Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 2 | would not be applicable in the law of suretyship generally and is an implicit recognition of the special protection given by equity to married women who provide security in support of their husband 's debts . |
| 3 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |
| 4 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 5 | In advancing legal arguments and in taking direct political action those active in the peace movement can be reinforced by the knowledge that the hesitant political support given by others to the policies of nuclear deterrence is underpinned only by the belief that their leaders genuinely desire peace and disarmament . |
| 6 | The ULS measured the financial support given by MAFF to individual farms in its 12 study areas against the degree of natural handicap established by their own Hills and Uplands land classification . |
| 7 | The political and military support given by Egypt to the United States-led coalition in the Gulf war was regarded as an important factor in the Paris Club debt relief , which supplemented write-offs of Egyptian debt by the United States and the Gulf Co-operation Council countries in October 1990 [ see p. 37795 ] . |
| 8 | It requires support given by governments to be directed less at propping up declining industries , and more at helping the unemployed to rejoin the workforce . |
| 9 | the coverage given by expansion to the 1st level ( definition ) ; |
| 10 | ’ 1st Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the first level , expressed as a percentage ( as described above ) . |
| 11 | ’ 2nd Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the second level , also expressed as a percentage . |
| 12 | It was the not fault of my client , that just as the Visitor seemed to be gaining the trust of the young person who is the subject of this enquiry ( she was a child when the case was first brought to their attention as in need of care and protection but is now classed as a young person ) she was transferred because of area reorganisation undertaken in response to changes in government policy , and that the officer who took over the case was hospitalised shortly after she assumed her new duties . |
| 13 | The pace of change differed from country to country : Poland , Romania and Bulgaria were effectively Soviet puppets by 1946 , but Hungary was only brought under Moscow 's control in mid-1947 and a coalition government survived in Czechoslovakia until February 1948 . |
| 14 | Opportunities for wives and children to contribute to the household income varied from place to place , though they were everywhere low paid . |
| 15 | ‘ The court 's general inherent power is always available to fill gaps or to supplement the powers of the local authority : what it will not do ( except by way of judicial review where appropriate ) is to supervise the exercise of discretion within the field committed by statute to the local authority . |
| 16 | The titles of the lectures included : Dr. Crawford on " The four stages of man 's existence considered in relation to Health and disease " and later on " Physiology ; " Mr Hector McLean on " Taste , " " Highland Poetry & Romance " and " The Study of Geology ; " Mr Chisholm on " Social Reform ; " Mr Lerach on " Burns ; " Mr Dewar on " Electricity ; " Mr Coath on " The Acquisition of Knowledge , " " The Study of Political & Constitutional History and its bearing on Christianity " and " Mental Philosophy ; " Rev. Hugh Monroe on " The Connection of Revelation with Geology " and " Our English Bible ; " Rev. McFadyen on " Rising in Life ; " Dr. Blair on " The Atmosphere " and " Health " where he condemned the Port Ellen water supply ; Colin Hay on " Agriculture & Commerce " and " Instinct & Reason . " |
| 17 | Try applying a little self-tanning milk mixed with moisturiser to your face once a week until you achieve a natural colour . |
| 18 | Of course , the response varied from council to council . |
| 19 | Brucan 's additional claim that public opinion was being formed by a one-time Ceausescu collaborator was taken to be a reference to one of the NSF 's most public critics , Octavian Paler , editor of the newspaper Romania Libera , who had published an interview given by Brucan to the Independent which quoted him as saying that only intellectuals were fit to run the country . |
| 20 | His actions then ( in this case in calling the twelve ) did not simply relate to his immediate Jewish context , but are to be seen as a considered action undertaken in relation to his having founded the church . |
| 21 | Michel Garretta , director of the National Blood Transfusion Centre , and his chief assistant , Jean-Pierre Allain , were each sentenced on Oct. 23 to four years in prison for knowingly distributing blood contaminated with HIV to haemophiliacs [ see p. 38978 ] . |
| 22 | a contradiction that is entailed in their uncritical importation of a methodology developed in relation to another subject matter entirely . |
| 23 | Allied to the indexation of rent is the reservation of rent calculated by reference to the price of some specified commodity , such as gold , or by reference to the value of the pound in relation to a foreign currency . |
| 24 | The rural industry developed in response to a growing national demand for boots and shoes , together with the need for military and naval footwear during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars ; the construction of canals and later the railways opened up distant markets . |
| 25 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and defence barrister James Hunt QC told the jury she is suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 26 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and a defence barrister , James Hunt , QC , told the jury she was suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 27 | The platelet aggregate ratio as described by Wu and Hoak ( 1974 ) depends on the ratio of the platelet count performed on platelet-rich plasma derived from blood mixed with formalin to that in platelet-rich plasma prepared without formalin . |
| 28 | The opposition objected in principle to the law ( which was to enter into force on March 11 , 1990 ) and appealed to the constitutional tribunal which , however , upheld it . |
| 29 | In those years , the Communist vote dropped from 80% to less than 10% . |
| 30 | It is worth noting , however , that just as the teaching force moved from co-operation to conflict , so did many of the local authorities . |