Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we have to say that the er the individual risks to patients from the radiation used in examinations are very very low . |
| 2 | No persuasive empirical case has been made for ascribing common psychological , intellectual or moral capacities or characteristics to individuals on the basis of skin colour or physiognomy . |
| 3 | They are not ‘ the result of any immutable habitudes , or relations between things themselves , but only of God 's goodness and kindness to men in the administration of the world ’ . |
| 4 | After months of turning deaf ears to warnings by the City and industry , the Department of Energy has at last conceded that nuclear plant can not be included in the share float without state support . |
| 5 | Just as the coastal cities were subjected throughout the centuries to incursions from the interior by the forces of whichever power held sway beyond the mountains — Byzantines , Hungarians , Serbs and Turks — so the tranquillity of the Mediterranean climate is brutally violated from time to time by the icy blasts of the bura . |
| 6 | The invitation , in front of Mr Yeltsin 's wife , Naina , the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of York , is seen as a boost to relations between the Royal Family and Russia . |
| 7 | This top quality upholstery range , woven in 100% wool is currently in mid launch with an initial 500 pattern books being individually distributed by Sekers sales force to specifiers throughout the country . |
| 8 | The ratios of cations to anions in the caesium chloride ( CsCl ) , sodium chloride ( NaCl ) and zinc blende crystal lattices are all 1:1 . |
| 9 | The research ‘ form ’ was easy and quick to fill in , and itself gave immediate feedback to members about the investigation process . |
| 10 | Although there were losses to insects during the wait for the rise , some 60% of the logs travelled 1500 km . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , Miss Hardbroom , ’ agreed Mildred , dragging the cat from her front and reducing the cardigan to shreds at the same time . |
| 12 | Voters elected opposition candidates to governorships in the majority the 16 states in state elections held on Nov. 25 [ see p. 37852 ] . |
| 13 | Winning Veronica 's confidence to the point where she could ask direct questions about her husband 's death looked like being a slow job , and Loretta 's bank balance would not stand many trips to establishments like the Waldorf . |
| 14 | ‘ Preoccupation with keeping afloat in a cruel environment produced an indifference to questions about the meaning of the world and a good deal of scepticism about most schemes for changing it . ’ |
| 15 | But the Ambassador of the DRA to the Soviet Union , Habib Mangal , in reply to questions on the EEC initiative on 1 July underlined that his government did not accept ‘ any policy , any manœuvres , any political subterfuges aimed at making the problem of Afghanistan international ’ . |
| 16 | Rafael Eitan resigned as Minister of Agriculture on Dec. 24 in protest at Likud 's opposition to proposals for the direct election of the Prime Minister ; the Likud central committee had voted by a large majority on Dec. 23 against the direct election of the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Following a meeting of United States , United Kingdom and Hong Kong government officials in Washington on June 6 , the US government stated that it was to drop its opposition to negotiations between the UK and Vietnamese governments for the " involuntary repatriation " of Vietnamese boat people not considered to be genuine refugees , and to the possible establishment of an internationally managed centre in Vietnam to hold them on their return . |
| 18 | School librarians using EDFAX will be involved with all the above skills in their roles as organizers and presenters of information to their users and as advisors and tutors to pupils in the skills of creating , organizing and using information . |
| 19 | If managers fail to ensure this confident grasp — together with an equally confident openness to questions about the future needs of their learners — they will betray the ideals of that type of schooling which requires the co-operation of partners rather than the criticism of consumers . |
| 20 | A new feature this year is the inclusion of details of those attractions who offer concessions to members of the Transport Trust ‘ Travelback Scheme ’ . |
| 21 | When France asked the Sultan to make concessions to Catholics in the Holy Land , both parties knew that Russia would object . |
| 22 | In the context of a reported shortfall of 35-36,000,000 tonnes of food and feed grain for 1991 , a residential decree , effective from July 1 , aimed to improve the food supply by giving concessions to enterprises in the agro-industrial sector . |
| 23 | His clothing was always dark , usually black , with few concessions to colours of the brighter hue . |
| 24 | I exorcized the mental terror by talking about it , using the experience as a demonstration to students of the mental attitude one must try to adopt on an excavation . |
| 25 | These , as we now know , involve everything from environmental considerations to limits on the working hours of employees . |
| 26 | As recognised by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organisations or between International Organisations , international organisations can be third parties to treaties within the terms of that Convention . |
| 27 | In particular , in the interpretation of provisions of the SGA 1979 relating to implied terms , Lord Diplock said ( at p501 ) that the Act " ought not to be construed so narrowly as to force on parties to contracts for the sale of goods promises and consequences different from what they must reasonably have intended " . |
| 28 | Often on a business transfer , parties to contracts with the vendor will need to consent to or agree to the contract being assigned or novated to the purchaser . |
| 29 | Should a teacher in an inner-city comprehensive school be forced to teach Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice to children under the age of 16 from different cultural backgrounds ? |
| 30 | These attributes would be expected to lead to new and better solutions to problems in the UK and it seems that the apparent anomaly may be of cultural origin . |