Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the point of view of the relation of consciousness to society this contradiction is expressed as the irreconcilable antagonism between ideology and economic base . |
| 2 | Ernst August benefited from the failure of his three older brothers to father any legitimate sons , and , from prince-bishop of Osnabrück in 1661 , he progressed to Duke of Calenberg ( 1679 ) and elector of Hanover ( 1692 ) . |
| 3 | When Paul Devereux took over The Ley Hunter in 1976 , it was widely assumed that some form of energy existed at ancient sites , but there had been virtually no research to back these ideas up . |
| 4 | Local authorities would be well advised in future to preface all their decisions with the words : ‘ Having had regard to all relevant matters and having disregarded all irrelevant matters , and having considered the interests of all those likely to be affected , resolved that' etc . |
| 5 | It will introduce conventional and unconventional ways of building , has an array of stands to interest those refurbishing and renovating existing properties and demonstrations of the latest technical advances . |
| 6 | The Liverpool manager diplomatically avoided any attempt to bill this encounter as Souness versus Dalglish . |
| 7 | Indeed , it was the initial attempt to date these which led to the discovery of anomalous fading . |
| 8 | Unlike the old rating system there would be no attempt to value each property in the country . |
| 9 | Direct studies on cell function are rare due to lack of reliable methods to culture this epithelium . |
| 10 | But thanks to its urgent need for ‘ hard ’ ( ie. capitalist ) currency , even Albania was forced to open its borders to tourism some time ago . |
| 11 | From side to side all day . |
| 12 | Tail swished violently from side to side This is the conflict signal of tail-wagging , in its most angry version . |
| 13 | Morris had learnt this aid to survival many years ago from Sir Fitzroy Maclean . |
| 14 | The accumulator vanes within the hood energize the conductors and insulators of the capacitor to power this incandescent discharge . |
| 15 | So he had no recourse to masturbation that afternoon but went back into the lake instead , which was cold enough to supply one of the well-known Victorian antidotes to sexual desire . |
| 16 | Three steps to heaven that 's what it is , kill myself next time |
| 17 | After the match , delighted Welsh skipper David Young insisted : ‘ It was an honour to captain such a bunch of lads . |
| 18 | Considers barriers to communication such as sensory or cognitive impairment , and reviews studies of doctor-patient relationships . |
| 19 | The top priority to re reduce inflation , removal of Labour imposed barriers to employment such as Wage Councils , increased and improved training . |
| 20 | As the body is laid bare of garments so it is covered with barriers to nudity such as ‘ exoticism ’ in the form of furs , fans , feathers , etc . |
| 21 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 22 | The two major ranges , the Lesser Himalayas and The Higher Himalayas , both of which exceed 8000 m in height , are bounded by three major linear structures : from south to north these are the Main Boundary Thrust , the Main Central Thrust and the Indus-Tsangpo suture zone . |
| 23 | Omitting the reference to property this decision was extended to manslaughter involving cars in Seymour though the Crown wished to reserve the question whether a risk to property was sufficient : on the facts it was not relevant . |
| 24 | Who was the first man born outside England to captain that country ? |
| 25 | THE well-publicised exploits of Duncan Shearer , Eoin Jess , Mixu Paatelainen , Scott Booth and others in compiling a total of 71 Premier Division goals for Aberdeen to date this season have tended to mask the contribution made by a miserly Pittodrie defence . |
| 26 | Mrs Whitehouse was accused at many points of being motivated by ‘ hatred ’ of homosexuals and , whilst the extract suggests that her attitude was not one of ‘ hatred ’ — indeed far from it — by including in her attitude to homosexuality such words as : undesirable , repugnant , perverse , suffering and abnormal , it is also easy to see how the gay community might be less than happy with the description . |
| 27 | ‘ People have a mature and sensible attitude to sex these days — they are not so hysterical about it . |
| 28 | It seems unlikely that anything much will come of this discontent — there will always be some students eager to defend an institution that in most universities contributes up to £100,000 to charity each year . |
| 29 | It seems almost a pity to subject these lively fancies to the stern test of verisimilitude , but I feel constrained to point out three facts . |
| 30 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |