for just such an experiment . |
| 28 | Lawyers would tap such men on the shoulder , they would go to a quiet corner and a deal would be made . |
| 29 | They would go to a hospital where they would throw a dice . |
| 30 | The services referred to below are described as they would relate to a Northern Ireland exporter but it should be realised that similar services are of just as much importance to importers . |