Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adj] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Texas-based airline warned two weeks ago that it might pull out of Stansted due to mounting losses and delays in the granting of licences to open up routes from Stansted to other U.S. cities . |
| 2 | The revelation that the villagers recognised four types of diarrhoea seems to have come as a surprise to BRAC , suggesting insufficient research on the part of BRAC prior to launching its programme . |
| 3 | It was natural for such a leading Talmudic authority as her father to earn the respect and friendship of one such as Lyon Cohen , the prestigious future president of the synagogue and nephew of the Chief Rabbi ; he had corresponded with Lyon prior to settling in Montreal . |
| 4 | He is proud of the speed at which the whole launch was achieved , from an announcement in September 1990 to having all five aircraft operating by Easter 1991 . |
| 5 | At the meeting on the 7 October the Committee heard a deputation from NALGO prior to considering the matter in detail . |
| 6 | Its route took it to Constantinople prior to passing through the southern part of the sprawling Ottoman empire to the Persian Gulf there to revert to a submarine route again before continuing to Karachi . |
| 7 | The idea of civil disobedience had occurred to Gandhi prior to reading Thoreau 's essay , nevertheless he used Thoreau 's phrase to describe his struggle against the African authorities to English readers . |
| 8 | On Oct. 29 the Italian Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Andrea Borruso was unable to land at Mogadishu due to fighting around the airport . |
| 9 | Judge Verney , the grandson of the Great Central Mr. Verney fame travelled on the train and made a speech at Aylesbury prior to cutting a ceremonial cake at the Station . |