Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this side of the Webi , undulating grasslands rose to distant hills , and strips of woodland bordered numerous streams . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) Margined and non-margined contracts : Specific rules relate to margined contracts . |
| 3 | That is , the generality of the depression will depend on whether the person 's helpless views extend to all areas of his life ; the length of the depression will depend on how stable his helpless attitudes have become ; and self-esteem will be lowered if the person has internalised his helpless attitudes and sees himself as a failure . |
| 4 | It follows that in order to understand the efficacy of political parties or the ways in which political forms relate to everyday experience , account must be taken of the appropriate political discourses . |
| 5 | Under such circumstances , permissive legal structures have enabled governments or private employers to resort to strike-breaking tactics involving the police or military to prevent or undermine trade union organisation . |
| 6 | Despite its overall stress on growth , the statement recommended a cautious approach , observing that " the appropriate framework is one of fiscal and monetary policies geared to sustainable growth with price stability over the medium term " ; it also recognized that " the specific mix of policies would vary depending on the circumstances in each country " [ see also p. 38314 ] . |
| 7 | Some of the illustrations of shattered pebbles attributed to thermal expansion and contraction are of flint and quartzites . |
| 8 | The word " God " in all the theistic religions refers to that Mystery which is at once transcendent and immanent . |
| 9 | It has been shown that inactivated herpes virus is more capable of inducing cancerous change in certain cells than the normal virus , and the possible risks attached to such vaccines vastly outweigh any dubious advantages . |
| 10 | The independence Constitution adopted by the Constituent Assembly on Feb. 9 , 1990 [ see p. 37176 ] , contained strong safeguards relating to human rights and liberties and placed considerable limits on the power of the executive president . |
| 11 | 15 µg RNA were separated in denaturing agarose , blotted onto nylon filters and hybridized with specific probes according to standard protocols ( 26 ) . |
| 12 | At any one time only two out of five surnames in the parish were those of this hard core of families , but four out of five of the total entries belonged to this group . |
| 13 | ‘ Estrangement from JM almost complete , ’ Vaughan wrote in his journal , ‘ scarcely ever meet — only amicable , rather strained pleasantries to say to each other . |
| 14 | As we have seen above , discount houses and other members of the monetary sector have substantial short-term funds lent to each other . |
| 15 | The second consideration is the internal significance of maintaining public services , at least for those political parties committed to this type of welfare state . |
| 16 | Ductal cannulation was rated as ‘ easy ’ if cannulation could be achieved immediately , and as ‘ difficult ’ if it required repeated attempts leading to obvious trauma to the papilla . |
| 17 | However , the needs of the mentally handicapped are perceived differently at different times according to prevailing attitudes towards mental disorder and the extent to which it is understood . |
| 18 | Perhaps you would like to see some improvements made to some shops , museums , galleries or sports centres ? |
| 19 | In contrast under the CPA 1987 , it has already been seen that there are different rules relating to each part of the statute . |
| 20 | At weekend sales in New York and Paris prices for post-war French artists soared to new heights . |
| 21 | Produced by French keyboard wiz Wally Badarou , and the band themselves , ‘ Guaranteed ’ finds all the old trademarks applied to good effect — the swirling keyboards of Mike Lindup , the old bass-as-lead instrument ploy , and drummer Gary Husband thumping the tubs for all he 's worth . |
| 22 | They are heartened by finding common ground between English and science for , if nothing else , the introduction of the national curriculum has encouraged teachers from different disciplines to talk to each other : ‘ At one time , we could conceive of ourselves as subject teachers , ’ said Mr Lenarduzzi . |
| 23 | So well organised in support of their pay were the highly skilled journeymen calico printers in the late eighteenth century that even before the advent of machine printing de-skilled them , some employers turned to alternative methods of patterning cloths which used cheaper female and child labour . |
| 24 | Small businesses and lock-up garages cling to these spaces like limpets in a cave . |
| 25 | Isabel Emmett has referred to the formal and informal mechanisms of selection as the ‘ social filter in the leisure field ’ , allowing different groups access to different facilities , more or less easily . |
| 26 | Buus does in a few cases revert to earlier material or in one instance , as we have seen , achieve cohesion at the expense of monotony by basing a whole piece on a single idea . |
| 27 | Public authorities refer to this kind of ‘ almost independent ’ quality-monitoring system as ‘ arm's-length ’ monitoring , and local authorities are now required by statute to establish ‘ arms-length ’ monitoring of their own residential care homes . |
| 28 | Some authorities refer to this measure as a unit or a standard drink . |
| 29 | On their last two visits to Edinburgh , I have seen English supporters exposed to extreme intimidation and provocation . |
| 30 | His night-dark eyes hardened to cold jet . |