Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such approaches probably owe a great deal to consideration of research by the National Children 's Bureau under Dr Mia Pringle and a consideration of children 's needs as well as their rights . |
| 2 | You 'd have a patch you see and your trousers would be patched , and er I had no brothers to sort of hand-me-downs so of course mine we went had to be worn out , and erm you 're normal attire in those days was a er a pair of trousers and a jersey , you did n't have a suit as such . |
| 3 | The greatest changes have occurred in the average salary of candidates placed — from £25000 to £70000 — and in the firm 's international links , which have extended from two European offices to membership of the globally spread E. S. International Group . |
| 4 | Loss to date of hearing |
| 5 | Economic effects : loss to community of school-related jobs , income , or services ; difficulty in attracting workers or keeping workers in the community . |
| 6 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 7 | PPB and ZBB are largely ignored in the UK and , as a prelude to part of the discussion in chapter 7 , this chapter concludes by outlining the strategy adopted by central government since the mid-1960s . |
| 8 | Such names will be distasteful to many older people , but perhaps their introduction is the prelude to recognition of other people 's potential value and , in common with other caricatured portrayals , some of them are amusing or even helpful . |
| 9 | An indifference to hygiene of body and environment . |
| 10 | As so defined , this ground for interception was wide enough to cover just about anything , from murder to breach of the peace . |
| 11 | In other words a serious crime amounts to anything from murder to obstruction of the highway , the latter being committed where large numbers of people gather to march and demonstrate . |
| 12 | Thank you for your recent letter in reply to mine of 15th May . |
| 13 | 2.1 Following detailed discussion at the Council 's Advanced Courses Policy Sub-Committee , it has been decided that SCOTVEC should now proceed beyond the pilot programme to implementation of the new system : it was felt that the work to date on the pilot courses has provided enough experience to confirm the adoption of the Policy Paper 's principles as the basis of the new operational system . |
| 14 | Nor should industry expect ‘ to find refuge in a perpetually depreciating currency ’ , Mrs Thatcher said , underlining Nigel Lawson 's opposition to devaluation of the pound . |
| 15 | I refer not only to issues about manpower and conditions arising out of the implementation of ’ fresh start ’ but to the clear opposition to privatisation of prison services , prisons or remand centres , on which I do not agree . |
| 16 | He brushed aside the views of the joint chiefs of staff , ascribing their opposition to ignorance of the Far East . |
| 17 | In the first , I discuss the relations between fallibilism and naturalism by examining the opposition to naturalism of the pragmatist , C. S. Peirce , and the way that he reconciles this with his fallibilism . |
| 18 | The concept that Derrida uses in opposition to logocentrism of any kind is différance . |
| 19 | PLANS for a hotel and leisure development at Bodelwyddan Castle are moving ahead , but officials face strong opposition to part of the package . |
| 20 | The Foreign Office , Ministry of Defence and intelligence services were resolute in their opposition to relaxation of the security rules . |
| 21 | Hatred of the father expresses itself not only in obvious antagonistic behaviour directed at all representatives of paternal restraint , but also in more devious and perhaps even ‘ sublimated ’ ways as a distaste for all restraints of any kind and an opposition to authority of any sort . |
| 22 | One might ask why this sudden change occurred , and whether there was a change of attitude by Gillray , perhaps even a conversion pushing him from critic to defender of monarchy . |
| 23 | As a cultural formation it was of type ( iii ) , though there were overlaps to membership of political societies , within the broad formation ( e.g. , the Revolution Society ) . |
| 24 | Lamont and Bank spring to defence of sterling |
| 25 | Ian Baker-Finch and Craig Parry are contenders for a first Australian victory , while Watson and Mark O'Meara and Raymond Floyd spring to mind of the other Americans . |
| 26 | On the Mohs scale for measuring the relative susceptibility to scratching of different minerals nephrite is rated at c. 6.5 by comparison with jadeite at 6.75 , steel at 6 and diamond at 10 . |
| 27 | Sales of the product , whose yellow capsules contain natural minerals and vitamins to alleviate ailments ranging from pre-menstrual tension to lack of energy , have crashed by 30% to £1.9m . |
| 28 | ACCOMMODATION : Ranging from relatively modest one star hotels for a budget break to top of the range five star hotel luxury for that very special occasion . |
| 29 | Without that we would n't have a selection and training procedure which demands that all new volunteers give equal weight to understanding of lesbian concerns and knowledge of lesbian information as well of that of gay men . |
| 30 | Morgantina Studies , Volume IV : The Protohistoric Settlement on the Cittadella by Robert Leighton ( £50 , $90 ) is the fullest study to date of this protohistoric settlement in Sicily , prior to the creation of the Greek town above it . |