Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun sg] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose was to make applicable to building societies the composite rate system which had been in force as respects bank interest since the Finance Act 1984 . |
| 2 | Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations the employer is required to ensure safe working practices , but recent studies have led to serious reservations about the reliability of this two tier system for venepuncture . |
| 3 | Due to wartime conditions the peasantry got the same amount of agricultural machinery over the years 1915–21 that they had been able to buy in a single year prior to the World War . |
| 4 | This can be seen in the example of river action : in climates with rain at all seasons erosion and deposition are almost continuous except in so far as they are varied by floods ; in areas marginal to ice sheets the short periods of summer thaw , which result in enormous increases in the discharge of meltwater streams issuing from the ice , are the significant ones ; in deserts it may well be that the isolated rainfall , occurring perhaps once every five or ten years , is of greater significance than anything else . |
| 5 | After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court . |
| 6 | After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court . |