Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [adj] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The Government firmly rejects either a return to central planning or handing over policy responsibilities to a body independent of Government , ’ the white paper says . |
| 3 | It has traditionally been argued , particularly by judges , that they do not make decisions , but , instead , they simply apply the known law to new facts or declare what the law is in cases of uncertainty . |
| 4 | 2.2 Section 1(2) ( c ) of the 1934 Act expressly stated before amendment that where the act or omission that gives rise to the cause of action results in death the damages are to be calculated without reference to any loss or gain to the deceased 's estate consequent on his death , except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included . |
| 5 | If approved , such " associations " would have no right to collective bargaining or to initiate industrial action . |
| 6 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 7 | This has often treated technology as an end in itself , and not queried its wider relationship to firm activity or weighed its contribution to performance . |
| 8 | By exploring the world in terms of the actions and their effects , young children come to realise that objects can be acted upon in different ways and that actions often result in objects changing their location ; they may be moved to a new place , positioned with respect to other objects or located on surfaces and in containers . |
| 9 | The king of England was indeed emperor in his own kingdom , but he was expected to swear an oath of homage and fealty to another sovereign or princeps et dominus superior . |
| 10 | Please obtain access to required modules or supply the correct password , if possible . |
| 11 | Gaining access to new ideas or creating challenging alternatives when passivity predominates among the disabled community can be hard work . |
| 12 | Please obtain access to all modules or supply the correct password , if possible . |
| 13 | They are also assigned or denied privileges to limit the types of access open to them — this can restrict access to particular directories or prevent users deleting files . |
| 14 | It is similar to other schemes in allowing customers to reduce their monthly repayments in comparison to outright purchase or choosing a higher specification car than they could normally afford . |
| 15 | They are men who rationally weigh up the advantage of conformity to criminal demands or staying on the path of righteousness ; for the most part they choose the former simply because it does not weigh on their conscience and because it seems more likely to secure economic and career advancement within the corporation . |
| 16 | They 're currently unable to transfer their money to another fund or take early retirement . |
| 17 | Applicants should note that ‘ AS ’ levels are also accepted as part of the general entry requirements for admission to first degree or DipHE courses ( see page 51 ) , and may also be acceptable in place of an ‘ A ’ level in a specified subject for the purpose of satisfying course requirements . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps it had tried to reveal itself in response to some wish or command that was felt in the room ’ , thinks Frodo , and he is clearly right . |
| 19 | This reflects an aversion which is attached by society to major accidents or dread consequences , e.g. cancer . |
| 20 | However , without the attendance of a senior member of the family and his appreciation of the value of the training , the younger members might not be able to put their training to best use or to introduce new techniques or ideas on to the farm . |
| 21 | That we will keep all information of a confidential nature about [ ] Plc and [ ] Plc 's business and financial affairs which come to our knowledge during negotiations for the sale of the Shares to you confidential and accordingly we will not disclose any such information to any person or use any such information other than wholly in connection with such negotiations except to the extent that it is , already when we receive such information , or becomes thereafter , public knowledge through no fault of any of us . |
| 22 | No signs of dangerously high radiation levels had been deteced in water samples from the Kara and Barents Seas , where Soviet dumping , totalling 2.5 million curies , took place , the conference participants said , adding that there was strong consensus among them that " there is no evidence of any regional-scale radioactive contamination in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans that currently poses a threat to human health or causes environmental concern . " |
| 23 | The agrarian reform units were dismantled , either by returning land to previous owners or distributing it to others . |
| 24 | To do this he did not need to make any apparently arbitrary appeal to particular revelation or received authority . |