Example sentences of "they [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service . |
| 2 | Having reached the last four of the Tennents Scottish Cup , it is not beyond them to go on to beat Aberdeen or Clydebank at Tynecastle next month and pursue a piece of silverware that has not been seen in the boardroom at Easter Road since the turn of the century . |
| 3 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 4 | But Grace would n't need them to go out to sea on the ebb tide . |
| 5 | Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken . |
| 6 | Old Señor Freitas coughed , before he said , ‘ Sometimes señoritas have families who want them to go back to their own country . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 8 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 9 | And when they had dined , the remainder was divided among them to carry home to their families . ’ |
| 10 | The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August pushed prices up to $413 an ounce although peace initiatives at the end of August [ see p. 37695 ] caused them to fall again to around $382 an ounce . |
| 11 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 12 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |
| 13 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 14 | And er the foreman and bosses that knew people and they knew the circumstances and I suppose they put a word in and erm you know men were sort of stopped because er I mean , if a man had a house full of children or something , he 'd probably be the very last you know before he was sort of forced to g you know sacked or wh And I mean they were n't sacked in a sense , they was always ready there was a place ready for them to come back to there . |
| 15 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |
| 16 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 17 | As we saw in Chapter 2 the expansion of large capital intensive firms has been promoted in a flexible industrial structure which permits them to adjust quickly to changes in demand . |
| 18 | Not a lot for them to look forward to . |
| 19 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 20 | The Huddlestons of Millom were active on Gloucester 's behalf throughout Cumbria , but their own land led them to look rather to north Lancashire , where they had dealings with the Harringtons . |
| 21 | A presentation to college lecturers by the British Hospitality Association 's contract catering panel , urged them to point out to students that career opportunities in the sector were excellent . |
| 22 | He accused the USA of attempting to strip Arabs of their military strength to force them to give in to Israeli demands in the Middle East peace negotiations . |
| 23 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 24 | Rather it is an opportunity for them to contribute positively to the educational , social and personal support which many pupils do need but often do not receive . |
| 25 | The aim was to draw together good practice and make recommendations to enable organisations to manage secondments effectively and provide secondees with the support necessary to enable them to contribute fully to their new jobs and to their old , once they returned . |
| 26 | The aim was to draw together good practice and make recommendations to enable organisations manage secondment effectively and provide secondees with the support necessary to enable them to contribute fully to their new jobs and to their old , once they returned . |
| 27 | The remaining five Fulmars which had led the Hurricanes in were to stay on the island , although the original plan called for them to fly on to Maleme ( Crete ) , where they were to assist the Fulmars of 805 Squadron in the defence of that island . |
| 28 | This irritates the worms sufficiently to cause them to crawl up to the surface immediately , where they can be collected easily in daylight . |
| 29 | They follow different designs from our own , all of which allow them to tune in to water-borne sounds . |
| 30 | There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it . |