Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pomgol 's activities extended to the purchase and distribution of foodstuffs , medicine , and other supplies ; help to the starving to get work ; and collecting donations . |
| 2 | It remains the case that library materials are subject to inflation rates well above the national indicators used by government , and the effects of this on the Library 's activities continue to be the subject of discussion between the LAC and RBGE Management . |
| 3 | The shareholders can not sell or transfer their shares to anyone else , and the company 's accounts have to be examined by the Registrar of Companies each year . |
| 4 | The financial information in the group 's accounts relating to Ferromet Resources Inc and its subsidiaries has been based on unaudited management accounts for 1991 . |
| 5 | The Board 's discussions led to a conclusion that in order to improve profitability and obtain the benefits of economy of scale , it is desirable to merge the subsidiaries into the parent company , thereby creating a single company . |
| 6 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 7 | Another is that he disapproves of Mr Shekhar 's attempts to talk to terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir on terms that could threaten the unity of the country . |
| 8 | Apart from these , only four other PJC-2s were ordered by private pilots and together with the prototype , eleven were sold when the need to build-up America 's defences led to a curb on the use of strategic materials and production ceased . |
| 9 | All Claudia 's defences rose to the attack . |
| 10 | Li Yuan might as well try to harness Change itself as try to force the boy 's talents to conform to the needs of State . |
| 11 | The Church of England 's authorities need to be careful lest in their desire to maintain ‘ ethos ’ and ‘ style ’ they miss completely the breath of the Holy Spirit 's life as it blows past them . |
| 12 | With the exception of Speshnev 's subsection , the " Petrashevtsy " ( as Petrashevskii 's associates came to be known ) were no more radical than others who dissented from the administrative and social practices of Nicholas I. The Dictionary of Foreign Words was one of a number of indirect criticisms of the regime to find its way into print in the 1840s . |
| 13 | Sadly , when Sir Louis retired , the Board 's cruises came to an end . |
| 14 | I also enclose a copy of the vendor 's solicitors replies to my Preliminary Enquiries for your information and retention and I would draw your attention to their replies to Enquiries 4,10(A) and ( B ) , 15 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 23 , 27 , 28 and 31 . |
| 15 | If there is a new vibe — a reiteration of yesterday 's values attuned to today 's desires , erupting into the voids that the synthetic world of vinyl and plastic just ca n't fill — then expect Stone Grove to be up there , recycling nothing but what was once called soul . |
| 16 | In its Action programme relating to the implementation of the Community Charter of Basic Social Rights for Workers , the Commission stated in paragraph 3 of the General Introduction that ‘ in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity … the Commission 's proposals relate to only part of the issues raised in certain articles of the draft Charter . |
| 17 | Mueller 's proposals appeared to be more in tune with their own thoughts at that particular time . |
| 18 | Among the Commission 's proposals outlined to ministers this week are : |
| 19 | On the evidence of the autumn action — and last summer 's Lions tour to which Scots made a huge contribution — Scotland can win the championship , especially as they play their ‘ difficult ’ games against France and England at Murrayfield . |
| 20 | It had not taken her long to discover the team 's skills ran to more than mere mountaineering . |
| 21 | As the campaign wore on , greater emphasis was placed on the lesbian and gay issue and the threat that Labour 's policies posed to everything that was ‘ normal ’ and ‘ natural ’ . |
| 22 | Instead of trying to explain the extinction and replacement of species in terms of observable causes , Lyell 's opponents looked to the patterns revealed in the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth . |
| 23 | Meanwhile Mr Clarke 's opponents returned to the attack . |
| 24 | THE number of deaths last year on Britain 's roads fell to the lowest level since records began in 1926 . |
| 25 | Indeed , paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1986 , which I have already quoted , requires that Lautro 's Rules relating to the admission and expulsion of members and the discipline it exercises over its members must be fair and reasonable and include adequate provision for appeals . |
| 26 | SFA 's rules relating to futures follow this tenet by application of the relevant rules only to circumstances where they are required , for example by limiting them to private investors , to contingent liability transactions or to margined transactions . |
| 27 | Whitaker 's notes refer to Barbara as ‘ an attractive 23-year-old history teacher , timid , but capable of sudden courage ’ . |
| 28 | The left-hand column is for the pharmacist 's notes relating to pricing . |
| 29 | Unfortunately all Green 's plans came to naught . |
| 30 | You will recall that at an Open Meeting in May 1987 governing bodies were provided with details of the Council 's plans to move to new office premises at South Gyle , Edinburgh . |