Example sentences of "to [art] [noun] of [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We eased ourselves along the channel out between the rocks to the edge of where the waves were breaking and watched a few big sets roll through . |
| 2 | Long-wave theories have devoted most attention to the question of why the bunching exists . |
| 3 | Economists working in this field are attempting to find answers to the question of why the various estimates of NAIRU exhibit a persistent tendency to rise over time . |
| 4 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 5 | to the question of how the dinosaurs regulated , or failed to regulate , their body heat . |
| 6 | Most of the coastal details of these islands were fairly well known to the hydrographers of both the British and Dutch navies , but little was known about their inland geography . |
| 7 | But the non-legal aspect of citizenship is also vital , and appropriate institutional and procedural arrangements need to be developed that will promote the practice of citizenship and harness senses of national community , social cohesion and ‘ civic virtue ’ to the benefit of both the state and the community of citizens . |
| 8 | Warranties and guarantees are thus generally to the benefit of both the buyer and the seller , but there is one area where their interests do not coincide . |
| 9 | Since they are subject to the disciplines of neither the market nor the ballot box they can become ineffectual . |
| 10 | A The received wisdom indicates that to restrain timber across its width will lead to the fracture of either the glue line of the lateral end piece , or the splitting of the board itself . |
| 11 | The theme of accountability is crucial to the operation of both the private and public sectors . |
| 12 | They would never get more than a phrase completed before an argument would break out as to the merit of either the words or the music . |
| 13 | Even if it did n't lead to the elimination of all the older , ‘ flawed ’ models , a narrow range of ‘ new ’ species might well reduce the older ones to huddled groups in farming heritage parks . |
| 14 | Much of the savings , in the official view , will arise from the new structure 's needs for fewer managers , but even that is less than convincing for there is great scope for an increase in bureaucracy , from the need to dispatch the business deriving from the newly acquired functions to the formation of twice the number of existing education , roads and social work departments . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , I was told that I had ‘ contributed nothing constructive ’ to the life of either the house or the school . |
| 16 | The aspect in question relates to the problem of where the extra means of production for accumulation would come from . |
| 17 | This remark did not , as his passengers might have thought , refer either to the condition of the road or to his not having thought on about Easter , but to the problem of where the other two were going to eat lunch . |
| 18 | There is a £50,000 bonus available to the winner of both the Irish Champion and Cheltenham 's premier hurdle . |
| 19 | The other approach was to switch the emphasis away from the development of new sources of electricity supply to the issue of how the demand for power could be controlled in the first place . |
| 20 | does n't it come back to the issue of wh who they trustees are and who 's interest , given that trustees are expected to be independent , in the end , who 's interests do the trustees represent , because I 've had experience of working with a pension fund that was in massive surplus and the actualar actuaries refused to agree their final report until that surplus was dealt with , so that the trade unions and the employer through the trustees had to negotiate a way of spending that surplus and er given the pressures of the actuaries to say we were not allowed th the funds to continue unless you deal with this surplus , then it comes back to the issue of how the Board of Trustees is made up and if we accept that there is a degree of representation on that Board , then just exactly how that representation is divided . |
| 21 | Geomagnetic north is not to be confused with the geographic north pole , at 90N , about 770 miles to the north of both the magnetic and geomagnetic poles . |
| 22 | Both men stood aside to let a big dark-green Jaguar edge carefully round them on to the forecourt of the house immediately to the left of where the BMW was parked . |
| 23 | It is one thing to say that the understanding of how people order their experience is in contrast to the explanation of how the world works . |
| 24 | The contractors , having racked themselves to the limit to fight off all other comers , may be forced to cut back on programme spending , to the detriment of exactly the kind of endeavours which may give delight to many but have no great appeal to the masses . |
| 25 | Certainly there is a Satanic touch to the tale of how the jealousy of a dismissed Duchy official was to lead to assault , pillage , false imprisonment and the eventual gruesome murder of the Lord of the Manor of Morval . |
| 26 | Copious quantities of Champagne wine were consumed by such a large influx of visitors , enabling the vineyards to flourish and the vignerons to prosper , and leading to the export of both the wine and its reputation throughout the growing markets of Europe . |
| 27 | The ‘ combat ’ called for here would certainly have been ‘ risky ’ for it would have led inevitably to the destruction of both the Republican party and the Reagan administration . |
| 28 | He must listen attentively to the tales of how the amateur would have broken sixty-five in a competition last Saturday if he had not had such disgusting luck on the greens . |
| 29 | In the shire districts , the spectacular advances which enabled Labour to claim more than 50% of the vote in many authorities lend a further twist to the puzzle of why the party has not been able to match consistently good local results in these areas with comparable general election support . |
| 30 | I 'm wondering if it might be possible for Colonel Blair to have access to the offices of either the Ingard group or the shipping company in some capacity that would n't arouse suspicion . " |