Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 21-year-old from Redruth , Cornwall , was arrested on Christmas Eve after a tip-off to police . |
| 2 | After a tip-off to police the baby was recovered and he was reunited with his mother at a West Midlands hospital four hours after he was taken . |
| 3 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 4 | This is a fairly standard tenant 's covenant and basically acceptable , although the following comments are worth noting : Despite the landlord 's common law right to distress , some tenants object to the sight of a reference to bailiffs in leases and prefer it to be deleted . |
| 5 | EXETER 's meeting tomorrow offers the main hope of a resumption to jumps racing as freezing conditions continue to cause havoc around the country . |
| 6 | ‘ This is more of a warning to clubs that three red cards in as many games will not be tolerated . ’ |
| 7 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 8 | Conservationists argue that they are far less of a threat to stocks of fish such as salmon than water diversion schemes and bad logging practices . |
| 9 | The involvement of parents to the extent which now obtains in the majority of our primary schools comes as something of a shock to teachers visiting English primary schools from overseas . |
| 10 | First , suppose the contractual entitlement of a mortgagee to costs charges and expenses does not correspond either to the standard basis of taxation set out in rule 12(1) or to the indemnity basis of taxation set out in rule 12(2) . |
| 11 | Tape Unit 14 is liable to come as something of a surprise to students who have not had the experience of examining colloquial English speech before . |
| 12 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 13 | If the function is seen as the delivery of a service to carers and hence taking on the role of respite care rather than that of aiming for functional improvement then this could have import for the type of staff , ie specifically trained , ratio of staff and the drawing of expertise from other fields , ie occupational therapists . |
| 14 | News of a return to dividends after no payment in 1990–91 sent the shares up 9 to 40p . |
| 15 | Some sort of retrenchment in US financing of British films was inevitable , especially given that American directors were now making films like Bonnie and Clyde ( 1967 ) , The Graduate ( 1967 ) , Easy Rider ( 1969 ) , or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) , with the sort of freshness and sense of a connection to aspects of contemporary life which mattered to audiences , and these embarrassed British films off the screen . |
| 16 | In much the same vein , one LEA considered recently a draft of a newsletter to parents outlining the implication of those rights so far as a child 's education in their early years was concerned . |
| 17 | And , as we were seeing heart-breakingly today , nature itself is enough of a challenge to birds . |
| 18 | Since an empty house is more of a challenge to burglars and squatters than one where there is lots of activity , you ca n't expect a rebate on your house and contents insurance — in fact your insurance company may even charge an extra premium if you are away for more than30 days . |
| 19 | The table they sat at was wrought iron , with a bright brass guard-rail running round the top of it , more of a danger to glasses than anything else . |
| 20 | There were times when her preoccupation with ‘ basket power ’ , with the sovereignty of the consumer seemed part of a conception of political change that was both reformist and restricted , not least because it failed to challenge domestic discourses of women 's roles ; but such attention has to be seen in the context of a commitment to conceptions of political radicalisation based on personal development . |
| 21 | These arrangements are part of a wide ranging package of service s standards drawn up under the campaign banner of a commitment to customers . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Palace 's Geoff Thomas , who may be recalled tomorrow , last night reflected on a nightmare year in which he lost his England place and the chance of a move to big-spenders Blackburn . |
| 23 | The sensitivity of a market to changes brought about by acquisitions and mergers is likely to be all the greater where the market itself is stagnant and without perceived prospects of overall growth in consumer demand . |
| 24 | ‘ I owe a hell of a lot to Neighbours and I will always remember that . |
| 25 | Though it is possible that the facts of such a case might show merely the legitimate compromise of a claim to damages , on the other hand , the facts might be such as to constitute extortion and blackmail of a serious type . |
| 26 | Running swiftly downhill , Nos. 76012/13 are in charge of a Wath to Fiddlers Ferry MGR train in early May 1981 . |
| 27 | written like a letter to Points Of View |
| 28 | Ignorant men regard death with fear and avoid thinking about it , and for that reason it becomes like a terror to children . |
| 29 | The frisson of angry surprise and the instant impulse to prepare for a resort to arms which greeted the inevitable puncturing of those myths were therefore emotions I could neither share nor understand . |
| 30 | The 1992 accounts are due to be published shortly , and the company has agreed to ‘ provide fuller information about a number of accounting policies ’ , including the background and reasons for a transfer to reserves and the non-depreciation of properties described as leasehold and lease rentals . |