Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] an [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you remember for example , given the the levels of relief you are advocating are acceptable on the blue route , how such roads such a link as an alternative to the western link would perform . |
| 2 | Where a licence-holder became bankrupt , and thereafter , with the approval of his trustee under the Bankruptcy Acts , applied for , and obtained , an hotel licence from the licensing court , and the goodwill of the business was thereupon sold by the trustee , the bankrupt was ordered to deliver to the trustee his hotel certificate as an accessory to the hotel . |
| 3 | He treats the story as an introduction to the Parable of the Good Samaritan ( see chapter 3 ) . ) |
| 4 | Section 340 makes corresponding provision for an application to the court , and for the court making an order , where an individual has given a preference ‘ to any person . ’ |
| 5 | The government therefore initially turned to privatization in large part as an answer to the ‘ problem ’ of the nationalized industries . |
| 6 | In later years , by contrast , he came to speak in public less and less frequently , despite being repeatedly urged to do so by Goebbels and others , evidently realizing only too well how closely the effectiveness of his rhetoric was dependent on being able to report success and to hold out hope for an end to the war . |
| 7 | The Rev Geoffrey Peters , of Manningham , Bradford — a keen cricket fan — said a silent prayer for an end to the rumpus over allegations by England batsman Allan Lamb that Pakistani fast bowlers cheated . |
| 8 | Mr McKeown also urged the Arts Council to provide funding for an extension to the theatre , comprising a rehearsal room , set construction workshop and studio theatre with flexible seating for between 50 and 150 people . |
| 9 | Enthusiasm for an approach to the Comintern had largely evaporated as it became clear that the Communists were intent on superseding the ILP . |
| 10 | Once again I write , in support of the highly efficient and ecologically friendly ‘ clutch pencil ’ or lead holder as an alternative to the ‘ common ’ or ‘ humble ’ but expensive — in terms of waste — woodcase pencil . |
| 11 | There was widespread support for an extension to the temporary 40 per cent tax allowance for investment in plant and equipment introduced last autumn , but 66 per cent of participants disapproved of any proposal to move the burden of tax on to increased National Insurance contributions . |
| 12 | Following worldwide use of the oral vaccine , 's time was largely taken up in visiting various countries around the world and action as an adviser to the polio vaccination programme . |
| 13 | But he also recognises a genuine wish among a notoriously apathetic electorate for an alternative to the failed sectarian system , upon which even the Alliance must rely for its existence . |
| 14 | I then wonder why some enterprising manufacturer has n't made a cheap engineer 's lathe as an alternative to the old-fashioned wood lathe . |
| 15 | Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending . |
| 16 | At the root of all this activity will be the search for an answer to the question : what does it mean to be a man ? |
| 17 | The agreement , although tentative , was the most important breakthrough yet in the search for an end to the 12-year civil war in Cambodia . |
| 18 | It was not part of our brief to undertake a comparative study of policy , strategy and professional roles and relationships in different LEAs , but we strongly commend the study as an adjunct to the appraisal of Authority practices to which Leeds committed itself in response to the recommendations in our final report . |
| 19 | Despite its usefulness as an introduction to the subject , it does , however , judiciously avoid overt criticism of its subject and devotes little analysis to the SI in its mature phase . |
| 20 | Mrs Hawkins agreed to put it into practice after an appeal to the public . |
| 21 | The achievement by experiment of an approximation to the theoretical strength was of course a triumph , especially when one considers the conditions under which the work was done . |
| 22 | All this could change as a result of an amendment to the Natural Heritage ( Scotland ) Bill which is jut about to become law . |
| 23 | Where a bankrupt has been discharged , whether automatically or as a result of an application to the court , the court must on the request of the bankrupt issue him with a certificate of discharge , and the bankrupt may also require the Secretary of State to gazette and/or advertise in any newspaper in which the bankruptcy was advertised a notice of the discharge ( r 6.220 ) . |
| 24 | Upjohn is awaiting the result of an appeal to the UK Medicines Commission against the ban on the use of Halcion , imposed by the Medicines Control agency last year . |
| 25 | The wide river narrowed abruptly with a notice on our left saying DANGER in huge letters , and a smaller notice saying LOCK with an arrow to the right . |
| 26 | He set out his thinking in an address to the Central Committee in October 1985 . |
| 27 | Elaborating on the study in an address to the UN 'S Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC ) in Geneva on July 8 , the Managing Director of the IMF , Michel Camdessus , urged governments to cut their military budgets by 20 per cent in order to generate savings of US$100,000 million and meet costs incurred by German unification , economic reforms in eastern Europe and the Gulf war . |
| 28 | Section 245B provides that , as an alternative to an application to the court by the Secretary of State , such an application may be made ‘ by any person authorised by him for the purposes of this section . ’ |
| 29 | If the plaintiff had no remedy by an appeal to the judges , he might , and probably would have , a right to apply to the Court of Queen 's Bench for a mandamus . |
| 30 | The tape was made collectively , and Siobhan still sees herself as part of an alternative to the mainstream . |