Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [verb] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different police forces share their information and that has led to some proposed gatherings being stopped . |
| 2 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 3 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 4 | Most reviews have identified administrative deficiencies — one scrutiny found it cost 90 to administer 100 of woodland grant — and some have led to major changes ( such as the establishment of a non-Defence central purchasing unit : see Government Purchasing : A Review of Government Contract and Procurement Procedures , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | The introduction of detailed measurement and the systematic logging of failures has raised everyone 's awareness of our OTIF performance and this had led to increased cooperation and feedback between all departments . |
| 6 | Equally important the Chairman 's office is colocated with the Secretariat and this has led to increased efficiency in the conduct of the profession 's affairs . |
| 7 | Despite great efforts to ‘ bottle up ’ sources of funds within regional boundaries , some banks find themselves with excess liquidity which they are not allowed to use for expanding credits to local enterprises , and this has led to some inter-regional flows of bank funds ( and to the uncontrolled expansion of bank lending to firms such as Agrokomerc ) . |
| 8 | Present-day computer or digital organs incorporate new and complex technology , and this has led to some impressive developments . |
| 9 | We know much more than anyone could possibly want to know about Bill and Hillary 's sex life er than we do er about prospects for economic recovery and this has happened to successive American presidents and it happens in part because in the U S the president and his family , and it has been a his so far , the president and his family take the part , not only the part played in England by the prime minister , but also the part played by the monarchy . |
| 10 | In addition , about 300,000 eastern German workers were commuting to jobs in western Germany , and 108,000 had emigrated to western Germany in the first five months of 1991 — most of them younger , skilled workers [ see also pp. 37761 ; 38109 ; 38354 ] . |
| 11 | The shift from manufacturing to service industries has been even more marked in terms of jobs : in 1950 manufacturing employed 35 per cent of the total in civil employment but this had fallen to 26 per cent by 1981 ; at the same time , jobs in the service sector rose from 47 per cent to 60 per cent of total employment . |
| 12 | In 1843 the total population was 117,372 but this had declined to 107,088 by 1854 and to 98,620 in 1858 . |
| 13 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |