Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons linked to the physical strength needed to operate them at the beginning , spinning mules were operated by men . |
| 2 | Thus , for personnel practices to be truly effective , employees should be continually observed and periodically rechecked , especially those in sensitive positions such as systems programming . |
| 3 | So it was natural for Sarah to turn to her for help in her troubles — and last year 's annual royal holiday pilgrimage to Balmoral seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 4 | These sensitive issues were dealt with in an exchange of letters accompanying the treaty , stating that with German support for Czechoslovakia 's integration into the EC , it would become easier for Germans to return to their homeland in Czechoslovakia . |
| 5 | All we can ask is if there 's a councillor for Allenton listening to us , if they could get in touch and we 'll put them in touch with you and see if we can start it all over again Henry . |
| 6 | The district council had campaigned for RAF houses to be opened to the homeless . |
| 7 | The fact is that there is no privilege for confidences given to hon. Members . |
| 8 | The Council reiterates its previously expressed view that the existing system of local government in Scotland should be retained , that a convincing case for change remains to be made and that the cost , confusion and disruption involved in the proposed reorganisation is not justified . |
| 9 | Thus ‘ normative-re-educative ’ strategies for change came to be regarded as important . |
| 10 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 11 | Feelings were being expressed freely in some quarters that the whole matter had been one of ‘ revenge ’ for support shown to the W family after eight children from the family of fifteen had been taken away three months before . |
| 12 | Remember his pigtailed ex-manager Tim Hudson 's trumpetings about Ian going to Hollywood ? |
| 13 | However , it also meant that the sort of movements which normally flow through Clough had to be accurate to the point of perfection if they were not to be enmeshed in blue shirts . |
| 14 | The amount of HCl(aq) consumed in the reaction is given by Stage 3 : Determination of The molar enthalpy change for this exothermic reaction is found by substituting values for qp and n(H2O) into equation ( 7 ) : In more accurate calorimetric determinations the value for T has to be corrected for cooling losses ( see figure 5.5 ) . |
| 15 | In December 1989 a UK government report severely criticized senior civil servants in the Falkland Islands for their role in Seamount Ltd , a fishing company whose collapse through mismanagement contributed to losses of up to £30,000,000 of UK taxpayers ' money [ see p. 37001 ] . |
| 16 | This varied between authorities according to the complex needs and resources formulae then in operation . |
| 17 | In Spain , linear state subsidies for building led to meandering lines ( Carr 1982 : 266 ) with the result that today , railway routes are often appreciably longer than the competing road route . |
| 18 | It wants a commitment from Mr MacGregor to show no favouritism in distributing the £118 million earmarked in the autumn statement for building grants to voluntary-aided and opted-out schools . |
| 19 | Matthews entered the game at 3–4 as Colchester went to a one-setter system . |
| 20 | This is mainly because although some adjectives precedes others it is within a relatively small space of time and a comparison between adjectives relating to the situation versus those to the person can not really be made . |
| 21 | A roster for crusts had to be started as these contained more bread than the average thin slice . |
| 22 | It took forty years for Dronfield to recover to its 1881 level . |
| 23 | If the kingdom of Heaven is interpreted as the Christian community in Matthew 's Gospel , then the plea for patience applies to the community itself . |
| 24 | I WOULD like your readers to know that I am aware of their letters to Sunday Life and their concern about money owing to them by my former company C H Enterprises . |
| 25 | The chamber will deal with environmental disputes between states referred to it by UN members . |
| 26 | Mother-fixated Norman Bates is a harrowing portrait of a neurotic impotent schizophrenic ( ! ) unable to see beyond his nightmare world and Leigh 's Marion Crane — a woman whose impulsive lunge for freedom leads to his door . |
| 27 | Variable travel times were calculated , including the time it could take for part-timers to get to their station . |
| 28 | Pressing for the abolition of the pernicious fee system had been an obvious target but he also pressed for liquor taps to be banned and the sale of drink to inmates to be closely regulated ; for the gaolers to be resident at the gaol instead of offering only minimal supervision if they lived away from it ; for the provision of chaplains and doctors and the detailing and publishing of prison rules and regulations . |
| 29 | Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also pay tribute to Friends of the Earth which , when I was a Minister at the Department of Transport , suggested that it would be sensible for the Minister with responsibility for roads to go to the Netherlands with some civil servants to see how traffic calming works there . |
| 30 | These factories are mainly concerned with manufacturing product for artists signed to the record company . |