Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [noun pl] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 9 ) If the consideration is to include a cash underwritten alternative , it may be necessary for the consideration shares agreed to be purchased from accepting shareholders by underwriters to be the subject of an offer to the bidder 's shareholders on a pre-emptive basis . |
| 2 | Circular on competitive tendering for the support services sent to health authorities ( DHSS 1983a ) . |
| 3 | The same qualities — mechanical strength , chemical inertness and infrared transparency — were the reasons why diamond windows were selected for the NASA space-probes sent to Venus in 1978 . |
| 4 | Counsel for the estate agents assigned to it the meaning , ‘ rent agreed between the parties ’ at the time of entering the lease . |
| 5 | To be eligible for the study women had to be white , British , married , aged 25–39 years , and to have been taking oral contraceptives for at least five months , or using a diaphragm or intrauterine device for at least five months without previous exposure to oral contraceptives . |
| 6 | The number of retailers collapsing during the recession bears witness to the fact that they need customers more than customers need them . |
| 7 | Much of the Polytechnic 's negotiation with outside bodies , such as the funding agencies referred to in Chapter 3 , reflect this corporate commitment . |
| 8 | The ground twitches , gurgles and bubbles as the insect minutiae adapts to sudden flooding . |
| 9 | Byrne was one of the heroes of Sunderland 's FA Cup campaign last season , hitting seven goals as the Roker men marched to Wembley . |
| 10 | Some readers may therefore have identified them as the police officers referred to in our article of May 13 , 1986 . |
| 11 | At high temperatures , the spaces between the solvent molecules have to be reduced if mixing is to take place and when this eventually results in too great a loss of entropy , phase separation occurs . |
| 12 | Indeed , the excise duties remained so markedly different that tax controls on the borders between the Benelux states had to be maintained . |
| 13 | My major concern about the Maastricht negotiations relates to the limited majority decision making envisaged for foreign policy . |
| 14 | The second part of the festival , which resulted in the final performance , raised vital questions about the way women relate to one another when they are free to make real choices . |
| 15 | It may seem unreasonable , but there is no doubt about the harm smokers do to themselves and other people . |
| 16 | And though , by a well-established convention , Members do not ask Ministers questions about the day-to-day conduct of the industries ' affairs , since that is by definition not government business , they may very well ask him about a matter that most certainly is : about the appointments Ministers make to the boards of nationalised industries . |
| 17 | First , I needed to know whether the axis running through the circle centres continued to the church at Bishops Cannings . |
| 18 | But Off the record detectives refer to the burglary boom as one of Britain 's few growth industries . |
| 19 | The light from the laser is absorbed by the black dirt as energy and the heat generated burns off the carbon particles adhering to the stone . |
| 20 | The raid represented a convergence of the policing trends referred to in this chapter : the use of covert surveillance , including low-level intelligence ; hard , paramilitary tactics and the enabling legislation to enforce them . |
| 21 | In addition there will be specific warranties aimed at specific provisions of the Taxes Acts related to matters such as : |
| 22 | Dad scowled at Mum when one of the removal men said to him , ‘ Yow 've got a right one theea mate . |
| 23 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 24 | ( 5 ) the clarification of such key issues as the meaning of " study skills " ( 6 ) the review and evaluation of the inservice events held to date , and the potential of other inservice developments for the work of the panel |
| 25 | Later in the year he will again keep all-night vigil in a couple of the NorthEast castles said to be haunted . |
| 26 | A clause achieving this would be as follows : As regards voting in general meetings the holders of the Preference Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of , and to attend at , general meetings of the Company but shall not in respect of their holdings of such shares be entitled to vote upon any resolution unless : ( A ) there shall have been any Arrears on any Preference Shares or Preferred Ordinary Shares for more than two months on the date of the notice convening the meeting ; or ( B ) the Company , on any of the Redemption Dates under sub-paragraph ( d ) ( i ) below of this Article 2.2 , shall have failed or been unable to redeem all or any of the Preference Shares falling to be redeemed on any such Redemption Date ; or ( C ) the resolution is one which directly or indirectly varies , modifies , alters or abrogates any of the rights , privileges , limitations or restrictions attaching to the Preference Shares or " A " Ordinary Shares ; or ( D ) the resolution is for the winding up of the Company , the reduction of share capital , the approval of the giving of financial assistance or the purchase by it of any of its shares . |
| 27 | To sanction general judicial intervention simply because the court would prefer a different choice to that of the administrator runs counter to this fundamental assumption , and would entail a re-allocation of power from the legislature and bureaucracy to the courts . |
| 28 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 29 | In the gut , as in the skin , the properties of the stem cells seem to be maintained by their basal position . |
| 30 | It can be argued that the cash outflow in respect of the reorganisation costs relates to the acquisition of a subsidiary , and should be shown under investing activities . |