Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Declaration of Puntarenas contained joint commitments to ( i ) strengthen the mandate given to the Central American Security Commission in Antigua , Guatemala [ see p. 37526 ] , on arms limitation and troop numbers while recognising the " specific tasks " of armed forces in supporting the civilian authorities for the implementation of " social and environmental protection programmes " ; ( ii ) to establish a five-member committee of eminent Central American civilians appointed by " national reconciliation commissions " to verify the political commitments made as part of the Esquipulas II or " Arias " peace process [ see pp. 35440-42 ] , and to seek multilateral and bilateral support to establish an Association for Democracy and Development in Central America to promote regional peace , democracy and economic development ; ( iii ) to build on the progress made under the Economic Action Plan for Central America ( PAECA ) [ see p. 37526 ] , extended by the UN General Assembly for three more years , in order to realize a Central American common market ; ( iv ) to begin talks on a comprehensive Central American customs and tariffs policy by March 31 and to have a regional " anti-dumping code " in place by Dec. 31 , 1991 , and an effective and uniform custom and tariffs system by Dec. 31 , 1992 ; and ( v ) to persuade multilateral lending agencies to promote increased regional development and integration programmes , to write off significant portions of debt and reschedule the remainder in line with the " economic realities " of the region 's countries and to simplify mechanisms for the negotiation of and disbursement of future loans . |
| 32 | An entry posted to the wrong side of an account . |
| 33 | Errors of commission — Entry posted to the wrong account . |
| 34 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , Deputy Prime Minister and a potential successor , also signalled strong disapproval of what Sir Anthony last night called a challenge to ‘ a leader who claims infallibility ’ — and what some supporters likened to the mass Tory abstention which dislodged Neville Chamberlain in favour of Winston Churchill in 1940 . |
| 35 | His supporters pointed to the chaotic state of the economy — beset by strikes among workers resisting government austerity measures — and argued the need to preserve confidence among foreign investors . |
| 36 | A monoplane-type tailplane was fitted braced by struts joined to the rear hull . |
| 37 | In each trial he won a trophy given to the top twenty percent . |
| 38 | As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value . |
| 39 | Here , however , the roles given to the local authorities by the Acts of 1902 and 1918 left scope for innovation where money allowed . |
| 40 | But the roles assigned to the various characters , and the preponderance of officers over seamen , was a matter of literary choice and not of social prejudice . |
| 41 | The following night he was starting as one of two night porters assigned to the new office block . |
| 42 | The divergence of view between Sandys and the military establishment was illustrated by the Government 's over-reaction to a talk given to the Royal United Services Institute by General Sir John Cowley , the Controller of Munitions in the Ministry of Supply , in November 1959 . |
| 43 | In 1983/4 it was deemed important to redirect resources to inner-city areas , following the race riots ( for example the weight given to the ethnic indicator in the assessment of educational needs for special remedial provision was doubled ) . |
| 44 | He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of the head following the attack at the ancient tourist town of Parati . |
| 45 | Last comes the master volume rotary , with the mains rocker switch located to the far right . |
| 46 | Each of the later authors added to the legendary element in the Gesta . |
| 47 | What is actually paid will depend on the bonuses added to the guaranteed benefits under the policy . |
| 48 | What is actually paid will depend on the bonuses added to the guaranteed benefits under the policy . |
| 49 | All Citalia customers have entrance included to the Sicilian Carousel exhibition . |
| 50 | All Citalia customers have entrance included to the Sicilian Carousel exhibition . |
| 51 | All Citalia customers have entrance included to the Sicilian Carousel exhibition . |
| 52 | Although the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records has not existed for twenty-seven years we still receive mail in the Register House addressed to that official , as well as mail addressed to the wrong Keeper . |
| 53 | British pacifists responded to the Russian Revolution with euphoria . |
| 54 | West Wales , a totally tourist-traffic target area , will be opened up by the end of the year with 158 rolling stock added to the single-car Class 153 trains already introduced . |
| 55 | So far , although applications have been piloted using particular delivery media , such as CD-ROM , CD-I and DVI , these have generally been databases confined to the individual media . |
| 56 | On March 20 the Indian authorities rejected Pakistani government charges of human rights violations , claiming that they were based on a " terrorist disinformation campaign " ; the most dramatic allegation related to the mass rape on Feb. 23 of 30-60 women and girls when 800 troops of the 4th Rajput Rifles had sealed off the village of Kunan Poshpura . |
| 57 | Closed ranks would be USL 's pay-off for recent concessions made to the Open Software Foundation 's most important technologies . |
| 58 | The extra cash would fund research related to the new generation of satellites planned for later in the 1980s . |
| 59 | If the base of the body , shown shaded in the diagram , figure 13.1(b) is firmly fixed , a transverse force F applied to the opposite face is sufficient to cause a deformation dx through an angle θ . |
| 60 | The multimeter should be switched to the 2mA d.c. range and the 1µF calibrating capacitor connected to the unknown capacitor terminals . |