Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the IRB meets in New Zealand to consider far-reaching proposals for changes to the game 's laws , CHRIS THAU talked to the main |
| 2 | There are plenty of examples of such a control being effected by the use of coercive sanctions in the world today — from the killing of real or imagined enemies by despots to the widespread use of torture and incarceration in prisons and camps in many different countries . |
| 3 | Customers have begun coming to Arthur with specific requests for alterations to the design of both guitars and dulcimers. it is a sign that the instruments and their music are very much alive — and that should signify a healthy future for the musical instrument maker . |
| 4 | Because of a relatively low level of applications to the Open Door Scheme , the Committee decided to begin a number of regional promotions . |
| 5 | As part of the study of the emotional response of families to the early diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy we are also interviewing those families whose boys have undergone the later traditional diagnosis . |
| 6 | In the Nov. 1 session time was allocated to each delegation for replies to the previous day 's speeches . |
| 7 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 8 | Sixteen pubs and a nightclub are taking part in the scheme , being regarded as a preventive measure rather than replacing the normal reporting of incidents to the police . |
| 9 | James Stewart was judicially assassinated by the Scottish Whig establishment : in part , to deter further resistance by clans to the forfeiture of chiefs and gentry and , in part , to demonstrate that the suspicion of the Scots which had gripped the court and Westminster since the battle of Culloden was no longer justified . |
| 10 | For a generous response to vocations to the |
| 11 | The CP of Azerbaijan emerged as clear winner in elections to the 360-seat Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet held in two rounds on Sept. 30 and Oct. 14 . |
| 12 | Recently-hatched dogwhelks ( plate 1b ) are found at the same level as their capsules and seem to prefer the empty cases of barnacles to the shells of living or dead mussels . |
| 13 | However , recent Marxist critiques of education ( e.g. Willis 1977 ; Apple 1982 ) have concentrated more closely on the contradictions implicit in the experience of schooling : the process by which inequality is created and renewed , and the cultural resistance of pupils to the dominant ideology . |
| 14 | There was thus a clear field for improvements to the route , especially in the sections that most needed it . |
| 15 | Another way to thwart a hacker is to get daily print-outs of calls to the computer which would quickly weed out any suspicious activity , Mr Hook claimed . |
| 16 | If this flow could be transported to North Wales , it would stand half as high as Snowdon ; if it could be transported to Surrey , it would be half as high again as the highest hill , and , such is the attraction of all high objects from mountains to the cost of living , it would be an important landmark , regularly thronged in summer with picnickers and ramblers , and would feature on scores of postcards . |
| 17 | During the war of 1939–45 , Emberton was housing officer to the Ministry of Aircraft Production , architectural adviser on hostels to the Ministry of Works , and consultant to the Ministry of Supply on the design of steel houses . |
| 18 | Jones had been cast for the minor but useful role of leading a small diversionary force of ships to the north of England and Scotland , but his attempts to make his ships ready for sea involved him in constant arguments with the French authorities , and his reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew . |
| 19 | direct submission of reports to the 0 . |
| 20 | The towering cliffs , rising to a vertical 350 feet below the lighthouse and to 800 feet in places to the east , are the highest in mainland Britain and are virgin , just as they were sculptured , and explored only by the countless seabirds to which they are home . |
| 21 | A related feature , the AliasManager , has also been added , and is claimed to enable easier management of changes to the alias database . |
| 22 | MR ASHDOWN blamed his party 's disappointing showing on an 11th-hour migration of voters to the Tories , which he said demonstrated the long-term ‘ unelectability ’ of Labour . |
| 23 | MR ASHDOWN blamed his party 's disappointing showing on an 11th-hour migration of voters to the Tories , which he said demonstrated the long-term ‘ unelectability ’ of Labour . |
| 24 | The high percentage of enquiries to the CABx concerning consumer , trade and business affairs demonstrates the particular need for specialist advice in the field . |
| 25 | This is popular venue for visitors to the coast throughout the year . |
| 26 | The scented-leaved geranium constitute a different group of plants to the hardy kinds grown outdoors as border perennials , which are species of the genus Geranium . |
| 27 | Faye Dunaway and Richard Burton star in this drama about immigrants to the USA in 1907 . |
| 28 | Nationalist candidates identified with the Palestine Liberation Organization won nine out of 12 seats in elections to the Nablus chamber of commerce held on May 21 ; only two seats went to the Islamic list , identified with Hamas . |
| 29 | Stacking the stooks proved a popular attraction for visitors to the farm , although for some the whole process seemed rather baffling . |
| 30 | Despite this relationship of women to the home , they have little control over the nature of their housing . |