Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , very often it is conservation policies , successfully applied over a period of time , that have made the centre a more attractive investment to owners and increased the value of properties . |
| 2 | On 16 July a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines killed 1600 people , caused serious disruption to communications and affected the whole country 's economy . |
| 3 | It was in a unique position to analyze educational trends and the development of specific subject areas : ‘ the publishing of such information would give guidance to colleges and reduce the isolation that many inevitably feel ’ . |
| 4 | NEXT , which a year ago reported one of the biggest losses ever by a British retailer , yesterday announced a return to dividends and provided the hardest evidence yet that the troubles of recent years are behind it . |
| 5 | The game has its fair share of power-ups and bonuses , which are generally obtained by smashing a jewel to bits and reaping the winnings . |
| 6 | R admitted that he took the equipment to parties and converted the cocaine into a form in which it would vaporise and be inhaled . |
| 7 | So we shifted our focus to words and shortened the range to five stages from ‘ very good ’ to ‘ very bad ’ . |
| 8 | A buy-back may be used to mop-up any " loose " shareholdings , return surplus cash to shareholders or to increase the marketability of the target 's shares as a consequence of it becoming known that the company itself is a potential purchaser . |
| 9 | That could be a recipe for stagnation and frustration ; but it could also be another way of emphasising the potential importance of curriculum managers intelligent enough to give scope to individuals and to exploit the coming confusions . |
| 10 | Within Compact they should be looking for opportunities to improve the curriculum offer to students and promote the professional development of members of the department . |
| 11 | The Secretariat of the Central Committee is given the teeth to do what it is meant to do : appoint , control access to decision-makers and supervise the policy which the Politburo formulates . |
| 12 | For example , regular writing to missionaries or taking a stand against issues which are highlighted , such as human rights or ecological problems . |
| 13 | For example , regular writing to missionaries or taking a stand against issues which are highlighted , such as human rights or ecological problems . |
| 14 | If not paradoxical , however , arms races can give rise to situations that strike the economically minded human as wasteful . |
| 15 | We will convert Invalid Care Allowance into a Carer 's Benefit , increasing its value by an immediate 15% , indexing its future level to earnings and altering the entitlement rules to enable carers to combine caring with part-time or even full-time jobs and to ensure that people will still be eligible even if the caring starts after the carer reaches pensionable age . |
| 16 | Council confirmed its response to comments and approved a number of amendments . |
| 17 | ‘ It puts an extra strain on your entire body , ’ points out Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart , ‘ causing damage to joints and increasing the chances of illnesses that may lead to heart attacks or strokes or diabetes . ’ |
| 18 | Yet , despite the rapid growth of these more recent subjects , history retains its traditional importance in higher education , since its social , cultural , economic and political concerns provide us with an interdisciplinary approach to problems that includes the perspectives and many of the methods of the various social sciences , yet also seeks to establish a broader , overall assessment of the issues it examines . |
| 19 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 20 | The remaining job sharer intended to provide locum cover for her absent partner in order to provide continuity of care to patients and ensure the minimum of disruption to the practice . |
| 21 | The first real impact of the 1986 Act came to governors with the requirements to produce a formal report to parents and hold an annual parents ' meeting . |
| 22 | It has full gas fired central heating to radiators and has a lovely west facing secluded garden . |
| 23 | Most of these schemes are designed to improve employee motivation at the same time , either through relating pay to profits or encouraging the acquisition of shares by employees . |
| 24 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |