Example sentences of "to [noun] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , one of the nurses had said to Jim last night your mum said er do n't tell my brother and then , then she said , your brother ? |
| 2 | This apparently happened to Jim last year . |
| 3 | I 'm off to Pirbright next week for Officer Cadet training . ’ |
| 4 | This trend may be aggravated if , as is commonly the case , the proposals of a boundary commission are perceived to be likely , if implemented by order , substantially to advantage one party or another . |
| 5 | Now the 30-year-old Londoner will go to Sheffield next spring with fresh hope that he can win the World Championship . |
| 6 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 7 | Oh you 've been to solicitors this morning ? |
| 8 | Mr Kohl seems worn out , as well he may be , after the helter-skelter dash to unity last year . |
| 9 | PERCY Bilton , the property , building and civil engineering group , lifted pre-tax profits by £1.08m to £17.4m last year , despite a 45 p.c. tumble in turnover in its housebuilding and civil engineering activities to £16.9m . |
| 10 | Dundee captain Billy Dodds scored his first goal in 11 games to wrest a point from the marginally more deserving Airdrie , who had taken the lead through an Andy Smith header prior to Dodds opportunist equaliser 13 minutes from the end . |
| 11 | The historical tendency , certainly since the end of the war , has been to de-skill this function by using NC machines . |
| 12 | To Daugherty this trick ensured that the audience ‘ automatically became his ally ’ and it was all therefore very much ‘ a matter of showmanship ’ . |
| 13 | PC John Robinson , 37 , suffered terrible injuries but his quick-thinking colleague PC Michael Mohon , 31 , saved his life by driving to Sunderland general hospital . |
| 14 | References to the hour of the day are to Greenwich Mean Time ( Interpretation Act 1978 , s9 ) , except during summer time , when they are references to British Summer Time ( Summer Time Act 1972 , s3 ) . |
| 15 | The unidentified man , aged about 30 , was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary after being found by a motorist near Bridlington , Humberside . |
| 16 | Mr Norris was taken to Scunthorpe General Hospital but later transferred to Hull Royal Infirmary where he underwent surgery on his right thigh . |
| 17 | He can claim the return of the price he paid to Y. This claim is based upon a breach of contract by Y in that Y did not have the right to sell the goods and failed to confer any ownership upon his buyer , Z ( see paragraph 7–07 below ) . |
| 18 | We intend to reinforce the courts , as we have done in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , by sustaining their powers to sentence convicted sex offenders to life imprisonment . |
| 19 | ‘ What I said to Connie last night was unofficial as well , between the two of us . |
| 20 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 21 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 22 | In fact , the XT range is claimed to have up to 100% longer life when compared with traditional hardpoint saws . |
| 23 | A statement by Gorbachev , saying that he was again in control of the country , was broadcast before his return to Moscow that evening . |
| 24 | WHEN three European foreign ministers trooped off to Moscow last week , Mikhail Gorbachev talked politely about the Gulf war but failed to mention the peace plan he was about to launch . |
| 25 | But if President Bush decides to go to Moscow next month for his planned summit meeting with Mr Gorbachev , he can deliver America 's condemnation of the violence in person . |
| 26 | Mr Major has also chosen a new adviser on foreign affairs , Sir Rodric Braithwaite , who is retiring as British ambassador to Moscow next month . |
| 27 | To Patrick that statement had put her above everyone . |
| 28 | Dick was referring to Spitfire IX G-IXCC which first flew on March 11 . |
| 29 | A Bill will be presented to Parliament next session to pave the way for the new ‘ shadow ’ councils to be elected next year so they can take over on April 1 , 1995 . |
| 30 | They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year . |