Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The unit assures us that the decision to have frozen meals delivered to disabled and elderly people , instead of having them prepared in the person 's house by a home help , is not a money saving measure , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades . |
| 3 | Our second bureau is based on or around a traditional typesetting service where they have seen customers moving to in-house production using desktop publishing and want to continue to service the high quality end of the market . |
| 4 | The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building . |
| 5 | Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented . |
| 6 | In a case in May 1988 , a youth called Alladice confessed to armed robbery after the police had denied his request for a solicitor . |
| 7 | Imaginatively displayed exhibits relating to everyday life |
| 8 | Recordings were put out by small companies and would have limited sales compared to popular , commercial discs . |
| 9 | I 've spent hours listening to big time bullies , who like to saunter around clubs showing their bit-on-the-side exactly who they are , by demonstrating who they know , shaking every hand worth shaking . |
| 10 | Dr Walter Yellowlees has spent much of his life working in the Scottish county of Perthshire , where he has daily encountered diseases related to poor nutrition such as diabetes , coronary heart disease , high blood pressure and above all cancer . |
| 11 | The second and most detailed stage will be a series of three interview surveys : of solicitors , to establish the amount and kinds of work they do ; of general legal services , such as the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , to establish how far they complement or duplicate the service provided by solicitors ; and of a sample of the population from selected parishes to find out the kinds of issues that have caused individuals to resort to legal advice . |
| 12 | Others suggested that preoccupations with unification , and with threatened recession , had also led people to return to traditional politics . |
| 13 | The applicant must meet clearly defined criteria relating to general fitness , good repute , maintenance arrangements , drivers ' hours and overloading , suitability of the operating centre , financial resources and professional competence . |
| 14 | The cellar had beautifully rounded arches leading to different sections which did not correspond to the dividing walls of the houses above . |
| 15 | Dealers who have left Harvard to go to other firms will tell their ex-Harvard clients that Harvard did n't in fact have that much in the way of research facilities , but clients were reluctant to accept this . |
| 16 | The other cause , usually in animals convalescing indoors , is a superimposed bacterial infection of the imperfectly healed lungs leading to acute interstitial pneumonia . |
| 17 | Ill-behaved boys are denied privileges granted to well-conducted boys . " |
| 18 | However , only at the end of the latter decade was the communist government replaced by a democratically elected government committed to comprehensive reform , involving liberalisation of prices , extensive privatisation , and related policies . |
| 19 | At first he had tried to look at the newspapers regularly to search for job vacancies and had sent application forms to prospective employers . |
| 20 | Chen spokesman Lee DeLorme told United Press International that negotiations are continuing with the city of Eau Claire for an aid package to base the company there , but that the state 's decision has prompted Chen to look to other states for aid as well . |
| 21 | The Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications has released figures relating to planned investment in equipment by the Japanese telecommunications industry in fiscal 1993 , which ends next month ( Japan confusingly calls it fiscal 1992 ) . |
| 22 | This figure is a great deal better than that for the consecutive spill method of handling overflows , and even chained records randomized to individual addresses show an advantage over consecutive spill . |