Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [conj] [vb pp] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a report in the Montreal Gazette the statues had been ‘ tampered with ’ in this way on several occasions , and the newspaper felt that they should be raised beyond the reach of pranksters or removed to an inside guarded site . |
| 2 | Anyone contributing a single lecture to a series like this — covering a wide spectrum of disciplines and addressed to a general audience — is bound to feel some anxiety and uncertainty about how their contribution will fit into its larger context . |
| 3 | Tallis mounted Swimmer of Lakes and returned to the south , kicking the horse , challenging it , urging it to run faster through the night , back towards the swirling zones of seasons . |
| 4 | The conflict of ideas when put to the service of organization or group goals is in fact the sign of a healthy organization . |
| 5 | ( 8 ) For the expenses of members of boards as opposed to the expenses of the boards themselves , see 5.3 . |
| 6 | This " minimum standards " approach leads to a number of problems when applied to a complex and rapidly changing area of technology . |
| 7 | As soon as she saw him look down , she made a sideways dive between a couple of stalls and crossed to the opposite side of the street . |
| 8 | The petition , which was presented both to the king and the College of Physicians and referred to the archbishop of Canterbury , alleged that Chamberlen had pecuniary interests in keeping midwives ignorant so that he could take on their difficult cases . |
| 9 | The tube was concealed behind a chest of drawers and connected to a box . |
| 10 | Trade unions , on the other hand , after enjoying a brief period of vigorous growth in the immediate aftermath of their legalization in 1906 , were subjected to a variety of restrictions and reduced to a skeletal and precarious existence . |