Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a delegation of powers downwards to the Réunion and individual museums , and in 1991 the Réunion changed its statute to operate more like a private enterprise . |
| 2 | Our case is that , while the nature of the social relations at the workplace is clearly an important differentiating characteristic of the Dukeries field , they are probably a necessary but insufficient factor to account for the response of miners there to the 1926 and 1984 calls to strike . |
| 3 | To hear it we travelled to Leighton Moss , that wonderful reserve belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds close to the shore of Morecambe Bay . |
| 4 | The Royal Family led the massed veterans and onlookers in singing O God Our Help In Ages Past to the accompaniment of the bands of the Guards Division . |
| 5 | The availability of work at terminals just to the north led to a much greater increase in construction workers ( 82% compared with 18% ) in the western sector ( KW14.7 ) than in the eastern sector ( KW 14,8 ) , so that by 1981 their levels had become similar . |
| 6 | Those who took the decisions at the Fourth Lateran Council were a very small group of cardinals close to the pope and , on occasion , the pope himself , alone . |
| 7 | A footpath leaves here on a lonely clifftop walk to Red Point for Gairloch , a magnificent trek with views across to the Outer Hebrides : see also p. 58 . |
| 8 | Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment . |
| 9 | The Fohn is the name given to the south wind from the Mediterranean which , when it meets the Alps , precipitates much moisture on the southern aspects and brings dry warmth to areas immediately to the north of the Alps . |
| 10 | Salt-laden winds also increase the salinity of lochs close to the west coast , and may raise the nutrient content and base status of coastal blanket bogs as in western Ireland ( Sparling 1967 ) , possibly explaining the presence of plants such as Schoenus nigricans , which grows profusely in some coastal peatlands in the Western Isles . |
| 11 | Hitchens Quality Homes has developed a number of properties close to the golf club , ranging from two bedroom detached bungalows ( £159,500 ) to three bedroom three storey houses ( £169,950 ) . |
| 12 | Check the family 's hair weekly for eggs close to the scalp . |
| 13 | The more tightly bound , or closer , to the nucleus an electron is , the more energy is required to dislodge it ; thus radiation of short wavelength , that is , with more energy , produces photoemission of electrons closest to the nucleus . |
| 14 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 15 | Iro squandered a couple of chances close to the line at the start of the second half , but held on to Clark 's pass to make room for Edwards to score in the 50th minute , Phil Bancroft adding a touchline goal off the post . |
| 16 | There will be recent traces of rabbit occupation in runs across to the feeding areas and through any hedges that may intervene . |
| 17 | Parker then defines tertiary prevention in terms close to the public health idea of rehabilitative services : |
| 18 | As can be seen in Fig. 18.4 , spots have a characteristic shape in planes parallel to the wall , something between a triangle and a heart-shape , with the narrower part towards the downstream end . |
| 19 | The extension was unsuccessfully opposed in parliament by deputies both to the left and right of the ruling coalition . |