Example sentences of "to [art] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of Seb 's visit to the encampment a gipsy woman called to speak to Anna later that same day . |
| 2 | Professor Wendell must be a very methodical man ; he certainly would n't relish coming back to the chaos a fallen ceiling would create . |
| 3 | He objected to the stress the virtuosi laid on observation and experiment , on the grounds that it was likely to lead to atheism . |
| 4 | In 1272–3 the English clergy were yielding to the papacy a crusading tenth on behalf of Edward and his brother , Edmund of Lancaster , arrears from which were still outstanding in 1276 . |
| 5 | In the National school attached to the church a ‘ penny bank ’ was organised every Monday , generous interest being given again , and withdrawals allowed at a week 's notice . |
| 6 | From the entrance to the church the fresco makes the flat wall behind the altar look like an apse , and only when the wall is approached is the illusion of curvature broken . |
| 7 | It was arranged that later in the afternoon they would be conducted to the Monastery of Saint James ; they would be lodged that night in the village , and would return again to the church the following day for their devotions . |
| 8 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 9 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 10 | Prior to the Act the courts had drawn a distinction between the occupancy duty , which was concerned with dangers due to the state of the premises , and the activity duty , which was concerned with the occupier 's activities on his premises . |
| 11 | ‘ The basic concept was that there should be a period of restraint to redress the balance of what has been a tremendous amount of development over the years , ’ he said , referring to the support the parish council had given to county and district while they were drawing up their local plans . |
| 12 | It can also introduce to the management the idea of direct support from computer systems during negotiations , making acceptance of a more fundamental package easier . |
| 13 | All key figures were live — up to the instant the screen was called — and available in total and on an office by office basis . |
| 14 | Response times will be measured from the instant the operator strikes a key to the instant the reply from the system begins to appear on the screen . |
| 15 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 16 | ‘ You know how I went to the Moon the other day . |
| 17 | The custom fell out of favour at the turn of this century and I suspect that , as a reaction to the damage the treatment caused , the contrary view that teething is harmless has been passed down through generations of doctors . |
| 18 | Mum you have to get it closer to the edge a bit . |
| 19 | But my immediate thought about erosion was how perilously close to the edge the path sometimes lead us . |
| 20 | Firstly , the text is plural in itself with different sub-texts , and secondly , the reader brings to the text a plurality of texts . |
| 21 | Although conceding , in a footnote , that one may use extrabiblical material to ‘ illuminate scripture ’ , her basic stance is to grant to the text the status of a self-contained entity . |
| 22 | We were second to the ball every time . |
| 23 | King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender . |
| 24 | Assignment or transfer conveyed to the assignee the rights , and burdens or disabilities of the transferor-assignor . |
| 25 | This problem , an inflammation of the lining of the bladder , has been described as the desire to rush to the loo every five minutes in order to produce two burning drops ! |
| 26 | We told her that once she started going to the loo every time . |
| 27 | The 15,000 crowd at Limerick 's famed Thomond Park for the All Ireland League key match between Shannon and Garryowen was it own testimony to the grip the competition has gained on the Irish game . |
| 28 | To add to the insult the phone took to ringing at odd intervals . |
| 29 | Forster settled down , only putting his eye to the slit every half minute , not continually as he had started to do . |
| 30 | Drop the anchors overboard in the correct position and the bottles will float , holding the anchor rope on the surface and ready to tie to the punt every time you fish that swim . |