Example sentences of "[vb base] to the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same implications attach to the playing of games or the membership of clubs and so on , although what is of even more interest are the ‘ unwritten ’ rules which underwrite the more formal , quasi-legal , ones . |
| 2 | The Council " notes the particular importance which some member states attach to the adoption of arrangements taking account of the special competence of regional or local institutions as regards certain Community policies [ and ] the need to consider suitable procedures for the consultation of such institutions " . |
| 3 | Students often object to the expense of textbooks , but remember that all your friends will be trying to borrow the best textbooks from the college library . |
| 4 | He prays that the people ‘ seek not to be wise above measure , but may be persuaded by reason , and yield to the authority of superiors ’ . |
| 5 | Yet portions cling to the style of days gone by , when a salt beef sandwich might have been the single meal of the day . |
| 6 | Beneath the awnings little toy people chat and listen to the music of harpists . |
| 7 | I do not share the view that theory and practice in education are opposites — the ideal situation is one in which good practice informs theory and good theory provides new insights into practice — but I certainly think that the ability of academic writers to communicate clearly , in ways that speak to the experience of practitioners , is vital . |
| 8 | ‘ People react to the impressions of others , ’ he says . |
| 9 | In a quite different vein , individualists who look to the properties of individuals to explain social affairs are inspired by a belief in a conception of autonomy . |
| 10 | Paddy End Vein was the first to be cut in these levels and its course can easily be seen in the cliff or scar to the west of Levers Water where ancient mining has left a conspicuous cleft known as Simon 's Nick . |
| 11 | And once again I would propose that the language of indeterminism is preferable : it portrays human action as an expression of motives , reasons and purposes open to the influence of incentives and disincentives in a way that ‘ makes sense ’ to us as potential offenders ourselves . |
| 12 | By comparison , socially created inequality ‘ consists of the different privileges which some men enjoy to the prejudice of others , such as that of being more rich , more honoured , more powerful , or even in a position to exact obedience ’ ( quoted in Bottomore , 1965 , pp. 15–16 ) . |
| 13 | It does not , however , extend to the donation of organs or blood since , so far as the donor is concerned , these do not constitute either treatment or diagnosis . |
| 14 | As neither political party can cut unemployment overnight , that fear will continue to discourage potential purchasers and add to the tally of repossessions which is flooding the market with unwanted homes . |
| 15 | Clearly the expenditures undertaken by a regional trading regime require a lower level of funding compared to an organisation which adopts positive policies which add to the range of expenditures . |
| 16 | Whatever the support or not for these values , the book fails to recognize the wider changes that have gone on in the family and in gender relations , changes which may be quite separate in origin from the question of poverty , although they add to the poverty of women and children . |
| 17 | That if you get to the heart of things you find sadness for ever and ever , everywhere ; but a beautiful silver sadness , like a Christ face . |
| 18 | Attempting to reconcile such figures as these with the fixed number of seats to be filled , the STV resorts as we know to the devices of transfers and quotas . |
| 19 | Sir : I refer to the dropping of charges against the man accused of raping a mentally handicapped girl on the grounds she was not of fit mind to answer questions and give evidence ( 4 October ) . |
| 20 | Building Regulations contain strict fire prevention regulations , some of which refer to the treatment of surfaces to prevent fire spreading too rapidly . |
| 21 | The words " such transfer " refer to the transfer of assets mentioned in s739(1) . |
| 22 | All references to " the Encylopaedia " and " the precedent " in the text refer to the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents . |
| 23 | and that was really a generic way , but then we refer to the point of claims of course based upon the bi-laws |
| 24 | Please refer to the list of contacts given |
| 25 | The numbers refer to the list of theses presented in Will 1991 . |
| 26 | The first numbers refer to the percent of occasions on which both is included , conditional on a plural reference being made anyway . |
| 27 | By ‘ optimum ’ we mean efficient , and by size we refer to the number of residents and the total expenditure on local public goods . |
| 28 | Values for memory set 1 and memory set 2 refer to the number of items in that set . |
| 29 | The financial hardship of most lone mothers ( see chapter 4 ) bears witness to the casualties of women 's weak position in the labour market . |
| 30 | On the other hand the revival of the women 's movement since the 1960s bears witness to the failure of women 's suffrage in itself to achieve substantive equality between the sexes , or even to abolish some of the more blatant forms of discrimination against women enshrined in much traditional law and practice . |