Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet for the past two years , Zara has had almost inseparable on-court support from coach Michael Ferguson , who she warmly credits for bringing her to her current level . |
| 2 | ‘ As far as I and the society is concerned that was a warm-blooded animal that can suffer pain and starvation , just like any human being , and we will not apologise for bringing it to the court 's attention , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ Instead of a rate for carrying oil throughout to Bedale we just got a rate for bringing it to Middlesbrough for trans-shipment to road , which was illogical to me . |
| 4 | The remaining two men received sentences of nine months ( suspended for two years ) for allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen vehicle . |
| 5 | Thank you for allowing me to . . |
| 6 | Thank you for allowing me to . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the other lawyer was growing impatient with Bartocci for allowing himself to be imposed upon in this way by his pushy and unscrupulous colleague instead of attending to his utterly reasonable request for bail or a visitor 's pass or access to official files . |
| 8 | KIM WILDE : For allowing herself to be subjected to year after year of pathetic changes of image which only serve to make her look uncomfortable , especially the latest one , with the expensive Marilyn Monroe dress , loads of cleavage and sub-Belinda Carlisle rock balladeering . |
| 9 | Annoyed at herself for allowing herself to be suckered into that , Paige said nothing . |
| 10 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 11 | The core of Plant 's argument is a careful statement of the case for social citizenship and the reasons for preferring it to the philosophy of the New Right . |
| 12 | Donard is the highest mountain in all of Ulster , and you could be forgiven for believing it to be the highest in the world when viewed from Newcastle . |
| 13 | It attempted to identify these needs , and addressed detailed recommendations for meeting them to central government , LEAs , examination boards , teachers , training institutions and funding bodies for research and curriculum development . |
| 14 | Each local authority was required to estimate the needs of primary , secondary and further education in its area , and to submit plans for meeting them to the ministry . |
| 15 | By the end of the 1850s the state had an additional reason for addressing itself to the fate of priests . |
| 16 | Yet both museums blame the politicians for pushing them to the edge . |
| 17 | Francoise has a weakness though — an insatiable appetite for pushing herself to the limits of sporting endeavour in the most stunning natural locations . |
| 18 | That is now the task of the Chief of Defence Staff and his Central Staff , who are responsible for formulating national military strategy , and for expressing it to the government of the day and within the Whitehall market-place . |
| 19 | He blamed it all on business , but could not resist taunting her for expecting him to be at h-er beck and call , while disapproving that he was rich . |
| 20 | " Thus in the case of two drops of water " he says — " we can abstract altogether from all internal difference ( of quality and quantity ) , and the mere fact that they have been intuited simultaneously in different spatial positions is sufficient justification for holding them to be numerically different . |
| 21 | Either the directive or the reasons for holding it to be binding should be counted but not both . |
| 22 | It is not about explaining what is , but rather seeks to give an account of what is as the basis for developing a set of practices for getting us to what might be . |
| 23 | Mr Thomson also felt undermined because ‘ untoward occurrences ’ , including allegations of staff threatening residents , were not being relayed to him for up to three weeks , even though he was legally responsible for reporting them to the county council . |
| 24 | For instance , Tomsk , founded in 1604 on the orders of Tsar Boris Godunov , around 60 kilometres from the confluence of the Ob and Tom rivers , ‘ served as a defensive post for protection against attacks by the local population and for subjecting them to the payment of yasak ’ . |
| 25 | Dear Grandfather , I am very much indebted to you for sending me to school , and especially to my present Teachers , who have greatly contributed to my improvement , but to you is due all the knowledge I possess . |
| 26 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 27 | And thanks for asking me to be bridesmaid . |
| 28 | Other criteria such as the press 's preference for orientating itself to the state , to political parties , or to economic interests are important but secondary considerations . |
| 29 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 30 | ‘ 'T WAS little enough payment for taking me to Winchester . ’ |