Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It sets out the requirements governing the admission of shares to the USM and the subsequent obligations of the company , including those relating to takeovers and acquisitions . |
| 32 | In June the National Marquetry Exhibition culminated in the award of prizes to the best marquetarians in the land . |
| 33 | A resolution from Biggleswade , that the transference of the functions of the Board of Guardians to the County Councils would be detrimental to the poor and to the ratepayers , was strongly supported , as was another from elsewhere ; the newly elected government was to be asked to postpone the operation of the Local Government Act of 1929 . |
| 34 | In 1455 Charles VII of France forbade the grant of safe-conducts to the English , but this ban was relaxed and trade , albeit reduced in volume , continued until 1462 . |
| 35 | The 1992 programme aims at the improvement of resource allocation in the Community through the removal of barriers to the movement of goods , services , capital and labour . |
| 36 | In a comprehensive introduction to No Breathing Room , David R. Marples not only gives some hard facts about the Chernobyl disaster ; he also indicates that the impoverishment of most of the population as a result of soaring inflation caused by ‘ shock therapy ’ economic policies , and the removal of subsidies to the publishing trade , made it difficult for high-quality literary magazines to cope , despite the so-called freedom of the press . |
| 37 | A major part of the effort in user education in university and polytechnic libraries is the preparation of guides to the subject literature , guides to individual reference works , guides to particular forms of literature , guides to techniques of information handling etc , and there are few libraries in these sectors who do not have at least a dozen in current production . |
| 38 | Blood is needed primarily to detect the presence of antibodies to the treponeme of syphilis , which may indicate either present or past infection . |
| 39 | Whereas the diagnosis of early infectious syphilis can be made with a good degree of accuracy by identifying the treponeme with darkground examination of serum from a chancre or from the skin lesions of secondary infection , in latent or late syphilis , be it acquired or congenital , the diagnosis depends on the finding of antibodies to the infection in the blood . |
| 40 | In addition to this investment SDG also recommends the electrification of lines to the West of England , North and South Wales , and parts of Scotland . |
| 41 | In India , though the first stations appeared in the 1850s , the finest examples came later and the building of lines to the deepest recesses of the subcontinent went on until 1914 . |
| 42 | Although there was initially some resistance on the part of manufacturers to the development of the variety multiples , they eventually found it to their advantage to deal directly with them . |
| 43 | There were never enough masters to control the unruly mobs of boys , and the enlistment of prefects to the cause of authority was at best an ambiguous achievement : they were boys , too . |
| 44 | That one 14-year-old has been responsible for the loss of cars to the value of £2.5 million in the last year alone . |
| 45 | But prolonged recession undermined his support and Canadians blamed widespread unemployment on the loss of jobs to the United States through a free-trade agreement Mr Mulroney signed in 1988 . |
| 46 | Brooke of the College of Arms to the editor of Archaeologia gave an account of her funeral : ‘ As the funeral of this princess has been hitherto unpublished , I have sent , for your entertainment , the procession , from my collection of ceremonials , No . |
| 47 | With the collapse of manufacturing employment in the UK and the elevation of services to the position of the major — and in many areas of the country the sole — source of employment , the term ‘ post-industrial ’ has gained a wider currency . |
| 48 | In a speech at the end of February to the Royal Society of Arts , Renton suggested that the role of the central Arts Council should be reviewed when the delegation of powers to the Regional Arts Boards ( RABs ) is complete . |
| 49 | The shape ensures that convective disturbances are minimized during the transportation of molecules to the cell bottom . |
| 50 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 51 | In a report from the Department of Highways to the Transportation Committee it is recommended that the statutory procedure be continued in respect of the necessary order to make Muirend Avenue/Viewfield Road a one way system . |
| 52 | The United States and Japan were criticized for leaving the bulk of contributions to the European members of G-24 . |
| 53 | Physical geographers have also tended , with some exceptions in countries where there are a large number of lakes , to leave the study of lakes to the limnologists . |
| 54 | Ryzhkov presented the programme of reforms to the USSR Supreme Soviet on behalf of the USSR Council of Ministers on May 24 . |
| 55 | Aneurin Bevan was only able to defeat the opposition of doctors to the National Health Service in 1944 by buckling together a compromise with Lord Moran , president of the Royal College of Physicians , ‘ stuffing their mouths with silver ’ , and promising to respect their independent practice . |
| 56 | The fitting of strengtheners to the top or open part of this type of aquarium is important . |
| 57 | The breed of Tories who passed through the Commons , on their way from the Brigade of Guards to the House of Lords ’ , is no more . |
| 58 | In early August , in a dispute between the PKK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party ( KDP , based in Iraq ) , the PKK prevented the trucking of supplies to the Kurdish-controlled area of Iraq , via the Habur bridge north of Zahko , Iraq . |
| 59 | The indifference of Limnititzkers to the great outdoors is well-known ; the only landscapes that interest them are the hills of a totally discorporeal Zion . |
| 60 | One puts it down to American intervention : in particular the role of ITT , the supplying of arms to the Chilean armed forces and the cutting-off of economic aid to Chile . |