Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though in West Germany they do not present the politically balanced slate so dear to advocates of the STV , they could easily be used to that end . |
| 2 | The appointment of a slave to the office of Grand Vezir in 857/1453 , however , set the seal on the tendency to man the highest offices of the central administration , the vezirliks , with slaves ; and though it was by no means unheard of for a member of the ulema thereafter to hold a vezirlik , one begins to see the development of a separate hierarchy more or less confined to members of the ulema , the highest offices in which , known as were an end in themselves and not mere stepping-stones to high office in other areas such as the central administration . |
| 3 | The parallels drawn in the services between the sufferings of our Divine Redeemer and those of the ‘ Royal Martyr ’ , he added , were utterly repugnant to feelings of the present day , and the affirmation that King Charles was among ‘ the greatest of Kings and best of men ’ was now quite unacceptable to many excellent members of the Church . |
| 4 | The LEA had argued that if a particular type of educational provision was generally available to children of the applicant 's age in their schools , then it was not a special educational provision . |
| 5 | In much the same way you can choose your friends but not your relatives , famous people are pestered by devotees gripped in varying degrees of obsession ; ranging from the mildly brain-damaged to psychopaths of the most dangerous order . |
| 6 | This short length of the female urethra , combined with the closeness of the vagina and anus , explains why women are so much more prone to infections of the bladder than are men . |
| 7 | In view of what you have just said , are you likely to be more generous to members of the Whips Office who may wish to speak in a debate ? |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman knows that our doors are always open to members of the farming or fishing communities who have problems and that we are active around the countryside . |
| 9 | The 24-page full colour schools booklet ‘ HIV — It 's Your Choice ’ is now available to members of the public at a price of 50p each . |
| 10 | We are particularly grateful to members of the undergraduate years 1965 , who responded to the Librarian 's appeal for items to display at the Gaudy in June , and to Nina Bawden ( Mabey , 1943 ) who has supplied us with a complete set of her novels . |
| 11 | Of course , if this could be established , English would be rendered relatively invulnerable to attacks of the kind mounted , for example , by Snow and Collie . |
| 12 | Erm as the result of a a board of directors decision taken on er March twenty second nineteen ninety three it was proposed that a a new public liability holding company named the Water Company be formed er from the capitali er capitalization of assets currently surplus to requirements of the founding company namely . |
| 13 | The Pembroke lot comprising 766 items would probably prove to be very useful to owners of the ex-60 Squadron machines , despite the parts having no paperwork available . |
| 14 | Section 7(4) imposes a duty on the disposal authority to issue such a notice where it appears that continuation of activities to which the licence relates would cause pollution of water , a danger to public health or are seriously detrimental to amenities of the locality , and can not be avoided by modifying the conditions specified in the licence . |
| 15 | The process is all too familiar to students of the UK economy — first , higher prices for many imported final goods raise the retail price index directly . |
| 16 | The prevailing negative attitudes towards hypochondria are largely unexplained , unjustified and certainly unjust to victims of the condition . ’ |